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amateur
- She played soccer as an amateur before turning professional.她之前是业余足球运动员，后来转成了职业球员。
- These photos were taken by both amateurs and professionals.这些照片是由业余爱好者和专业人员共同拍摄的。
- The people running that company are a bunch of amateurs.经营那家公司的人是一群外行。
- Only amateurs make this kind of mistake.只有外行才会犯这种错误。
- He's a mere amateur when it comes to cooking. [=he doesn't know how to cook well]说到烹饪，他不过是个外行。
— amateur
adjective, always used before a noun- amateur photographers/athletes业余摄影师/运动员
- an amateur competition [=a contest for amateurs]业余比赛
- They competed at the amateur level.他们进行的是业余水平的比赛。
amateur
noun
-ˌtu̇r 
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Should amateur only be used literally?
The earliest sense of amateur ("one that has a marked fondness, liking, or taste") is strongly connected to its roots: the word came into English from the French amateur, which in turn comes from the Latin word for “lover” (amator). This has led some people to assume that the word is properly used only in the sense “one who performs something for love rather than for money.” However, as is the case with so many other English words, amateur may mean two strikingly different things, referring to one who does something for the love of it and also to one who is not terribly competent at something.
Our earliest record of the word's literal sense comes from a 1777 source. By 1790, however, it was already being used in the somewhat condescending extended sense, as seen in George Rous’s description of Edmund Burke as “a bystander, a mere amateur of aristocracy” in his Thoughts on Government.
Example Sentences
Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 18 June 2022 On March 4, the team dismissed vice president of amateur scouting Mark Kelley and assistant general manager of pro evaluation Ryan Stewart. Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2022 On Friday, Davidson fired Mark Kelley, vice president of amateur scouting, and Ryan Stewart, assistant general manager of pro evaluation. Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 9 Mar. 2022 Additionally, the amateur draft was cut from 40 rounds to 20. Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2022 Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith return to the baking tent with a new group of amateur bakers this fall. Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2022 In addition to being an amateur, competitors must be no younger than 25 years old. David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2022 Another group of amateur bakers compete on the most recent season of the popular show. oregonlive, 14 Dec. 2021 Nothing strikes fear into the heart of amateur bakers quite like the idea of making homemade pie dough. Casey Barber, CNN, 12 Dec. 2021 See More Word History
borrowed from French, going back to Middle French, "one who loves, lover," borrowed from Latin amātor "lover, enthusiastic admirer, devotee," from amāre "to have affection for, love, be in love, make love to" (of uncertain origin) + -tōr-, -tor, agent suffix
Note: Latin amāre has been explained as an original stative verb with -ē- (hence, *ama-ē-, comparable to *sta-ē- > stāre "to stand"), formed from a root present *ama-, going back to an Indo-European verbal base *h2m̥h3- or *h3m̥h3- "take hold of, grasp" (whence also Sanskrit ámīti "takes hold of, swears," Greek ómnymi, omnýnai "to affirm with an oath," presumably originally "hold fast to an object while swearing"). Semantically the development in Latin is hypothetically "to grasp the hand of" > "to treat as a friend" > "to love." Supporting the presence of the verbal base in Italic would be the form amatens, allegedly, "(they) have seized" or "they have received" in a Sabellic text (the Aes Rapinum of the ancient Marrucini). According to an older theory amāre may be linked to a group of expressive/nursery words, as Latin amita "aunt," *amma "mother" (presumed from derivatives in personal names), Oscan ammai (dative singular) "mother." Another point of comparison with amāre has been Old Irish námae (genitive námat) "enemy," if it goes back to a participial formation *n(e)-h2m̥h3-(e)nt- "not loving" (compare Latin inimicus enemy), though the verbal base *h2emh3- is not otherwise attested in this or any other sense in Celtic. Concerning the derivative amīcus "friend" see note at amiable.
1757, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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