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dabbler in something collocation someone who takes a slight and not very serious interest in a subject, or who tries it for a short period: They are dabblers in African music rather than experts.他们是非洲音乐的业余爱好者,而不是专家。 Her opponents dismissed her as a mere dabbler in politics. See
dabbler He is a dabbler in psychology with only the most elementary sort of knowledge of what it all means. The old woman was known to be a dabbler in herbal remedies. The meetings were attended by mediums, spiritualists, and various dabblers in the occult. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Trying and making an effort A game all out assault attempt attempted commitment go after someone go all outidiom go down swinging/fightingidiom go for itidiom go for someone nose shoot for the moonidiom shoot the worksidiom smarten (someone/something) up smarten up your actidiom spare square the circleidiom stretch struggle |