complete novice• As you will realise I am a complete novice regarding these problems and would appreciate a little advice to sort them out.• Water-Skiing Whether you are a complete novice or an experienced skier we have the facilities to cater for you.• A variety of racesattracted a range of talents, from complete novices to professionals.• They come in three volumes, each presented by Julian Colbeck, and volume one is clearly aimed at the complete novice.• A festival held to revive the art attracted hundreds of people, many of them complete novices.• A course of classes on firing and driving steam trains is being offered to complete novices.
Originnovice
(1300-1400)Old FrenchMedieval Latinnovicius, from Latinnovus“new”
ADJECTIVE | NOVICE + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤complete, total十足的/完全的新手▸➤young年輕的新手➤political初涉政壇的人NOVICE + NOUN➤user初用者◇The on-screen manual shows the novice user the basics of the program.屏幕上的使用指南給初用者演示了這個程序的基本用法。➤pilot, sailor, teacher, etc.新飛行員、新水手、新教師等PREPOSITION➤novice at在⋯方面是新手◇I'm still a novice at the sport.在這項運動上我仍然是新手。➤novice in⋯領域的新手◇a novice in politics政界新人