| 词汇 | dabbling |
| 释义 | dabbling present participle ofdabble 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 He first dabbled in politics when he was at law school.他在法学院上学时首次接触政治。 She 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 crack go after someone go all outidiom go down swinging/fightingidiom go for itidiom go for someone nose seek shoot the worksidiom smarten (someone/something) up smarten up your actidiom spare square the circleidiom step on the gasidiom 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 dabble dip dip in something float hydroplane outsail raft row sail slingshot smoothness surface tack wade wallow Related worddabbler Examples of dabblingdabbling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Somehow, dabbling with details was always seen as boring and tedious. 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 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 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 I should not like to see him start dabbling in unit trust shares. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of dabbling in politics, and offering half-baked political philosophy to boot, they would do better to look after the nation's spiritual needs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Dabbling with such complicated legislation as this automatically creates other hardships. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are now dabbling in that sector of industry, where they are at the mercy of individual demand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has been dabbling with too many different objectives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If one looks at the rest of the world, we are dabbling in foreign policy at the expense of our trade and our economy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is all too easy, if these resources are dispersed, dabbling first in this disease and then in that, to achieve nothing in the end. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I could not start dabbling in the business now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Before they knew it, they were dabbling in the foreign exchange black market. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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