| 词汇 | dabble |
| 释义 | dabble verb uk /ˈdæb.əl/ us /ˈdæb.əl/ dabbleverb (TRY)[ I ] to take a slight and not very serious interest in a subject, or try a particular activity for a short period: 浅尝，尝新鲜；涉猎 dabble inHe first dabbled in politics when he was at law school.他在法学院上学时首次接触政治。 dabble withShe dabbled with drugs at university.她在大学里沾上了毒品。 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 dabbleverb (MOVE IN WATER)[ T ] to put part of your body, such as your hand or foot, into the water of a pool or stream, etc. and move it around玩水，嬉水 Movement on or through water buoyantly cast cast someone adriftidiom dip dip in something float hydroplane outsail paddle paddler raft row sail slingshot smoothness surface swim tack wade wallow Related worddabbler dabble | American Dictionarydabble verb[ I ] us/ˈdæb·əl/ to take a slight and not very serious interest in a subject or try a particular activity for a short period: I don’t paint much, I just dabble. Examples of dabbledabble Somehow, dabbling with details was always seen as boring and tedious. Although he had previously dabbled with psychoanalysis, at this point he was not formally trained. His deep religiosity would not free up his conscience and let him dabble in the occult. This unavoidable need to dabble with basic interactions is the bread and butter of programming work. 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? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Meantime, it seems to me that we are simply dabbling with something which is quite unworthy of our attention. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This may be a fruitful field for them and for those who want to dabble in it, whether to entertain or even to make mischief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was at that time dabbling in one of his efforts at food taxation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a significant statement, coming from one who, nine years afterwards, is prepared to dabble in what he repudiated in 1901. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Added to this, some of their spokesmen have also been dabbling with the notion of municipalising private and rented property. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us build then on what has already successfully started rather than, as we often seem to do, dabble with too many new initiatives. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English That applies especially in sparsely populated areas, where practitioners dabble in all manner of work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Linkage is a concept known to some of us who dabble a little in magic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think we might easily all get into depths beyond any that we wish to dabble in today by going further in this matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of dabble These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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