dabble

US [ˈdæb(ə)l]
UK ['dæb(ə)l]
  • v.涉猎；涉足；浅尝；玩水
  • Web弄湿；戏水；喷洒
Simple Present：dabbles  Present Participle：dabbling  Past Tense：dabbled  

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dabble
v.
1.
[i]
~ (in/with sth)
涉猎；涉足；浅尝to take part in a sport, an activity, etc. but not very seriously
He dabbles in local politics.
他开始涉足地方政坛。
2.
[t]
~ sth (in sth)
玩水；嬉水to move your hands, feet, etc. around in water
She dabbled her toes in the stream.
她把脚趾浸在小河里嬉水。

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Definition:
AllAll,涉猎涉猎,涉足涉足,浅尝浅尝,玩水玩水,弄湿弄湿,戏水戏水,喷洒喷洒
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Source:AllAll,DictionaryDictionary,WebWeb
Difficulty:AllAll,EasyEasy,MiddleMiddle,HardHard
1.
Everyone gets ideas. But to say you're an inventor sounds like a narrow concept, as if you only dabble in chemistry sets.
每个人都有想法，但说你是个发明家，听起来像是个很狭窄的概念，貌似你只会和化学仪器打交道。
měi gè rén dōu yǒu xiǎng fǎ , dàn shuō nǐ shì gè fā míng jiā , tīng qǐ lái xiàng shì gè hěn xiá zhǎi de gài niàn , mào sì nǐ zhǐ huì hé huà xué yí qì dǎ jiāo dao 。
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2.
Atthat time had just finished college entrance examination, my mom and dad let me relax and decided to take me to dabble in Qinghai.
那时候刚刚高考完，爸爸妈妈为了让我放松一下，决定带我去青海玩水。
nà shí hòu gāng gāng gāo kǎo wán , bà ba mā mā wèi le ràng wǒ fàng sōng yí xià , jué dìng dài wǒ qù qīng hǎi wán shuǐ 。
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3.
It's about trying to find answers and trying to dabble with the concept of time.
它是试图找到答案，并尝试涉足这一概念的时间。
tā shì shì tú zhǎo dào dá àn , bìng cháng shì shè zú zhè yī gài niàn de shí jiān 。
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4.
I love to teach, and it was mentioned by the previous speaker that I enjoy poetry, and I dabble in it a bit, and love it.
我热爱教育，刚才演讲的那个人提到我喜欢诗歌，而其实我有点沉迷于其中，非常喜欢诗歌。
wǒ rè ài jiào yù , gāng cái yǎn jiǎng de nà ge rén tí dào wǒ xǐ huan shī gē , ér qí shí wǒ yǒu diǎn chén mí yú qí zhōng , fēi cháng xǐ huan shī gē 。
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5.
Its willingness to dabble beyond its borders marked it out for suspicion when crisis struck and doubts about its foreign exposures grew.
ICICI主动出击涉足国外市场，这注定要使得他们在危机来袭时备受质疑，而其海外经济活动的增长也遭受了怀疑。
ICICI zhǔ dòng chū jī shè zú guó wài shì chǎng , zhè zhù dìng yào shǐ de tā men zài wēi jī lái xí shí bèi shòu zhì yí , ér qí hǎi wài jīng jì huó dòng de zēng zhǎng yě zāo shòu le huái yí 。
www.ecocn.org
6.
In the early 1960s, thanks to its telecom connections, it began to dabble in early radio telephones.
20世纪60年代初期，凭借其在电信行业的业务关系，它开始涉足早期的无线电话领域。
èr shí shì jì liù shí nián dài chū qī , píng jiè qí zài diàn xìn háng yè de yè wù guān xì , tā kāi shǐ shè zú zǎo qī de wú xiàn diàn huà lǐng yù 。
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7.
Although this was unpopular with users, Facebook continued to dabble in Real-Time.
尽管这并不受用户欢迎（中文link），但是Facebook继续涉猎实时化领域。
jǐn guǎn zhè bìng bù shòu yòng hù huān yíng ( zhōng wén link ) , dàn shì Facebook jì xù shè liè shí shí huà lǐng yù 。
article.yeeyan.org
8.
Twitter is trying to minimise developers' fears by being clearer about the areas it might one day dabble in.
推特通过更加明朗未来可能涉及的范围来减小开发者的顾忌。
tuī tè tōng guò gèng jiā míng lǎng wèi lái kě néng shè jí de fàn wéi lái jiǎn xiǎo kāi fā zhě de gù jì 。
www.ecocn.org
9.
She said, "Well, Gretchen, you dabble in the subject of happiness, don't you? "
她说：“Gretchen，你在涉足快乐问题，是吗？”
tā shuō : " Gretchen , nǐ zài shè zú kuài lè wèn tí , shì ma ? "
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10.
The planned car represents one of the most serious efforts by Chinese auto makers to dabble in alternative-fuel propulsion technology.
这款车代表了中国汽车厂商在涉足可替代燃料驱动技术上的一项重大努力。
zhè kuǎn chē dài biǎo le zhōng guó qì chē chǎng shāng zài shè zú kě tì dài rán liào qū dòng jì shù shàng de yī xiàng zhòng dà nǔ lì 。
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