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-derivedamateurlove
+
-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.