Definition of amateur in English:

amateur

nounˈamətəˌaməˈtəː

1A 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）
it takes five years for a top amateur to become a real Tour de France rider
his last fight as an amateur
Example sentencesExamples
- As an amateur, he fought 72 times, winning 60 bouts, before turning professional in 1997.
- Finally what also makes cycling superior is it is a sport where the amateur can experience almost the same sensations as the professional.
- So first off it was probably the top club juniors, then the top amateurs, then, I guess, guys like Faldo and Clarke.
- He is a sports psychologist who works with many of the top pros and amateurs in the country.
- And for the first time there will be cash prizes for the leading players who will join forces with amateurs in the team event.
- This attitude is not just peculiar to high-handicap amateurs but is also prevalent among the top amateurs and professionals.
- Ironically, Beaumont is the amateur on this professional tour.
- This is a unique event where the top professionals race against the top amateurs and the top youth.
- There will be two qualifying rounds and amateurs will also be invited.
- The top amateur is recognized with a special green leader's jersey after each stage.
- In another key component, the band sponsored a female athlete and an amateur in each sport.
- When he got to England, he started as an amateur in rugby league, a version of rugby he was not familiar with.
- What we need are boxers that have been amateurs before turning professional.
- They insisted they were amateurs, which somehow made it more noble.
- Last year, junior rider Kate Hart beat the professionals and the top amateurs to earn the victory.
- When we competed as amateurs in the Olympics we would practise all year for three or four events.
- Yet the wonder of the tour is that even amateurs can take part.
- As an amateur, Uhalt turned down football scholarship offers to pursue professional baseball.
- The professional clubs come in at the third round and this time it will be an open draw, with the amateurs not having to play away.
- Professionals like to play against amateurs, but are wary of facing too many at once.
Synonyms
non-professional, non-specialist, layman, layperson
dilettante, dabbler, potterer, trifler
enthusiast, devotee, fan, … lover
informal buff, ham
1. 1.1 A person who is contemptibly inept at a particular activity.
  外行
  that bunch of stumbling amateurs
  那群老是出错的业余人员。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Pongratz speaks with admiration of the young performers in this production, no bunch of amateurs.
  They are being to made look like amateurs in front of their own fans.
  Owen is a journalist, Mara a novelist, and his contempt at having what he sees as an amateur on his patch is made blindingly obvious.
  It's also a celebration of the passion for worshipping incompetent amateurs.
  Synonyms
  bungler, blunderer, incompetent, bumbler
  British informal bodger

adjectiveˈamətəˌaməˈtəː

1Engaging 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。
Example sentencesExamples
- Of the twenty volunteers some are professional railway workers, but most are amateur enthusiasts.
- The amateur enthusiasts are certainly catered for.
- Paul Burgess and Randy Olson are train enthusiasts and amateur photographers.
- Aubrey and Maturin are enthusiastic amateur musicians.
- Colin followed his father and paternal ancestors in being an enthusiastic amateur botanist.
- Retirement reawakened enthusiasm for amateur radio, and he was president of the institution for many years.
- Although player payments could be substantial, an amateur ethos prevailed.
- Eliza plans to encourage enthusiasts to set up their own groups, and also will organise training days for budding amateur archaeologists.
- Sports are social events to most of us, either as participants in amateur athletics or as spectators to their professional kin.
- Experts are investigating claims by an amateur archaeologist from Bradford that he has found an important ancient monument on Ilkley Moor.
- In the absence of payment, amateur reviewers write overwhelmingly about topics they love.
- Hayley, 17, travels up and down the country competing in amateur athletics events, but she is not disabled.
- The war dominates the lives of an enthusiastic band of amateur archaeologists known as the Diggers.
- If people knew what was out here, amateur astronomy would be as popular as every other outdoor activity combined.
- This summer, a group of amateur film enthusiasts will embark on its most ambitious project to date.
- Local amateur radio enthusiasts are to set up a station within the school, giving pupils the opportunity to contact other radio users across the world.
- He believes the archaeological trust has a major educational role to play - for professional and amateur archaeologists alike.
- Today, amateur athletics are a pervasive part of academic institutions across the United States.
- What does bug me is that the Olympics is no longer about true amateur athletics.
- A propeller-driven plane is witness to the enthusiasm of amateur fliers in the Cotton City.
Synonyms
non-professional, non-specialist, lay
dilettante
1. 1.1 Done in an inept or unskilful way.
  it's all so amateur!
  都这么不熟练！
  Example sentencesExamples
  It was a clumsy amateur agent who was foolish enough to allow himself to be detected.
  All that after one of the most inept, lacklustre, disgusting, amateur performances in recent times.
  Some of the attempts were amateur and romantically inept.
  It had made me faster, but even a finely tuned athlete like me couldn't avoid a simple amateur mistake.
  The content may be excellent, but it is totally obscured by an amateur and clumsy overuse of computerised publishing.
  Synonyms
  incompetent, inept, useless, unskilful, inexpert, clumsy, maladroit, gauche, blundering, bungling, bumbling, amateurish, botched, crude
  British informal bodged

Derivatives

amateurism

nounˈamətʃərɪz(ə)mˈamətərɪz(ə)m

The same wild amateurism characterised everything he did.
Example sentencesExamples
- Howman feels that amateurism should not be an issue.
- Heroic amateurism has always been Cook's style.
- I was a little confused and don't know whether that was professionalism or pure amateurism.
- Today amateurism is clearly alive and well in Britain.

Origin

Late 18th century: from French, from Italian amatore, from Latin amator 'lover', from amare 'to love'.

An amateur does something for love rather than for money. Borrowed from French in the 18th century, and ultimately from Latin amator ‘lover’, it was originally used to describe a person who loves or is fond of something. Later on it came to be used of a person who practises an art or sport as a hobby, rather than professionally, and also of someone who is inept at a particular activity. Compare aficionado

Rhymes

shamateur

Definition of amateur in US English:

amateur

noun

1A 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）
Example sentencesExamples
- They insisted they were amateurs, which somehow made it more noble.
- So first off it was probably the top club juniors, then the top amateurs, then, I guess, guys like Faldo and Clarke.
- Finally what also makes cycling superior is it is a sport where the amateur can experience almost the same sensations as the professional.
- What we need are boxers that have been amateurs before turning professional.
- The professional clubs come in at the third round and this time it will be an open draw, with the amateurs not having to play away.
- As an amateur, he fought 72 times, winning 60 bouts, before turning professional in 1997.
- The top amateur is recognized with a special green leader's jersey after each stage.
- This attitude is not just peculiar to high-handicap amateurs but is also prevalent among the top amateurs and professionals.
- Professionals like to play against amateurs, but are wary of facing too many at once.
- When he got to England, he started as an amateur in rugby league, a version of rugby he was not familiar with.
- When we competed as amateurs in the Olympics we would practise all year for three or four events.
- Last year, junior rider Kate Hart beat the professionals and the top amateurs to earn the victory.
- This is a unique event where the top professionals race against the top amateurs and the top youth.
- And for the first time there will be cash prizes for the leading players who will join forces with amateurs in the team event.
- As an amateur, Uhalt turned down football scholarship offers to pursue professional baseball.
- He is a sports psychologist who works with many of the top pros and amateurs in the country.
- Yet the wonder of the tour is that even amateurs can take part.
- In another key component, the band sponsored a female athlete and an amateur in each sport.
- Ironically, Beaumont is the amateur on this professional tour.
- There will be two qualifying rounds and amateurs will also be invited.
Synonyms
non-professional, non-specialist, layman, layperson
1. 1.1 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。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's also a celebration of the passion for worshipping incompetent amateurs.
  Pongratz speaks with admiration of the young performers in this production, no bunch of amateurs.
  They are being to made look like amateurs in front of their own fans.
  Owen is a journalist, Mara a novelist, and his contempt at having what he sees as an amateur on his patch is made blindingly obvious.
  Synonyms
  bungler, blunderer, incompetent, bumbler

adjective

1Engaging or engaged in without payment; nonprofessional.
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。
Example sentencesExamples
- A propeller-driven plane is witness to the enthusiasm of amateur fliers in the Cotton City.
- He believes the archaeological trust has a major educational role to play - for professional and amateur archaeologists alike.
- Although player payments could be substantial, an amateur ethos prevailed.
- Hayley, 17, travels up and down the country competing in amateur athletics events, but she is not disabled.
- Experts are investigating claims by an amateur archaeologist from Bradford that he has found an important ancient monument on Ilkley Moor.
- If people knew what was out here, amateur astronomy would be as popular as every other outdoor activity combined.
- Colin followed his father and paternal ancestors in being an enthusiastic amateur botanist.
- Today, amateur athletics are a pervasive part of academic institutions across the United States.
- The war dominates the lives of an enthusiastic band of amateur archaeologists known as the Diggers.
- Paul Burgess and Randy Olson are train enthusiasts and amateur photographers.
- In the absence of payment, amateur reviewers write overwhelmingly about topics they love.
- Aubrey and Maturin are enthusiastic amateur musicians.
- Eliza plans to encourage enthusiasts to set up their own groups, and also will organise training days for budding amateur archaeologists.
- Retirement reawakened enthusiasm for amateur radio, and he was president of the institution for many years.
- Sports are social events to most of us, either as participants in amateur athletics or as spectators to their professional kin.
- Of the twenty volunteers some are professional railway workers, but most are amateur enthusiasts.
- This summer, a group of amateur film enthusiasts will embark on its most ambitious project to date.
- What does bug me is that the Olympics is no longer about true amateur athletics.
- The amateur enthusiasts are certainly catered for.
- Local amateur radio enthusiasts are to set up a station within the school, giving pupils the opportunity to contact other radio users across the world.
Synonyms
non-professional, non-specialist, lay
1. 1.1 Inept or unskillful.
  外行的；不熟练的
  it's all so amateur!
  都这么不熟练！
  Example sentencesExamples
  It had made me faster, but even a finely tuned athlete like me couldn't avoid a simple amateur mistake.
  All that after one of the most inept, lacklustre, disgusting, amateur performances in recent times.
  It was a clumsy amateur agent who was foolish enough to allow himself to be detected.
  The content may be excellent, but it is totally obscured by an amateur and clumsy overuse of computerised publishing.
  Some of the attempts were amateur and romantically inept.
  Synonyms
  incompetent, inept, useless, unskilful, inexpert, clumsy, maladroit, gauche, blundering, bungling, bumbling, amateurish, botched, crude

Origin

Late 18th century: from French, from Italian amatore, from Latin amator ‘lover’, from amare ‘to love’.

词汇	amateur
释义	Definition of amateur in English: amateur nounˈamətəˌaməˈtəː 1A 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） it takes five years for a top amateur to become a real Tour de France rider his last fight as an amateur Example sentencesExamples As an amateur, he fought 72 times, winning 60 bouts, before turning professional in 1997. Finally what also makes cycling superior is it is a sport where the amateur can experience almost the same sensations as the professional. So first off it was probably the top club juniors, then the top amateurs, then, I guess, guys like Faldo and Clarke. He is a sports psychologist who works with many of the top pros and amateurs in the country. And for the first time there will be cash prizes for the leading players who will join forces with amateurs in the team event. This attitude is not just peculiar to high-handicap amateurs but is also prevalent among the top amateurs and professionals. Ironically, Beaumont is the amateur on this professional tour. This is a unique event where the top professionals race against the top amateurs and the top youth. There will be two qualifying rounds and amateurs will also be invited. The top amateur is recognized with a special green leader's jersey after each stage. In another key component, the band sponsored a female athlete and an amateur in each sport. When he got to England, he started as an amateur in rugby league, a version of rugby he was not familiar with. What we need are boxers that have been amateurs before turning professional. They insisted they were amateurs, which somehow made it more noble. Last year, junior rider Kate Hart beat the professionals and the top amateurs to earn the victory. When we competed as amateurs in the Olympics we would practise all year for three or four events. Yet the wonder of the tour is that even amateurs can take part. As an amateur, Uhalt turned down football scholarship offers to pursue professional baseball. The professional clubs come in at the third round and this time it will be an open draw, with the amateurs not having to play away. Professionals like to play against amateurs, but are wary of facing too many at once. Synonyms non-professional, non-specialist, layman, layperson dilettante, dabbler, potterer, trifler enthusiast, devotee, fan, … lover informal buff, ham 1.1 A person who is contemptibly inept at a particular activity. 外行 that bunch of stumbling amateurs 那群老是出错的业余人员。 Example sentencesExamples Pongratz speaks with admiration of the young performers in this production, no bunch of amateurs. They are being to made look like amateurs in front of their own fans. Owen is a journalist, Mara a novelist, and his contempt at having what he sees as an amateur on his patch is made blindingly obvious. It's also a celebration of the passion for worshipping incompetent amateurs. Synonyms bungler, blunderer, incompetent, bumbler British informal bodger adjectiveˈamətəˌaməˈtəː 1Engaging 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。 Example sentencesExamples Of the twenty volunteers some are professional railway workers, but most are amateur enthusiasts. The amateur enthusiasts are certainly catered for. Paul Burgess and Randy Olson are train enthusiasts and amateur photographers. Aubrey and Maturin are enthusiastic amateur musicians. Colin followed his father and paternal ancestors in being an enthusiastic amateur botanist. Retirement reawakened enthusiasm for amateur radio, and he was president of the institution for many years. Although player payments could be substantial, an amateur ethos prevailed. Eliza plans to encourage enthusiasts to set up their own groups, and also will organise training days for budding amateur archaeologists. Sports are social events to most of us, either as participants in amateur athletics or as spectators to their professional kin. Experts are investigating claims by an amateur archaeologist from Bradford that he has found an important ancient monument on Ilkley Moor. In the absence of payment, amateur reviewers write overwhelmingly about topics they love. Hayley, 17, travels up and down the country competing in amateur athletics events, but she is not disabled. The war dominates the lives of an enthusiastic band of amateur archaeologists known as the Diggers. If people knew what was out here, amateur astronomy would be as popular as every other outdoor activity combined. This summer, a group of amateur film enthusiasts will embark on its most ambitious project to date. Local amateur radio enthusiasts are to set up a station within the school, giving pupils the opportunity to contact other radio users across the world. He believes the archaeological trust has a major educational role to play - for professional and amateur archaeologists alike. Today, amateur athletics are a pervasive part of academic institutions across the United States. What does bug me is that the Olympics is no longer about true amateur athletics. A propeller-driven plane is witness to the enthusiasm of amateur fliers in the Cotton City. Synonyms non-professional, non-specialist, lay dilettante 1.1 Done in an inept or unskilful way. it's all so amateur! 都这么不熟练！ Example sentencesExamples It was a clumsy amateur agent who was foolish enough to allow himself to be detected. All that after one of the most inept, lacklustre, disgusting, amateur performances in recent times. Some of the attempts were amateur and romantically inept. It had made me faster, but even a finely tuned athlete like me couldn't avoid a simple amateur mistake. The content may be excellent, but it is totally obscured by an amateur and clumsy overuse of computerised publishing. Synonyms incompetent, inept, useless, unskilful, inexpert, clumsy, maladroit, gauche, blundering, bungling, bumbling, amateurish, botched, crude British informal bodged Derivatives amateurism nounˈamətʃərɪz(ə)mˈamətərɪz(ə)m The same wild amateurism characterised everything he did. Example sentencesExamples Howman feels that amateurism should not be an issue. Heroic amateurism has always been Cook's style. I was a little confused and don't know whether that was professionalism or pure amateurism. Today amateurism is clearly alive and well in Britain. Origin Late 18th century: from French, from Italian amatore, from Latin amator 'lover', from amare 'to love'. An amateur does something for love rather than for money. Borrowed from French in the 18th century, and ultimately from Latin amator ‘lover’, it was originally used to describe a person who loves or is fond of something. Later on it came to be used of a person who practises an art or sport as a hobby, rather than professionally, and also of someone who is inept at a particular activity. Compare aficionado Rhymes shamateur Definition of amateur in US English: amateur noun 1A 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） Example sentencesExamples They insisted they were amateurs, which somehow made it more noble. So first off it was probably the top club juniors, then the top amateurs, then, I guess, guys like Faldo and Clarke. Finally what also makes cycling superior is it is a sport where the amateur can experience almost the same sensations as the professional. What we need are boxers that have been amateurs before turning professional. The professional clubs come in at the third round and this time it will be an open draw, with the amateurs not having to play away. As an amateur, he fought 72 times, winning 60 bouts, before turning professional in 1997. The top amateur is recognized with a special green leader's jersey after each stage. This attitude is not just peculiar to high-handicap amateurs but is also prevalent among the top amateurs and professionals. Professionals like to play against amateurs, but are wary of facing too many at once. When he got to England, he started as an amateur in rugby league, a version of rugby he was not familiar with. When we competed as amateurs in the Olympics we would practise all year for three or four events. Last year, junior rider Kate Hart beat the professionals and the top amateurs to earn the victory. This is a unique event where the top professionals race against the top amateurs and the top youth. And for the first time there will be cash prizes for the leading players who will join forces with amateurs in the team event. As an amateur, Uhalt turned down football scholarship offers to pursue professional baseball. He is a sports psychologist who works with many of the top pros and amateurs in the country. Yet the wonder of the tour is that even amateurs can take part. In another key component, the band sponsored a female athlete and an amateur in each sport. Ironically, Beaumont is the amateur on this professional tour. There will be two qualifying rounds and amateurs will also be invited. Synonyms non-professional, non-specialist, layman, layperson 1.1 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。 Example sentencesExamples It's also a celebration of the passion for worshipping incompetent amateurs. Pongratz speaks with admiration of the young performers in this production, no bunch of amateurs. They are being to made look like amateurs in front of their own fans. Owen is a journalist, Mara a novelist, and his contempt at having what he sees as an amateur on his patch is made blindingly obvious. Synonyms bungler, blunderer, incompetent, bumbler adjective 1Engaging or engaged in without payment; nonprofessional. 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。 Example sentencesExamples A propeller-driven plane is witness to the enthusiasm of amateur fliers in the Cotton City. He believes the archaeological trust has a major educational role to play - for professional and amateur archaeologists alike. Although player payments could be substantial, an amateur ethos prevailed. Hayley, 17, travels up and down the country competing in amateur athletics events, but she is not disabled. Experts are investigating claims by an amateur archaeologist from Bradford that he has found an important ancient monument on Ilkley Moor. If people knew what was out here, amateur astronomy would be as popular as every other outdoor activity combined. Colin followed his father and paternal ancestors in being an enthusiastic amateur botanist. Today, amateur athletics are a pervasive part of academic institutions across the United States. The war dominates the lives of an enthusiastic band of amateur archaeologists known as the Diggers. Paul Burgess and Randy Olson are train enthusiasts and amateur photographers. In the absence of payment, amateur reviewers write overwhelmingly about topics they love. Aubrey and Maturin are enthusiastic amateur musicians. Eliza plans to encourage enthusiasts to set up their own groups, and also will organise training days for budding amateur archaeologists. Retirement reawakened enthusiasm for amateur radio, and he was president of the institution for many years. Sports are social events to most of us, either as participants in amateur athletics or as spectators to their professional kin. Of the twenty volunteers some are professional railway workers, but most are amateur enthusiasts. This summer, a group of amateur film enthusiasts will embark on its most ambitious project to date. What does bug me is that the Olympics is no longer about true amateur athletics. The amateur enthusiasts are certainly catered for. Local amateur radio enthusiasts are to set up a station within the school, giving pupils the opportunity to contact other radio users across the world. Synonyms non-professional, non-specialist, lay 1.1 Inept or unskillful. 外行的；不熟练的 it's all so amateur! 都这么不熟练！ Example sentencesExamples It had made me faster, but even a finely tuned athlete like me couldn't avoid a simple amateur mistake. All that after one of the most inept, lacklustre, disgusting, amateur performances in recent times. It was a clumsy amateur agent who was foolish enough to allow himself to be detected. The content may be excellent, but it is totally obscured by an amateur and clumsy overuse of computerised publishing. Some of the attempts were amateur and romantically inept. Synonyms incompetent, inept, useless, unskilful, inexpert, clumsy, maladroit, gauche, blundering, bungling, bumbling, amateurish, botched, crude Origin Late 18th century: from French, from Italian amatore, from Latin amator ‘lover’, from amare ‘to love’.
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