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Definition of semi-professional in English: semi-professionaladjective Receiving payment for an activity but not relying entirely on it for a living. 兼职的；半职业性的 a semi-professional musician 半职业性音乐家。 Example sentencesExamples - ‘These people are actually paid and trained semi-professional evidence gatherers, and they are not police officers,’ he said.
- Across the country, an entire network of companies that were semi-professional was arising, in something of the manner and pattern of American civic theaters.
- They faced a tricky home match against a Dragons side boosted at this stage of the season by a few semi-professional players, but they came up trumps to stay in touch with the National Conference league division one leaders.
- In addition to his post-secondary coaching experience, Pardo served as an assistant with a semi-professional team in Puerto Rico six years ago.
- Lord's annals bear witness to the first Gentlemen v Players encounter at Eton in 1806, when amateur gentry from schools and universities took on semi-professional cricketers in a match which emerged as a highlight of the calendar.
- After retiring from professional football in 1966, Brian became the director of Chorley Football Club - a semi-professional team in the Unibond Premier League - a job he still enjoys today.
- When I'm told that I will be interviewing the band's drummer, the only other piece of information I'm given about him is that he used to be a semi-professional wrestler.
- Stars of stage and screen joined former professional and semi-professional footballers to raise about £2,000 for research into genetic diseases.
- The choir, which includes professional and semi-professional singers from across the UK, will be performing at St Mary's Parish Church in Dalton.
- Paul, who holds the highest qualification for a civilian driving instructor, said: ‘Sophie will be our biggest competition because she is a semi-professional rally driver and has been doing it for years.’
- He told the court he earned £500 a week as a semi-professional football player but had loans and debts and had moved back into his mother's house in Headingley, Leeds.
- The Dhol Foundation is a collection of professional and semi-professional UK musicians giving the centuries-old drumming traditions of the Punjab a modern twist.
- A musician who played with some of Swindon's most popular semi-professional dance orchestras during the big band era has died at the age of 82.
- As well as the usual dancing, there will be a special demonstration by Laucinda and her sister, who is a semi-professional dancer, the details of which are being kept a surprise until the night.
- Now we have people training full-time as semi-professional athletes.
- Every month they had matches with semi-professional sides and other homeless sides around London.
- Leslie, 25, also manages Team Riedell, a group of semi-professional Florida skaters who spend much of their time performing at basketball games, theme parks and in competitive tournaments.
- Children as young as 10 years old perform alongside the ensemble's core of semi-professional adult musicians.
- The only little problem with that raise in salary is that amateur and semi-professional musicians won't be able to play at all.
- Although now home to the semi-professional football team the land has been used for cricket, athletics, tennis and rugby league since it started off life in 1681 as part of Kersal Moor racecourse, during the reign of Charles II.
noun A person who is engaged in an activity on a semi-professional basis. 半职业性人员 Example sentencesExamples - Rick quickly rose through the ranks of the sport, taking part in such well known races as the Irish Milk Race and the Tour of Lancashire competing alongside semi-professionals.
- Canada now offers a world-class opportunity for manufacturers and processors who need blue collar workers and semi-professionals, Mr. Boyd enthuses.
- And if you think knowledgeable semi-professionals won't arrange such a scheme for their kids, then you're a fool.
- Amateurs and semi-professionals do campaign work unless consultants are hired and brought from abroad.
- Nobody deserves this sort of pressure, and certainly not someone who is effectively a semi-professional.
- They are extremely expensive, but also very complete in terms of functionality, and are mainly used by semi-professionals.
- 1974 stands as a beacon in the sport, when a team of part-time semi-professionals somehow defied the odds and made it to the World Cup finals in Germany.
- The semi-professionals try to look good, but we don't.
- By 1998 Ulster, Munster and Leinster each had 21 full-time professionals and 10 semi-professionals but before that all of the teams were hybrid operations.
- This is a song-writing competition open to all amateurs, semi-professionals and professionals.
- A lot of the debt arose from wages paid a few years ago to semi-professionals we couldn't afford, with a bill of £1,600-a-week.
- However, the squad will be smaller this coming season and will be supplemented by full-time apprentices and part-time semi-professionals.
- The county's governing body is launching a veterans' league, mainly consisting of semi-professionals who are beyond their sell-by date.
- They probably train not much less than the semi-professionals, maybe one evening a week less, though the difference is probably in the quality of the player.
- Crockenhill played at a higher standard in the early 1980s with many of the players former semi-professionals.
- My parents were lay musicians, but Dad was more of a semi-professional.
- Dagenham's collection of semi-professionals were cheered on by 3,000 fans.
- He painted as an amateur for several years, followed by a number of years as a semi-professional.
- We labeled them hobbyists, amateurs, serious amateurs, semi-professionals, professional nonperformers and performing artists/teachers.
- Roberts recently returned from playing as a semi-professional in the UK minor cricket league.
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