Taylor began his playing career as an amateur goalkeeper.是什么意思？

Taylor began his playing career as an amateur goalkeeper.

泰勒的运动生涯是从一名业余守门员开始的。

Taylor

n. 泰勒；

例句
Football: Taylor blasts Beck...
足球：泰勒炮轰贝克。

began

v. 开始( begin的过去式 )，着手，创始，创办；

例句
He began comically ad-libbing a script...
他即兴调侃起了一段剧本。

his

pron. (he的所有格)他的，(he的物主代词)他的东西；det. 属于他的，用于名词前，自己的，指某人的，上帝的；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

playing

v. 演奏( play的现在分词 )，演出，参加比赛，捉弄；

例句
By his own admission, he is not playing well...
他自己承认表现欠佳。

career

n. 生涯，职业，事业；vi. 全速前进，猛冲；

例句
...a second career which absorbed her more completely than her acting ever had.
比演艺生涯更让她投入的又一职业

as

adv. 同样地，一样地，例如；prep. 作为，以…的身份，如

例句
As far as I can recall, Patti was a Smith.
我记得帕蒂是姓史密斯的。

an

art. 一（在元音字母前代替不定代词a），一任一某一，一个；

例句
He started eating an apple...
他开始吃苹果。

amateur

n. 业余爱好者，外行，生手；adj. 业余的，非职业的，外行的；

例句
Jerry is an amateur who dances because he feels like it...
杰里是个业余跳舞爱好者，他跳舞是因为自己喜欢。

goalkeeper

n. 守门员；

例句
The goalkeeper came into his own with a series of brilliant saves...
守门员开始进入状态，作出了一连串精彩的扑救。