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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 dil·et·tante /ˈdɪləˌtɑnt, ˌtænt; ˌdɪləˈ/
 業餘愛好者(a.)外行的,淺薄的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dil·et·tan·te n.; pl. Dilettanti   An admirer or lover of the fine arts; popularly, an amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge, desultorily, or for amusement only.
    The true poet is not an eccentric creature, not a mere artist living only for art, not a dreamer or a dilettante, sipping the nectar of existence, while he keeps aloof from its deeper interests.   --J. C. Shairp.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 dilettante
      adj : showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish; "his
            dilettantish efforts at painting" [syn: dilettantish,
             dilettanteish, sciolistic]
      n : an amateur who engages in an activity without serious
          intentions and who pretends to have knowledge [syn: dabbler,
           sciolist]
      [also: dilettanti (pl)]