dabbled

1. VERB . 涉猎;浅尝
   If you dabble in something, you take part in it but not very seriously
   1. He dabbled in business...
      他搞过一点生意。
   2. She dabbled with drugs...
      她沾过毒品。
   3. Magicians do not dabble, they work hard.
      魔术师可不是随便玩两下的，他们下了苦功钻研。

1. He dabbled in business
   他搞过一点生意。
2. She dabbled with drugs
   她沾过毒品。
3. His vesture was dabbled in blood.
   他穿的衣服上溅满了鲜血。
4. He dabbled in religions.
   他涉猎宗教。
5. Recently, Warner Brothers also dabbled with other unorthodox distribution methods, by creating iPad, iPhone, and iPod apps specifically for the dark knight and inception.
   最近，华纳兄弟还尝试过其他一些非常规传播方式，在iPad、iPhone以及iPod上开发与《黑暗骑士》和《盗梦空间》（Inception）有关的应用程序。
6. He dabbled in the trade while working as an apprentice for an American sculptor between 2006 and 2008.
   2006年至2008年他给一位美国雕塑家做学徒，开始尝试雕塑。
7. The other drove a black Audi and dabbled in guitar.
   另外一位驾驶员开一辆黑色奥迪车并且喜欢弹吉他。
8. That could also amount to in-store experiences centered on the smartphone, an area in which Walmart, one of the biggest partners in MCX, has increasingly dabbled in recent years.
   同时它还可能营造一种以智能手机为中心的购物体验，作为MCX最大的合作伙伴之一，沃尔玛近年来一直在试水这个领域。
9. Though he has dabbled in bronze occasionally, he has never tried this technique before.
   虽然他曾偶尔涉猎过用铜创作，但是之前从来没有尝试过这种技法。
10. Since her return to Russia, Chapman has dabbled in politics, taken part in risque photoshoots for men's magazines, and hosts a TV show about the mysteries of the world.
    自从她回到俄罗斯后，查普曼涉足过政界，给男性杂志拍过淫猥的照片，还主持过一个探秘世界的电视节目。
11. In his spare time, friends say, he co-founded a translation agency, sold medicine and dabbled in stocks.
    他的朋友们说，马云在空闲时间与他人合办了一家翻译公司，此外，他还销售药品、炒股。
12. I also dabbled as a construction worker and then got my break in football.
    我也当过建筑工人，后来又逐渐回归了足球。
13. Some other banks have dabbled with longer-term payouts.
    其他一些银行开始尝试将薪酬的支付期限延长。
14. Under the trees several pheasants lay about, their rich plumage dabbled with blood;
    在那些树下，有几只山鸡四下里躺着，它们华丽的羽毛上沾着斑斑血迹；
15. At first, most of its offshore investments were in the financial sector but more recently the fund has invested in natural resource-related companies and dabbled in real estate.
    最初，大多数中国的海外投资对象是财政机构。但最近，这些资金用来投资自然资源的相关企业，偶尔涉及到房地产。
16. She dabbled her hands in the fountain.
    她把手伸到喷泉中玩水。
17. Waves dabbled with moonlight; a blood-spattered room; gardens splashed with color; kitchen walls splattered with grease.
    撒满月光的海面；血溅的房间；五颜六色的花园；溅有油污的厨房墙壁。
18. If you've also dabbled in the wonderful world of pseudo-coding called "web design" you undoubtedly recognize that, these days, most designers fall into one of two camps.
    如果你也涉猎了叫做“Web设计”的伪码梦幻世界的话，你无疑会发现在这个时代绝大多数设计师会分属于两个阵营之一。
19. In the past, I occasionally dabbled in painting for only a hobby; but now, working at being a full-time artist is my bag.
    过去我偶尔涉猎绘画，当做嗜好；现在却把做全天候的艺术家当成兴趣。
20. He first dabbled in politics when he was at law school.
    他第一次涉足政治是当他在法律学校就读时。
21. Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water ( John Steinbeck)
    赖尼把他粗笨的手浸到水里（约翰斯坦贝克）
22. When he was younger he dabbled in astrology.
    他年轻一点时涉猎过占星术。
23. She sank down on the low bank, and stripping off the remnants of her slippers and stockings, dabbled her burning feet in the cool water. He dipped a few times in the ocean to cool himself.
    她在低低的河岸上坐下来，脱掉破鞋烂袜，把一双发烫的脚浸在清凉的河水里。为了凉快凉快，他在海水里泡了几次。
24. She dabbled with several careers before finally becoming a computer programmer.
    在最终成为一个计算机程序设计家之前，她尝试过好几个职业。
25. He had dabbled in Clarke's Homer, but had never yet worked much at the New Testament in the Greek, though he possessed a copy, obtained by post from a second-hand bookseller.
    他涉猎过克拉克版的《荷马诗集》，对希腊文原本的《新约全书》却根本没下过工夫，尽管他已经用邮寄方式，从一家旧书店买到一本。
26. Victor dabbled in drugs, armed robbery, assault.
    他贩毒、抢劫、斗殴。
27. Although MECom has dabbled in UK-based investments, it has decided to focus on continental European newspapers, where assets are cheaper and the revenue base is more stable because there is less reliance on advertising.
    尽管mecom迄今的投资均在英国，但该公司已决定将重点放在欧洲大陆的报纸上，那里的报纸对广告的依赖程度较低，所以资产价格更为低廉，而收入基础也更加稳定。
28. Have you dabbled into web services?
    你已经涉足web服务了吗？
29. As a schoolboy in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, he dabbled in old radios, bottles and books, visiting endless auctions, "yard sales" and flea markets.
    当他还在宾夕法尼亚州威廉斯波特上学时，就涉猎各种年代已久的收音机、瓶瓶罐罐和书籍，参加无穷无尽的拍卖会，出入各种后院拍卖和跳蚤市场。

adj

1. covered with bright patches (often used in combination)
   1. waves dabbled with moonlight
   2. a blood-spattered room
   3. gardens splashed with color
   4. kitchen walls splattered with grease

   Synonym:    spatteredsplashedsplattered