untrained

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un·trained /ˌʌnˈtreɪnd◂/ adjectiveadj

1 not trained to do something 〔做某事〕未经过训练的，未经培训的

untrained staff

未经培训的员工

2 to the untrained eye/ear when someone who does not have special knowledge of a subject looks at something or listens to it 在外行看来/听起来

To the untrained eye, the two flowers look remarkably similar.

在不懂的人看来，这两种花看上去非常相似。

Examples from the Corpus

to the untrained eye/ear• But he knew what he was looking at, though to the untrained eye it was just a pile of minuscule fragments.

Examples from the Corpus

untrained• Yet students who have completed expensive training face the same difficulties as an untrained actor in qualifying for an Equity card.• But we had an untrained and undisciplined group, with too many leaders, and things started to break down.• Their untrained but nervous eyes, and rumour, vastly exaggerated both the ferocity and size of the advancing army.• The records are confusing to anyone untrained in accounting.• Untrained nurses are not allowed to treat patients who are seriously ill.• These untrained observers should witness a ten-kiloton explosion somewhere on Earth about once a year.• Its recommendations focus on dangers posed by the public's exposure to pesticides and their use by untrained people.• Their army is made up mostly of untrained volunteers.

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BNC: 18604 COCA: 16040

untrained adj.
⇨ ignorant

BNC: 18604 COCA: 16040

untrained

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