dabble
英 [ˈdæbl]
美 [ˈdæbl]
v. 涉猎; 涉足; 浅尝; 玩水; 嬉水
现在分词：dabbling 过去式：dabbled 过去分词：dabbled 第三人称单数：dabbles
Collins.1 / BNC.14552 / COCA.14779
牛津词典
verb
- 涉猎；涉足；浅尝
to take part in a sport, an activity, etc. but not very seriously- He dabbles in local politics.
他开始涉足地方政坛。
- He dabbles in local politics.
- 玩水；嬉水
to move your hands, feet, etc. around in water- She dabbled her toes in the stream.
她把脚趾浸在小河里嬉水。
- She dabbled her toes in the stream.
柯林斯词典
- VERB . 涉猎;浅尝
If youdabble insomething, you take part in it but not very seriously- He dabbled in business...
他搞过一点生意。 - She dabbled with drugs...
她沾过毒品。 - Magicians do not dabble, they work hard.
魔术师可不是随便玩两下的，他们下了苦功钻研。
- He dabbled in business...
英英释义
verb
- bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water
- dabbling ducks
- dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
- work with in an amateurish manner
- She dabbles in astronomy
- He plays around with investments but he never makes any money
- play in or as if in water, as of small children
双语例句
- He well-reads, dabble 100 divisions, made graven contribution to abounding scientific thesaurus of the mankind.
他博览群书，涉猎百科，对丰富人类的科学知识宝库做出了不可磨灭的贡献。 - This is not the first time the fast food chain has decided to dabble in the fragrance market.
这已经不是快餐连锁店第一次决定涉足香水市场了。 - They dabble in right-wing politics.
他们浅尝涉足于右翼政治。 - Lenovo is not the first Chinese enterprise to dabble in F1 racing.
联想并非第一家中国企业涉足一级方程式锦标赛的企业。 - After a brief dabble in politics, he returned to the world of business.
涉足政坛一小段时间后，他返回了商界。 - He dabble in stocks and shares for a few months and then gave them up.
他做过几个月的股票买卖，但很快就放弃了。 - With the comparative free time, I started to dabble in development.
由于时间相对自由，所以我开始尝试开发。 - They dabble with the Wyrm too much.
他们被妖蛆窜改的太多了。 - He is a talented musician but is content to just dabble.
他很有音乐天赋，但满足于浅尝。 - If he must dabble in science, keep him on economics and sociology; don't let him get away from that invaluable "real life".
如果你的痞子非要涉猎科学，就只让他接触经济学和社会学，千万别让他与那我辈所珍视的所谓“真实的人生”隔绝了。