neophyte

• n.新しい信者; 初心者; 初心者

neo-、新しい、-phyte、成長、植物、語源的にはbe、物理学と同じ。

neophyte

neophyte: [16] Neophyte is one of an evergrowing family of English words containing the prefix neo-, which comes from Greek néos ‘new’ (a relative of English new). Most of them are English formations (neoclassical [19], Neolithic [19], neologism [18], neonatal [20], neoplatonism [19], etc), but neophyte goes back to a Greek compound, neóphutos, which meant literally ‘newly planted’. Also derived from Greek néos is the name of the gas neon [19], so called in 1898 because it was ‘newly’ discovered.
=> neon, new

neophyte (n.)

"new convert," 1550s, from Church Latin neophytus, from Greek neophytos "a new convert," noun use of adjective meaning "newly initiated, newly converted," literally "newly planted," from neos "new" (see new) + phytos "grown; planted," verbal adjective of phyein "cause to grow, beget, plant" (see physic). Church sense is from I Tim. iii:6. Rare before 19c. General sense of "one who is new to any subject" is first recorded 1590s.

1. He is a neophyte at politics.

彼は政界初心者だ。

2.The neophyte must not despair of mastering the rules and procedures.

初心者はルールやプログラムに慣れている人に失望する必要はありません。

3.The neophyte began to stammer out a reply,but fell silent.

新弟子が二言三言口ごもって沈黙した。

4.Gaffer was no neophyte and had no fancies.

おじいさんは初心者ではありません。彼はあれこれ考えません。

5.A neophyte with a record of going along to get along could find it impossible.

たった一人の新人ではなおさら不可能だ。