Learner’s Word of the Day

April 25

amateur /??m??t?/ noun CET4/考研

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1 : a person who does something (such as a sport or hobby) for pleasure and not as a job業(yè)余愛(ài)好者

• She played soccer as an amateur before turning professional.
• These photos were taken by both amateurs and professionals.

2 : a person who does something poorly : a person who is not skillful at a job or other activity外行,，生手

• The people running that company are a bunch of amateurs.
• Only amateurs make this kind of mistake.
• He's a mere amateur when it comes to cooking. [=he doesn't know how to cook well]