Dictionary entry

Amateurism

Pronunciation: /ˈamətʃərɪz(ə)m/

Pronunciation

/ˈamətʃərɪz(ə)m/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) မကျွမ်းမကျင်ခြင်း။

Definition

amateur /'æmǝtǝ(r), -tʃǝ(r)/ n ၁။ အေပ်ာ္တမ္း(အားကစား)သမား၊ (ဂီတ)ပညာရွင္ စသည္။ The tournament is open to leading amateurs as well as professionals. ❍ an enthusiastic amateur photographer/jockey/musician ❍ amateur dramatics/athletics ❍ the Amateur Boxing Association. ၂။ ( usu derog ) မကြၽမ္းက်င္ေသးသူ။ အေတြ႕ အႀကံဳ ႏုေသးသူ။ လက္သင္။ The whole house needs rewiring—it's not a job for amateurs. ❏ amateurish /'æmǝtǝrÇʃ, -tʃǝr-/ adj ( often derog ) မကြၽမ္းက်င္ေသာ။ လက္ရာမေျမာက္ေသာ။ Detectives described the burglary as ‘crude and amateurish’. ❏ amateurishly /'æmǝtǝrÇʃli, -tʃǝr-/ adv မကြၽမ္းမက်င္။ amateurism /'æmǝtǝrÇzǝm, -tʃǝr-/ n [U]: his bumbling amateurism.

Examples

  1. Let’s show them what a bunch of amateurs they are.