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amateurish

UK/'æmətərɪʃ/US/.æmә'tә:riʃ/
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Lacking professional skill or polish; clumsily done.

业余水平的;不够专业的,粗糙的。

Root Breakdown

Root-derived
amateurlove
+
-ishsomewhat, resembling
=amateurish

amateur + -ish (resembling) = 'like an amateur,' i.e. not up to professional standard. The disapproving sense of amateur made fully explicit.

Common Collocations

  • 1.amateurish attempt业余的尝试
  • 2.amateurish work粗糙的作品
  • 3.look amateurish显得不专业

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The editing was sloppy and amateurish.

  • 2.

    Critics dismissed the film as amateurish.

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