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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary am·a·teur USAGE often attributive ETYMOLOGY French, from Latin amator lover, from amare to love DATE 1784 1. devotee , admirer 2. one who engages in a pursuit, study, science, or sport as a pastime rather than as a profession 3. one lacking in experience and competence in an art or science • am·a·teur·ish·ly adverb • am·a·teur·ish·ness noun Synonyms. amateur , dilettante , dabbler , tyro mean a person who follows a pursuit without attaining proficiency or professional status. amateur often applies to one practicing an art without mastery of its essentials a painting obviously done by an amateur in sports it may also suggest not so much lack of skill but avoidance of direct remuneration remained an amateur despite lucrative offers dilettante may apply to the lover of an art rather than its skilled practitioner but usually implies elegant trifling in the arts and an absence of serious commitment had no patience for dilettantes dabbler suggests desultory habits of work and lack of persistence a dabbler who started novels but never finished them tyro implies inexperience often combined with audacity with resulting crudeness or blundering shows talent but is still a mere tyro English Etymology amateur 1784, "one who has a taste for (something)," from Fr. amateur"lover of," from O.Fr ., from L. amatorem (nom. amator) "lover," from amatus, pp. of amare "to love" (see Amy). Meaning "dabbler" (as opposed to professional) is from 1786.http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 amateur ama·teur / 5AmEtE(r); -tFE(r) / noun1. a person who takes part in a sport or other activity for enjoyment, not as a job 业余爱好者；业余运动员: The tournament is open to both amateurs and professionals. 这次锦标赛业余选手和职业选手均可参加。 2. (usually disapproving) a person who is not skilled 生手；外行: This work was done by a bunch of amateurs! 这项工作是一伙外行干的！ OPP professional • ama·teur·ism / 5AmEtErizEm; -tFE- / noun [U] : New rules on amateurism allow payment for promotional work. 新的业余条例规定,做促销工作可获得报酬。 adjective1. [usually before noun] doing sth for enjoyment or interest, not as a job 业余爱好的: an amateur photographer 业余摄影爱好者 2. [usually before noun] done for enjoyment, not as a job 业余的: amateur athletics 业余体育运动 3. = amateurish OPP professional Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English amateur noun 1 sb who does sport, etc. for pleasure, not money ADJ. competent, gifted, talented, top | enthusiastic, keen | gentleman International affairs today are no longer for gentleman amateurs. 2 sb who is not very good at sth ADJ. rank, real The others had been skiing since they could walk and made her look a rank amateur. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: amateur band am·a·teur I. \ˈaməˌtər (+V -ər.), -ˌtə̄(r (also ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷); -_d.ə(r), -_tə(r); -ˌtu̇(ə)r, -ˌtu̇ə, -.ˌtyu̇(ə)r, -.ˌtyu̇ə (also ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷); -ˌchu̇(ə)r, -ˌchu̇ə, -_chə(r)\ noun (-s) Etymology: French, from Latin amator lover, from amatus (past participle of amare to love) + -or; probably akin to Old High German amma mother, nurse, Old Norse amma grandmother, Latin amita father's sister, Greek amma nurse, Phrygian adamnein to love 1. : one that has a marked fondness, liking, or taste : devotee , admirer < amateurs of this splendid wine will surely rejoice to learn that a limited quantity … will be available — New Yorker > 2. a. : one that engages in a particular pursuit, study, or science as a pastime rather than as a profession < the professional historians … have again let an amateur make off with a theme of real significance — T.H.Williams > b. : one that competes in sports or athletics for pleasure rather than for financial gain — compare professional 3. a. : one that follows an art or science in a superficial way : dilettante , dabbler < affected the pose of the gentleman amateur of the arts — F.H.Ellis > b. : one that engages in an activity in an inexperienced or incompetent manner < the amateurs, the green beginners … are naturally appalled by the shelffuls our curiosity persuades us to tackle — John Mason Brown > II. adjective 1. : of, relating to, or having the status of an amateur < football on an amateur basis > < an amateur writer > 2. : engaged in or performed by or as if by an amateur : nonprofessional < amateur acting > |
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