Inexpert
“Inexpert” 意为“不熟练的”。
- 技能水平低:指某人做某事的方法或结果显得笨拙、不专业。
- 非专业人士:形容那些没有经过专门训练的人。
- “The surgery was botched by an inexpert hand.” (这台手术因主刀者技术不熟练而搞砸了。)
- “She gave me some inexpert advice on how to fix my computer.” (她给了我一些关于如何修电脑的外行建议。)
- “To an inexpert eye, the two paintings look identical.” (对于外行来说,这两幅画看起来一模一样。)
- 基础词:expert (专家)。
- 词根:ex- (出) + peri (尝试) -> 尝试出来的 -> 专家。
- 前缀:in- (不)。
- 前缀:in- (不)。
- 词根:expert (专业的)。
这个词通常带有贬义,暗示某种失败或不尽如人意的结果是由于缺乏专业性导致的。在日常交流中,“amateurish” (业余的) 是它的近义词,但 “inexpert” 听起来更正式一点。
- 副词形式: inexpertly (不熟练地)
in (不) + expert (专家)。直接理解为“不是专家”或“不像专家”。
“Leo tried to fix his own car, but his inexpert repairs only made the engine smoke more. Finally, he had to call a real mechanic, who laughed when he saw Leo’s strange use of duct tape. Leo learned that some jobs are best left to the experts.” (里奥试图自己修车,但他那不专业的修理反而让发动机冒了更多的烟。最后,他不得不请来真正的机械师,机械师看到里奥奇怪地使用胶带时笑了起来。里奥明白,有些工作最好留给专家。)