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- a person who engages in a pursuit, especially a sport, on an unpaid basis业余爱好者（尤指业余运动员）。
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- a person considered contemptibly inept at a particular activity外行：
that bunch of stumbling amateurs.
那群老是出错的业余人员。
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- engaging or engaged in without payment; non-professional业余的; 非专业的：
an amateur archaeologist
一位业余考古人员
amateur athletics.
业余体育运动。
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- inept; unskilful外行的; 不熟练的：
it's all so amateur!
都这么不熟练！
派生词
amateurism
noun词源
late 18th cent.: from French， from Italian amatore, from Latin amator 'lover'， from amare 'to love'.