英语

novice

gb/nˈɑvɪs/ us/nˈɑvɪs/
B2 英语
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名词 B2 entity
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person who is a beginner

A person who has just started doing something and does not have much experience yet.

用法模式: a novice at [an activity]
常见错误:
Learners sometimes forget the article and say *"I am novice at this"* instead of *"I am a novice at this."* Also, *"novice"* is usually followed by *"at"* or *"in"*, as in *"a novice at tennis"* or *"a novice in this field"*, not *"a novice of tennis".* Another confusion is using *"novice"* as a verb (e.g., *"I novice cooking"*), which is incorrect; it is only a noun.
近义词
beginner (Most common neutral word; very close in meaning but slightly more general and basic.) | newcomer (Focuses more on being new to a place, group, or situation rather than to a skill.) | newbie (Informal and sometimes playful; often used in online or tech contexts.)
反义词
expert (Someone with a very high level of skill or knowledge, the opposite of a novice.) | veteran (Someone with long experience in a field, contrasting with a novice’s inexperience.)
搭配
complete novice |total novice |relative novice |novice driver |novice user |novice teacher
主题
daily life |education |work |core_vocabulary
例句
  • As a complete novice at programming, she started with a simple online course.
  • The club welcomes novices and offers beginner classes every weekend.
  • I'm still a novice driver, so I avoid busy city roads.
  • Even a relative novice can follow this step-by-step recipe.
  • The software is designed so that novices can learn it in a few hours.
学习者例句
  • He is a novice at chess.
  • I am a complete novice in this job.
  • Our teacher is kind to novices in the class.
  • She joined the gym as a total novice.
  • This book is good for novices to cooking.
名词 C1 entity
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trainee member of religious order

Someone who lives with a religious group, like monks or nuns, for a test period before becoming a full member.

用法模式: a novice in [a religious order]
常见错误:
Learners may confuse this religious meaning with the general sense of *"beginner"*. In religious contexts, *"novice"* is a specific role or stage, not just any beginner. Also, it is always a person, not a place or a building.
近义词
trainee (General word for someone in training; less specific and not limited to religious life.) | postulant (More technical and often used for an earlier stage than a novice in some religious traditions.)
反义词
monk (A fully accepted male member of a monastic community, contrasting with a novice who is still in training.) | nun (A fully accepted female member of a religious community, in contrast to a novice nun still in her trial period.)
搭配
novice monk |novice nun |Buddhist novice |entered as a novice |train the novices |novice master
主题
religion |society
例句
  • She spent two years as a novice before taking her final vows as a nun.
  • The monastery has ten novices this year, all learning the daily routines of prayer and work.
  • As a novice monk, he was not yet allowed to lead services.
  • During their novice period, candidates study the rules of the religious order.
  • The novice was guided by an older sister who had lived in the convent for many years.
学习者例句
  • He entered the monastery as a novice.
  • She is a novice nun in that convent.
  • The teacher shows the novices how to pray.
  • Novices must follow many rules in the monastery.
  • After one year as a novice, she took her vows.
名词 technical C1 entity
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beginner-level competitor or event

In sports or races, a beginner competitor or a race only for beginners.

用法模式: a novice [race/class/division]
常见错误:
Learners may think *"novice"* here only means a person, but it can also describe a class, division, or event restricted to beginners (e.g., *"novice race"*). It is also more formal than *"rookie"*, which is mainly used in everyday talk about team sports.
近义词
rookie (Informal; common in team sports like baseball or basketball; focuses on the player rather than the event class.) | beginner class (Clear, descriptive phrase; less formal-sounding than *"novice class"* in official rules.)
反义词
professional (A top-level or paid competitor, contrasted with a novice who is at the starting level.) | elite (The highest-level category in a sport, the opposite end of the scale from novice categories.)
搭配
novice class |novice division |novice race |novice event |novice category |novice riders
主题
sports |competition
例句
  • She won the novice race but will have to move up to the intermediate level next season.
  • The competition has separate novice and advanced divisions for riders.
  • This event is open only to novice rowers who have competed fewer than three times.
  • He started in the novice class before qualifying for the expert category.
  • The trainer entered the young horse in a novice hurdle to gain experience.
学习者例句
  • I will run in the novice race this year.
  • The club has a novice class and an expert class.
  • Novice riders start with easy jumps.
  • He is still in the novice division of the team.
  • She moved from the novice event to the main event.
语法
词典原形
novice
IPA
GB/nˈɑvɪs/
US/nˈɑvɪs/
音节与重音
novice (1 个音节)
Stress on 1st syllable (novice)
词形变化
Noun
  • Base: novice
  • Plural: novices
词族
Forms
novices noun
Core family
beginner noun A2 inexperienced adjective B2
Related words
learner noun A2 trainee noun B1 newcomer noun B1 apprentice noun B2
Negative and opposite forms
expert noun B1 experienced adjective
Advanced or less common
neophyte noun C1 novitiate noun
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