uninitiated

英 [ˌʌnɪˈnɪʃieɪtɪd]

美 [ˌʌnɪˈnɪʃieɪtɪd]

n.  无专门知识(或经验)的人; 门外汉; 外行
adj.  外行的，缺少经验的

GRE

BNC.19925 / COCA.20858

牛津词典

noun

• 无专门知识（或经验）的人；门外汉；外行
  people who have no special knowledge or experience of sth
  1. To the uninitiated the system seems too complicated.
     对外行而言，这个系统似乎过于复杂。

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 缺乏某种特定知识（或经验）的人；不熟悉某种特定情况的人
  You can refer to people who have no knowledge or experience of a particular subject or activity asthe uninitiated.
  1. For the uninitiated, Western Swing is a fusion of jazz, rhythm & blues, rock & roll and country music...
     对于外行人来说，西部摇摆是爵士乐、节奏布鲁斯、摇滚乐和乡村音乐的融合。
  2. Its appeal may not be immediately obvious to the uninitiated.
     不熟悉的人很难一下子体会到它的魅力。
  3. Uninitiatedis also an adjective.
     
  4. For those uninitiated in scientific ocean drilling, the previous record was a little over 4 km...
     对于那些不熟悉科学大洋钻探的人来说，之前的纪录是4千米多一点。
  5. This may not be visible to the uninitiated eye, but the experienced quarryman sees it.
     也许外行人看不出来，但是逃不过有经验的采石工人的眼睛。

英英释义

adj

• not initiated
  1. it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes
  2. he took part in the experiment as a naive subject
  Synonym:uninitiatenaive

双语例句

• Now by the uninitiated I mean the people who believe in nothing but what they can grasp in their hands, and who will not allow that action or generation or anything invisible can have real existence.
  我所指的是那些只相信我握在他们手里的东西的人。他们不愿意承认那些看不见的行为、结果或其他的任何东西可能实际存在。
• The roar of nearby surf can be terribly distracting to the uninitiated.
  附近海浪的吼声极易分散已经不是初学者的注意力。
• The text and photographs should, together, present the uninitiated with an understandable, engaging,'picture'of your subject, but the writing and the photos should each stand on their own.
  你的文字与摄影必须能共同表现出一幅有关你的主题中，容易理解的且具有吸引力的「图像」。不过你写作的部分与相片必须各自表现出不同的重点。
• To the uninitiated, the words should rhyme, but the former is pronounced/ mun/ ( according to the International Pronunciation Alphabet), while the latter is spoken/ good/.
  对外行人而言，这两个单词似乎应该是押韵的，但是前者的读音是/mun/（根据InternationalPronunciationAlphabet），而后者的读音是/good/。
• Pinterest, for the uninitiated, is a deceptively simple-sounding, insanely addictive social media site that lets users collect and share images on digital pinboards.
  也许有人是初次听说Pinterest，这是个表面看似简单，却能让人疯狂上瘾的社交媒体网站，用户可在网站的数字公告栏上收集、共享图片。
• To the uninitiated, it may appear that a degree in finance is currently one of the least useful qualifications, as banks disappear and bankers join the dole queues.
  对于外行来说，金融学位现在似乎是最没用的资格证书，因为银行消失了，银行家加入了领取失业救济金的队伍。
• For the uninitiated, search engine optimization ( SEO) refers to methods of making web sites "friendly" to the different search engines.
  为门外汉，搜索引擎优化（汉城）网站制作方法指“友好”的搜索引擎不同。
• The startup universe is a large one and can seem overwhelming and impenetrable to the uninitiated.
  创业企业林林总总，在门外汉看起来可能高深莫测。
• For the uninitiated, eco-fashion is a process of creating garments with environment friendly techniques and processes which are non-hazardous to the environment.
  对于外行可以这样说，环保时装是一个用环保技术和对环境无害的工序来生产服装的过程。
• This must seem a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes.
  对于不谙此道的西方人来说，这一定看上去像一种怪诞的礼仪。