简单释义：

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n. 业余爱好者；业余运动员；生手；外行

adj. 业余爱好的；业余的

网络 业余者；业余艺术家

变形：

复数：amateurs  

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完整释义：

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n.

1.业余者,爱好者
2.业余活动者

adj.

1.爱好…的,业余的
2.业余,外行
3.浅薄之徒的

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例句：

1. So once again after a training session given by Cesc to a youth team from an amateur club they were at him again.
   在法队给一个业余球队的青年队进行训练培训后，记者们又再次问及此事。

2. Maybe the boy is only professional for a year, maybe was an amateur and has no sense of responsibility.
   也许这个孩子成为职业球员才一年，也许还是一个业余的，他对于责任没有判断力。

3. IN AN age of professionals, the ability of amateur scientists to make meaningful contributions has almost vanished.
   当今世界，专业人士主导天下，业余科学家想要做出积极贡献却心有余而力不足。

4. Her father, Leo Brennan, was the leader of a popular Irish show band; her mother was an amateur 7 musician.
   她的父亲利奥·布伦南是爱尔兰一支很受欢迎的表演乐队的队长，母亲是位业余音乐工作者。

5. But Cheng's life changed dramatically after an amateur photographer posted pictures of him walking the streets onto the Chinese internet.
   但是当一名业余摄影师把程国荣在街上行走的照片放到互联网上后，程国荣的生活发生了巨大的变化。

6. We see him trying out for an amateur company by doing Richard III's "winter of our discontent" soliloquy.
   我们看到他试图为一个业余的喜剧公司表演理查德三世“烦恼的冬天”的独白。

7. And a few sniffles aren't likely to prevent the mighty Russian from beating amateur pawn pushers like you or me into a bloody pulp.
   因感冒抽抽鼻子是不可能阻止这位实力强大的俄罗斯人把你我这样的业余无名小卒打得落花流水的。

8. However, the IAAF retained the word "amateur" in its name until its 2001 Congress at which the IAAF's title was changed to its current form.
   然而，国际田联却一直保留其全名中“业余”一词，直到2001年国际田联大会上才把国际业余田径联合会的名称改为目前的形式。