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单词 dabble
释义
dabble
verb
uk
/ˈdæb.əl/us
/ˈdæb.əl/

dabbleverb(TRY)

[I]
to take aslightand not veryseriousinterestin asubject, ortryaparticularactivityfor ashortperiod:
浅尝，尝新鲜；涉猎
He first dabbledinpoliticswhen he was atlawschool.他在法学院上学时首次接触政治。
She dabbledwithdrugsatuniversity.她在大学里沾上了毒品。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Trying and making an effort
  • A game
  • all-out
  • assault
  • attempt
  • attempted
  • bid
  • commitment
  • crack
  • go for itidiom
  • go forsomeone
  • go out ofyourwayidiom
  • go the extra mileidiom
  • go to great lengthsidiom
  • nose
  • seek
  • square the circleidiom
  • step on the gasidiom
  • stick atsomething
  • stick tosomething
  • strain after/for effectidiom
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dabbleverb(MOVE IN WATER)

[T]
to putpartofyourbody, such asyourhandorfoot, into thewaterof apoolorstream, etc. andmoveit around
玩水，嬉水
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Movement on or through water
  • buoyantly
  • cast
  • castsomeoneadriftidiom
  • dip
  • float
  • hydroplane
  • outsail
  • paddle
  • paddler
  • raft
  • row
  • sail
  • smoothness
  • surface
  • swim
  • tack
  • wade
  • wallow

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dabbler
(Definition ofdabblefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

dabble| American Dictionary

dabble
verb[I]
us
/ˈdæb·əl/
to take aslightand not veryseriousinterestin asubjectortryaparticularactivityfor ashortperiod:
I don’tpaintmuch, I just dabble.
(Definition ofdabblefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdabble

dabble
Somehow, dabbling with details was always seen as boring and tedious.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Although he had previously dabbled with psychoanalysis, at this point he was not formally trained.
From theCambridge English Corpus
His deep religiosity would not free up his conscience and let himdabblein the occult.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This unavoidable need todabblewith basic interactions is the bread and butter of programming work.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Would it not be better to arrange courses for untrained architects who make themselves a perfect nuisance by dabbling in things they do not understand?
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Hansard archive
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Meantime, it seems to me that we are simply dabbling with something which is quite unworthy of our attention.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This may be a fruitful field for them and for those who want todabblein it, whether to entertain or even to make mischief.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He was at that time dabbling in one of his efforts at food taxation.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The people of this country do not want these adventures of dabbling in the political affairs of other peoples, who want independence.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is a significant statement, coming from one who, nine years afterwards, is prepared todabblein what he repudiated in 1901.
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Added to this, some of their spokesmen have also been dabbling with the notion of municipalising private and rented property.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Let us build then on what has already successfully started rather than, as we often seem to do,dabblewith too many new initiatives.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
That applies especially in sparsely populated areas, where practitionersdabblein all manner of work.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Linkage is a concept known to some of us whodabblea little in magic.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I think we might easily all get into depths beyond any that we wish todabblein today by going further in this matter.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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