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

• Like lawyers in courts, physicians in hospitals, or baseball players on the field, scientists speak an insular language that is unknowable and intimidating to the uninitiated.
  就像律师在法庭上，医生在医院，或棒球运动员在球场上一样，科学家们讲着一种不可知的孤立语言来吓唬门外汉。
• One week I drive to her Newport Beach neighborhood and we walk "the island"& Balboa Island, for the uninitiated.
  有一周，我驾车到她居住的纽波特海岸附近，我们便开始在Balboa岛上散步。
• For the uninitiated ( or those over 30), "snaps" are instant messages/ photos that self-destruct ten seconds or less after being viewed.
  或许你还不知道Snapchat（30岁以上的读者恐怕都不太知道它），“快照”是在被查看后的10秒钟内自动销毁的即时消息或照片。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。