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In this use, Corinthian means amateur in a proud, old-fashioned way: you do the sport because you love it, not because you are paid. A Corinthian player is meant to play fair and not make a fuss about money. You can use it as an adjective (a Corinthian spirit) or as a noun (a Corinthian — such a player).
In this use,在這個用法裡， Corinthian means amateur in a proud, old-fashioned way:Corinthian的意思是帶著一種驕傲、老派味道的業餘： you do the sport because you love it,你做這項運動是因為喜歡， not because you are paid.不是因為有錢拿。 A Corinthian player is meant toCorinthian球員應該要 play fair and not make a fuss about money.公平比賽，不為了錢大驚小怪。 You can use it這個字 as an adjective (a Corinthian spirit)可以當形容詞用（a Corinthian spirit） or as a noun (a Corinthian — such a player).也可以當名詞用（a Corinthian，指這樣的球員）。
It is rather British, and you meet it more in older writing, club names, and speeches than in everyday talk. Today the plain word is amateur.
It is rather British,這個字相當英式， and you meet it more in older writing, club names, and speeches比較常出現在老式文章、俱樂部名稱和演講裡， than in everyday talk.而不是日常對話。 Today the plain word is現在一般會直接說 amateur.amateur（業餘）。
The word is built from Corinth, a famous city in ancient Greece, plus -ian.
The word is built from這個字是由 Corinth, a famous city in ancient Greece,Corinth（古希臘一座著名城市） plus -ian.加上-ian構成的。
Though actually, ancient Corinth also had a name for rich, wild living, and that coloured other, older uses of Corinthian (luxury, pleasure-seeking). Those are not this sports sense. The sports sense grew later in English, from the idea of the gentleman amateur.
Though actually,不過其實， ancient Corinth also had a name for rich, wild living,古代的Corinth也以奢華放蕩的生活聞名， and that coloured other, older uses of Corinthian (luxury, pleasure-seeking).這也影響了Corinthian其他更早的用法（奢華、縱情享樂）。 Those are not那些用法並不是 this sports sense.這個運動上的意思。 The sports sense grew later in English,這個運動用法是後來才在英文裡出現的， from the idea of the gentleman amateur.源自「紳士業餘玩家」的概念。
組成From Latin Corinthius + -an; by surface form, Corinth + -ian. Senses about luxury or wild living come from ancient Corinth’s reputation; this amateur-sport sense is a later English use of the same word.
同家族的字
- Corinththe Greek city the word is built from
原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Corinthianadj/kəˈɹɪnθi.ən/
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Of or relating to Corinth.
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architectureOf the Corinthian order.
- The silver waters of the spring had long since disappeared, but there still were left a few of the Corinthian pillars, some stretched on the ground and overgrown with creeping-plants, while two or three yet remained erect, and showed how graceful the whole must have been.
- The examples of the concave family in the Byzantine times are found principally either in large capitals founded on the Greek Corinthian, used chiefly for the nave pillars of churches, or in the small lateral shafts of the palaces.
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Elaborate, ornate.
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Debauched in character or practice; impure.
- all her young Corinthian laity
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Being a sporting event (originally in horse racing and yachting) restricted to gentleman amateurs.
- Corinthian Stakes of 10 Guineas ... To be rode by Gentlemen.
- It was a condition of the race, that the horses should be ridden by gentlemen ... [I]t was submitted, that if none were to be reputed in the rank of gentlemen, whose wives had not been visited by Lady Clanricarde, the notion of a Corinthian Race might as well be given up at once, within twenty miles all round Portumna castle. It would amount, in fact, to a disgentilizing of two or three counties.
Corinthiannoun/kəˈɹɪnθi.ən/
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An inhabitant or a resident of Corinth, and its suburbs.
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An inhabitant, a resident of; a thing that originates from Corinthia.
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An accomplished amateur athlete.
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A sailboat owner who helms their own boat in competitive racing.
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A worldly, fashionable person, accepted in society though possibly dissolute.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。