He's not a dedicated musician, just a dabbler.

Those possessed of great wisdom are composed, tranquil, and open-minded while the dabbler are chatty.

有大智慧的人,他们内心沉稳, 宁静, 心胸开阔;半瓶醋的人,则喋喋不休.

He's not a dedicated musician but a dabbler.

他并不是专门的音乐家，只不过是个业余家。

She dabbles in astronomy.

她对天文学一知半解.

She dabbles in painting as a hobby.

她学点绘画作为业余爱好.

She just dabbles in chemistry.

她只不过是随便搞一下化学.

He dabbles in local politics.

他开始涉足地方政坛。

The boy is dabbling his hand in the water.

这孩子正用手玩水.

You stop dabbling and focus more intensively on the areas where you can excel.

不能再像花蝴蝶般四处飞舞,必须开始专注于所擅长的领域.

These days Tom has been dabbling at painting.

这一阵子汤姆迷上了画画.

He got his fingers badly burnt dabbling in the stock-market.

他在证券市场胡乱买卖而大吃苦头.

The children are dabbling in the water.

孩子们正在玩水.

We were both dabbling in drink, drugs, and all that.

我们对饮酒 、 吸毒和诸如此类的东西都有所涉猎.

The moon hung over the harbor dabbling the waves with gold ( Katherine Mansfield )

月亮悬挂在港湾上空,给波浪上挥洒金光 ( 凯瑟琳曼斯菲尔德 )

Proposals operating outside the paradigm -- those dabbling in distracting trivia -- get nothing.

那些忤逆典范的研究课题― ― 那些涉猎分散琐事的课题― ― 就什么都得不到.

Jack has been dabbling at painting this summer vacation.

杰克暑假一直在涉猎绘画.

You do not want dabs of color, you want plenty of paint to paint with.

你需要的不是一点儿颜色, 你需要很多颜料来画.

He made a few dabs at the fence with the paint but didn't really paint it.

他用颜料轻刷栅栏,但一点也没刷上.

He made a few dabs at the fence with the paintbrush, but didn't really paint it.

他用漆刷在围墙上轻轻涂几下, 但并未真正油漆围墙.

He dabs his leg with a brush.

他用刷子轻拍他的腿.

Each of us had two dabs of butter.

我们每人吃了两小块黄油.