neophyte

英 [ˈniːəfaɪt]

美 [ˈniːəfaɪt]

n.  初学者; 新手; 生手; 刚接受新宗教信仰的人; 新皈依者; 新受圣职的司铎; 修会初学生

复数：neophytes　

GRE

BNC.40240 / COCA.18670

牛津词典

noun

• 初学者；新手；生手
  a person who has recently started an activity
  1. The site gives neophytes the chance to learn from experts.
     这个网站给新手提供了向专家学习的机会。
• 刚接受新宗教信仰的人；新皈依者
  a person who has recently changed to a new religion
• 新受圣职的司铎；修会初学生
  a person who has recently become a priest or recently entered a religious order

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 初学者;新手;生手
  Aneophyteis someone who is new to a particular activity.
  1. ...the self-proclaimed political neophyte Ross Perot.
     自称政治新人的罗斯·佩罗

英英释义

noun

• a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist
  Synonym:catechumen
• any new participant in some activity
  Synonym:newcomerfledglingfledgelingstarterfreshmannewbieentrant
• a plant that is found in an area where it had not been recorded previously

双语例句

• These neophyte speculators overtrade.
  这些投机新手过度交易。
• Frontlines aims to discourage such reckless neophyte abandon in a variety of ways.
  决战火线：燃料战争打算用各种各样的方阻止鲁莽的初学者。
• You're no neophyte at reading budgets either.
  看年度预算对你来说应该不是第一次了。
• The 43-year-old political neophyte is greeted by a roar from thousands of people, mostly women, many of whom are wearing the red associated with opposition forces concentrated in the poorer north of the country.
  迎接这位43岁政治新人的是数千人的热烈欢迎，多数是女性，其中很多穿着与该国较贫困北方集中的反对势力联系起来的红衫。
• It has been a harsh introduction to the realities of power for the44-year-old neophyte, who is the younger sister of the populist former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra.
  对于这个44岁的新手来说，这是现实残酷的开端。英拉-西那瓦，是前平民党首席大臣的妹妹。
• But a neophyte likely would not understand; it helps to live in Chinese society for a while before reading.
  可一个初学者不太可能会明白这些，在读这本书之前，得花点时间在中国待上一段时间才行。
• But his sway extends beyond the Treasury, where his seriousness and technical command have surprised civil servants who expected the neophyte of popular pre-general election caricature.
  在财政部，他以严肃的作风和专业的指令让众多公务员大吃一惊，他们原以为他只是一个初出茅庐，在预选中大受欢迎的政治新手罢了。但是他的影响并不仅限于财政部内。
• A good occasion for neophyte and wine lover to understand better Loire Valley wines ( in Chinese only).
  葡萄酒的外行和内行有个好机会多了解卢瓦尔河谷的葡萄酒，都是中文版的。
• This seems to me to be precisely the sort of wine least likely to woo a neophyte wine drinker, and least likely to be a good match for Chinese food.
  在我看来，这种葡萄酒恰恰最不可能博得初尝葡萄酒者的青睐，也最不可能与中国食物形成完美的搭配。
• A neophyte with a record of going along to get along could find it impossible.
  一个唯唯诺诺的新人就更不可能了。