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

So what does this mean for those of us who fancy a dabble in the world of fine Claret?
那么，这是否意味着我们这些谁豪华涉足世界中的罚款干红？
He is a talented musician but is content to just dabble.
他很有音乐天赋，但满足于浅尝。
Don't dabble, set your sights on one goal and achieve it with overwhelming force.
别什么都去浅尝一下，眼睛放在一个目标上，然后尽全力去达到目标！
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。
They dabble in right-wing politics.
他们浅尝涉足于右翼政治。
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。
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。
His friends overseas like to dabble in it from time to time.
他那些海外的朋友时不时的涉足这个。
I dabble in writing poetry but I do it only for my own pleasure, not for publication.
我偶尔搞一点诗歌创作，但那仅仅是为了寻找自我乐趣而已，并非为了发表。
Lenovo is not the first Chinese enterprise to dabble in F1 racing.
联想并非第一家中国企业涉足一级方程式锦标赛的企业。