sciolist

['saɪəlɪst]
  • n. 一知半解者;知识浅薄的人;假充内行的人

英英释义


1. an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge

英文词源


sciolist (n.)
1610s, "smatterer, pretender to knowledge," from Late Latin sciolus "one who knows a little," diminutive of scius "knowing," from scire "to know" (see science) + -ist. Related: Sciolistic.