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Dabble V Dæbl V.涉足,浅赏 英 涉足,浅赏(To Superficially 考

单词 dabble
音标 ['dæbl]
解释 v.涉足,浅赏
红宝书 【英】 v. 涉足,浅赏(to do something superficially, not seriously)
【考】 反义词:dedicate(致 力); devote(投身于)
【记】 不要和babble(说蠢话 )相混
【例】 to dabble in politics
字源 dabble (v.)
1550s, probably a frequentative of dab. Original meaning was "wet by splashing;" modern figurative sense of "do superficially" first recorded 1620s. Related: Dabbled; dabbling. An Ellen Dablewife is in the Lancashire Inquests from 1336.
不择手段背单词 v. 涉足; 涉猎(草率而且没有严肃目的地做某件事)
【记】总是dabble的人对专业知识了解不深, 只会babble(v 说蠢话)因为三心二double意, 所以dabble
【类】martinet: leniency = dabbler: dedication严格的人不宽大 = 业余学者不奉献
【反】dedicate = devote(vt 投入于; 献身); specialize(vi 专攻); dabbler(n 初学者)-specialist/ dedicate professional(n 专家)
趣味全助记 【记】源自dab 少量, 轻拍,轻擦,涂;近dip 浸,p=b 中间是元音;音:打波,打ball,我们打球只是打着玩;打波从字面看是用手击打水波的意思;有paddle 玩水的意思
【相关】dab轻拍, daub 涂抹, dub 轻点, paddle玩水,stab 刺伤

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