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amateurish + noun
His amateurish painting was criticized.
他业余水平的画作受到了批评。
业余的；不专业的；外行的
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业余的；不专业的；外行的
lacking professional skill or expertise
His amateurish painting was criticized.
他业余水平的画作受到了批评。
缺乏专业技能或专长
lacking professional skill or expertise
The final report looked amateurish because of the many spelling mistakes and poor formatting.
这份最终报告由于拼写错误和排版粗糙，看起来很不专业。
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His amateurish attempts at fixing the sink only made the leak worse.
他业余的修水槽尝试反而让漏水更严重了。
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The website's design was too amateurish to attract serious customers.
这个网站的设计过于业余，吸引不了认真的客户。
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a very amateurish job
一项非常业余的工作。
WordNet
His amateurish painting was criticized.
他业余水平的画作受到了批评。
The production was amateurish.
这次制作很不专业。
He is amateurish in his approach.
他的方法很业余。
表示尝试做某事但缺乏专业水准。
It was an amateurish attempt at a serious novel.
这是一次试图写严肃小说的业余尝试。
Not this
He is an amateurish.
Use this
He is amateurish.
amateurish是形容词，不能直接用作名词，前面不能加不定冠词an。
Not this
His performance was amateur.
Use this
His performance was amateurish.
amateur作形容词时通常只作定语（如amateur photographer），作表语时需用amateurish表示“业余的、不熟练的”。
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外行的尝试；业余水平的尝试
His amateurish attempt to fix the sink only made the leak worse.
他修理水槽的外行尝试反而让漏水更严重了。
业余水平的活儿；不专业的工作
The contractor's amateurish work on the kitchen had to be redone.
承包商在厨房干的活儿太业余，不得不返工。
业余水平的制作；不专业的制作
Despite the famous actors, the film's amateurish production made it hard to watch.
尽管有著名演员，这部影片业余水平的制作让人难以看下去。
业余水平的表演；拙劣的演技
The movie is enjoyable despite its amateurish acting.
尽管演技业余，这部电影仍然很有趣。
业余水平的设计；不专业的设计
The website lost users because of its amateurish design.
这个网站因为业余水平的设计而流失了用户。
外行的做法；不专业的方法
His amateurish approach to customer service quickly destroyed the restaurant's reputation.
他在客户服务方面外行的做法很快毁掉了这家餐厅的声誉。
Use amateurish naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：业余爱好者（amateur）做事不专业，加上-ish就是“业余的、外行的”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：作品或成果评价、工作表现讨论、日常批评对话 该词语域比较中性，不算正式或俚语，但带有明显的批评意味；通常用于评价作品、表现或行为缺乏专业水准，口语和书面批评中都比较常见。
These words share the spelling ending -ish and the same unstressed final sound /ɪʃ/. They do not form perfect rhymes with amateurish (/'æmətʃɝɪʃ/) because the stressed vowel and following syllables differ; the match is only the suffix. Beware the root 'amateur' /'æmətʃər/, which lacks the -ish suffix and sounds quite different.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.