dilettante
音标发音
- 英式音标 [,dɪlɪ'tænteɪ; -tɪ]
- 美式音标 [ˈdɪlɪˌtɑnt, ˌdɪlɪˈtɑnt, -ˈtɑnti, -ˈtænt, -ˈtænti]
- 国际音标 [,dili'tænti, 'dilitɑ:nt]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 业余爱好者；一知半解者
- adj. 浅薄的；业余艺术爱好的
- vi. （在艺术、科学等方面）浅尝辄止
词根记忆
- di + let(=delect引诱) + tante→受到了诱惑→业余爱好者
- dilet(=delect，愉快) + tante→为了找乐而做事的人→爱好者
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- dilettantish：对艺术、科学等一知半解的；半瓶醋似的；浅薄的；业余爱好的。
英汉例句
- Perhaps you’d be more serious about this job if you weren’t such a dilettante.
约翰说，“如果你不是个业余爱好者，也许对此工作你会更认真些。 - Much of Ms Trott’s personal blog, VoxTrott, is devoted to images of her beloved dog Maddy, while Mr Trott, a dilettante cook, likes to post “disgusting pictures of good food” on his blog.
Trott女士个人博客VoxTrott中有许多其爱犬Maddy的照片，而对厨艺半懂不懂的Trott先生则喜欢在他的博客中贴一些“令人作呕的美食图片”。 - Much of Ms Trott's personal blog, VoxTrott, is devoted to images of her beloved dog Maddy, while Mr Trott, a dilettante[5] cook, likes to post "disgusting pictures of good food" on his blog.
Trott女士个人博客VoxTrott中有许多其爱犬Maddy的照片，而对厨艺半懂不懂的Trott先生则喜欢在他的博客中贴一些"令人作呕的美食图片"。 - Now this obscure writer's book has been transformed into a brilliant movie by Julian Schnabel, the artist and cinematic dilettante.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Richard Cohen Reminds the Left Why Castro Must Go - ' I've worked very hard to get away from the impression that I'm some sort of dilettante riding on my inheritance.
FORBES: Field of Dreams - He inherited more of his temperament from his grandfather, the driving, autocratic Emperor Meiji, than from his sickly, dilettante father, Emperor Taisho.
ECONOMIST: A god dethroned
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- La Dilettante 一个随心所欲的女人
- Elf Dilettante 半熟精灵
- dilettante e 半瓶醋;业余的艺术爱好者
- Dilettante Fruit Medley 水果巧克力
- Dilettante 's notebook 书乡漫录
短语
英英字典
- a person who is or seems to be interested in a subject, but whose understanding of it is not very deep or serious
- You can use dilettante to talk about someone who seems interested in a subject, especially in art, but who does not really know very much about it.