'The uninitiated' means the people who do not yet have the special knowledge, training, or experience that insiders have. It is almost always used as a noun with 'the', and almost always in one fixed phrase: 'for the uninitiated'. A writer stops, turns to the reader, and explains something the experts already know: 'For the uninitiated, VAR is the video system used to check goals.' You will meet it constantly in newspapers, guides, and reviews — it is the polite way to say 'in case you don't know this yet'.

'The uninitiated'「the uninitiated」 means指的是 the people人 who do not yet have還沒有 the special knowledge, training, or experience that insiders have內行人才有的專門知識、訓練或經驗. It它 is almost always used as a noun with 'the'幾乎都是加the當名詞用, and almost always in one fixed phrase而且幾乎都固定用在一個片語裡: 'for the uninitiated'就是「for the uninitiated」. A writer作家 stops會停下來, turns to the reader轉頭對讀者說, and explains something the experts already know解釋一件內行人早就知道的事: 'For the uninitiated, VAR is the video system used to check goals.'像「For the uninitiated對外行人來說, VAR is the video system used to check goalsVAR就是用來檢查進球的錄影系統」. You will meet it constantly你會不斷遇到它 in newspapers, guides, and reviews在報紙、指南和評論裡 — it is the polite way to say這是禮貌的說法,用來表達 'in case you don't know this yet'「以防你還不知道這件事」.

Two things give the word its flavour. First, the temporary feeling: uninitiated is not a permanent state, it is where everybody starts, and the sentence that follows usually fixes it.

Two things有兩件事 give the word its flavour讓這個詞有它特別的味道. First第一, the temporary feeling那種暫時性的感覺: uninitiated uninitiated is not a permanent state不是永久的狀態, it is where everybody starts每個人都是從這裡開始的, and the sentence that follows usually fixes it而後面接的句子通常就會解決這個狀態.

Second, the picture behind it. To 'initiate' someone once meant to bring them into a secret group through a ceremony — a religious mystery, a society, a club. So the word quietly treats the subject as a world with a door, and the reader as someone standing just outside it. That is why it often has a light, half-joking tone: talking about coffee or video games as though they were ancient mysteries.

Second第二, the picture behind it是這個詞背後的畫面. To 'initiate' someone「initiate」某人 once meant以前的意思是 to bring them into a secret group through a ceremony透過一場儀式把他們帶進一個秘密團體 — a religious mystery, a society, a club像宗教的神秘儀式、某個社團,或某個俱樂部. So所以 the word這個詞 quietly treats悄悄把 the subject那個主題 as a world with a door當成一個有門的世界, and the reader而讀者 as someone standing just outside it則被當成站在門外的人. That is why這就是為什麼 it often has a light, half-joking tone它常常帶著一點輕鬆、半開玩笑的語氣: talking about coffee or video games as though they were ancient mysteries像在講咖啡或電玩,講得好像是古老的神秘儀式一樣.

It can also work as an adjective before a noun — 'uninitiated viewers', 'an uninitiated audience'.

It它 can also work as an adjective before a noun也可以當形容詞放在名詞前面 — 'uninitiated viewers', 'an uninitiated audience'像「uninitiated viewers外行的觀眾」、「an uninitiated audience不熟悉的聽眾」.