an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
Adjective:
showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish;
"his dilettantish efforts at painting"
例句
用作名词 (n.)
Dilettante watch the scene of bustle, adept guard the entrance. 外行看热闹，内行看门道。
He is a master of that area even if he is a dilettante. 虽然他只是个业余爱好者
用作形容词 (adj.)
The person that envy should establish correct belief, envying is the dilettante expression that does not have self-restraint. 妒忌者应树立正确信念，妒忌是没有涵养的浅薄的表现。
This kind of view is very dilettante. 这种说法就是很外行的。
经典引文
Mr. Churchill..refused to trust the dilettantes at the Treasury.
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[ˌdɪlə'tænti]
