novice: stresses inexperience: a ski slope designed for ~s.


apprentice: applies to a beginner serving under a master or teacher and stresses subordination than inexperience: a bricklayer's ~.


probationer: applies to a beginner on trial for a period of time in which he or she must demonstrate aptitude: among the graduate students who were ~s in the field.


postulant: designates a candidate on probation, especially for admission to a religious order: gives advice to young ~s in the community.     (admission: 加入组织等 admittance进入楼房等)


neophyte: usually suggests initiation and is applicable to one who is new to and learning the ways of something, such as an association, a science, or an art, and often connotes youthful eargerness and unsophistication: could easily tell the eager ~s from the jaded professionals.     (youthful eagerness年青热切、unsophistication不谙世故)


novice初学者: 强调没有经验，apprentice学徒: 跟从师傅或老师(serve under)，强调下属身份而非经验，probationer试用人员: 试用期必须展示天资，postulant: 宗教职务的试用候选人员，neophyte: 初学入门，常指年青热切、不谙世故


记忆方法: 1) 首字母NAPPN想成NAP Not Please请不要打瞌睡<==新人                      否定祈使句常把动词前置，如别问ask not what ..., 别忘了forget not to...

          2) 新人的意思是初学者mean one who is a beginner in something, such as a trade, profession, career, or skill.首字母NAPPN想成NAP Not Please请不要打瞌睡<==新人