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单词 uninitiated
释义
uninitiated
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪ.tɪd/us
/ˌʌn.ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪ.t̬ɪd/
not havingknowledgeorexperienceof aparticularsubjectoractivity:
外行的；缺少经验的
The author'sgoalwas tointroduceuninitiatedreadersto thearea.作者的目标是向未入门的读者介绍该领域。
To the uninitiatedoutsider, all this would becompletelyincomprehensible.对于外行人来说，这一切都是完全无法理解的。
More examples
  • An uninitiatedobservermight not haveknownthat anythingunusualwashappening.
  • Ifoundmyselfreceivingstrangelooksfrom uninitiatedonlookers.
  • Theworldofhospitalsanddoctorshasitsownlanguage, which shetranslatesfor the uninitiatedreader.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Inexperienced (of people)
  • armchair
  • be new to this gameidiom
  • be wet behind the earsidiom
  • dewy-eyed
  • fledgling
  • game
  • green
  • innocence
  • innocent
  • innocently
  • maladroitly
  • new
  • raw
  • rubbish
  • unartistic
  • unenlightened
  • uninformed
  • unrefined
  • unsophisticated
  • wet
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the uninitiated
noun[plural]
mainlyhumorous
uk
/ˌʌn.ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪ.tɪd/us
/ˌʌn.ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪ.t̬ɪd/
peoplewho are withoutknowledgeorexperienceof aparticularsubjectoractivity:
缺乏专门知识者；不知情者；门外汉，外行
Michelle, for theuninitiated, is thecentralfemalecharacterin Netflix'slatestcomedyseries.外人有所不知，米雪尔是网飞最新播出的喜剧连续剧中的女主角。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Inexperienced people and lack of experience
  • apprentice
  • beginner
  • blind
  • dilettante
  • freshman
  • functional illiterate
  • laywoman
  • lightweight
  • muggle
  • naïf
  • neophyte
  • non-philosopher
  • nonspecialist
  • not know the meaning of the wordidiom
  • novice
  • probationer
  • the blind leading the blindidiom
  • upstart
  • virgin
  • virginity
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(Definition ofuninitiatedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofuninitiated

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Ecotourism and the conservation ethic: recruiting theuninitiatedor preaching to the converted?
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While this could prove confusing to theuninitiated, it enables him to provide a depth of analysis which reveals his superior grasp of the material.
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He presents these materials very clearly, supplying theuninitiatedreader with background explanations as needed.
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Many of the chapters are models of clarity but some of them are not for theuninitiated.
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In these admonitions and allusions, this muttering which is incomprehensible to theuninitiated, there is a note of truth.
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The irony thus becomes evident only on the second reading (the pretense model would claim that, on the first reading, we are the "uninitiatedaudience").
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This is not a book for theuninitiated.
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However, to theuninitiatedthose dealing with the theories of opinion formulation are interesting.
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Theuninitiatedmay find the text overly dense with nomenclature, although the book provides an ample glossary.
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As such, it succeeds in providing a rather nice illustration of the workings of this representational theory that is also accessible to theuninitiated.
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But overall his argument is convincing, and the technical military issues are presented clearly, without excessive jargon to confound theuninitiated.
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To theuninitiatedthe title of the book could be slightly misleading.
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It provides a broad overview of gerontology research to the undergraduate or to theuninitiated, and may entice one or two to read further.
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For theuninitiated, these chapters provide basic overviews of how the state-society dialectic was transformed from a democratic dialogue into a jihadist bloodbath.
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One involves terminology, which can be inconsistent as well as overwhelming for theuninitiated.
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