dabble

英 [ˈdæbl]

美 [ˈdæbl]

v. 涉猎; 涉足; 浅尝; 玩水; 嬉水

现在分词：dabbling　过去式：dabbled　过去分词：dabbled　第三人称单数：dabbles　

Collins.1 / BNC.14552 / COCA.14779

牛津词典

verb

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

verb

bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water
1. dabbling ducks
dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
work with in an amateurish manner
1. She dabbles in astronomy
2. He plays around with investments but he never makes any money
Synonym:smatterplay around
play in or as if in water, as of small children
Synonym:paddlesplash around

After a brief dabble in politics, he returned to the world of business.
涉足政坛一小段时间后，他返回了商界。
But the truth is that our reluctance even to dabble in annuities is almost certainly irrational.
但事实上，几乎可以肯定，我们甚至不愿涉足年金的做法并不理性。
They dabble in right-wing politics.
他们浅尝涉足于右翼政治。
He dabbled in business
他搞过一点生意。
If he must dabble in science, keep him on economics and sociology; don't let him get away from that invaluable "real life".
如果你的痞子非要涉猎科学，就只让他接触经济学和社会学，千万别让他与那我辈所珍视的所谓“真实的人生”隔绝了。
He well-reads, dabble 100 divisions, made graven contribution to abounding scientific thesaurus of the mankind.
他博览群书，涉猎百科，对丰富人类的科学知识宝库做出了不可磨灭的贡献。
The college students are encouraged to dabble in everything useful despite their respective specialties.
大学生尽管各有各的专业，但仍需广泛涉猎一切有用的知识。
Jew engages in agriculture, digs up a great deal of badlands; They also dabble in handicraft industry;
犹太人从事农业生产，开垦了大量的荒地：他们也广泛涉猎手工行业；
I just dabble in future used goods.
我只是做做二手货生意。
They dabble with the Wyrm too much.
他们被妖蛆窜改的太多了。