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单词 smatterer
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Definition of smatterer in English:

smatterer

noun ˈsmatərə
dated
  • A person who studies a subject in a superficial way or has only a slight knowledge of it.

    〈旧〉浅尝辄止的人,(对某学科)只了解皮毛的人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Besides this, he also wrote tolerable poetry, but his taste was not pure, and he had his favourite authors and singular preferences; in a word, he was a literary smatterer, and a theatrical architect.
    • When reached in his London office, Newton declined to comment, saying only that he had ‘no use for little smatterers in mathematics.’
    • Better be proficient in one art than a smatterer in a thousand.
    • When people want a legal opinion in detail, they must address their communications to us, individually, and not to irresponsible smatterers, like the chief editor.
    • A man of true science uses but few hard words, and then only when none will answer his purpose; whereas the smatterer in science thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things.
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