| 单词 | amateur |
| 释义 | amateur /am"euh choor', -cheuhr, -teuhr, am'euh terr"/, n. 1. a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons. Cf. professional. 2. an athlete who has never competed for payment or for a monetary prize. 3. a person inexperienced or unskilled in a particular activity: Hunting lions is not for amateurs. 4. a person who admires something; devotee; fan: an amateur of the cinema. adj. 5. characteristic of or engaged in by an amateur; nonprofessional: an amateur painter; amateur tennis. [1775-85; < F, MF < L amator lover, equiv. to ama- (s. of amare to love) + -tor -TOR, replaced by F -teur ( < L -tor-, obl. s. of -tor); see -EUR] Syn. 2. nonprofessional. 3. dilettante, tyro, novice. |
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