a person who writes novels 小说家 a romantic/historical novelist 言情/历史小说家
Collocations LiteratureLiterature 文学 Being a writer 当作家 - write/publish literature/poetry/fiction/a book/a story/a poem/a novel/a review/an autobiography
写/发表文学作品/诗集/小说/书/故事/诗歌/长篇小说/评论/自传 - become a writer/novelist/playwright
成为作家/小说家/剧作家 - find/have a publisher/an agent
找到/有出版商/代理人 - have a new book out
出版一部新书 - edit/revise/proofread a book/text/manuscript
编辑/修订/校对书/文章/原稿 - dedicate a book/poem to…
把一本书/一首诗献给…
Plot, character and atmosphere 情节、人物和氛围 - construct/create/weave/weave something into a complex narrative
构思/创作/编写/把某事编成一部复杂的叙事小说 - advance/drive the plot
推进故事情节的发展 - introduce/present the protagonist/a character
介绍主人公/一个人物 - describe/depict/portray a character (as…)/(somebody as) a hero/villain
描述人物/英雄/坏蛋;把一个人物描绘成…;把某人描绘成英雄/坏蛋 - create an exciting/a tense atmosphere
营造一种令人兴奋/紧张的气氛 - build/heighten the suspense/tension
制造/增加悬念/紧张气氛 - evoke/capture the pathos of the situation
唤起对这种状况的同情 - convey emotion/an idea/an impression/a sense of…
传达…情感/思想;给人…印象/感觉 - engage the reader
吸引读者 - seize/capture/grip the (reader’s) imagination
抓住(读者的)想象力 - arouse/elicit emotion/sympathy (in the reader)
唤起(读者的)情感/同情 - lack imagination/emotion/structure/rhythm
缺乏想象力/情感/精心组织/节奏感
Language, style and imagery 语言、风格和形象语言 - use/employ language/imagery/humour/(US English) humor/an image/a symbol/a metaphor/a device
使用语言/形象语言/幽默/意象/象征/暗喻/手段 - use/adopt/develop a style/technique
使用/采用/形成一种风格/技巧 - be rich in/be full of symbolism
富含象征意义 - evoke images of…/a sense of…/a feeling of…
唤起…的形象/感觉 - create/achieve an effect
创造/取得效果 - maintain/lighten the tone
维持/缓和基调 - introduce/develop an idea/a theme
引入/发展一种思想/一个主题 - inspire a novel/a poet/somebody’s work/somebody’s imagination
促成小说的创作;给诗人以灵感;促成某人作品的诞生;激发某人的想象力
Reading and criticism 阅读与评论 - read an author/somebody’s work/fiction/poetry/a text/a poem/a novel/a chapter/a passage
读一个作家的作品/某人的著作/小说/诗集/一篇文章/一首诗/一部小说/一个章节/一段文章 - review a book/a novel/somebody’s work
评论一本书/一部小说/某人的作品 - give something/get/have/receive a good/bad review
给予/得到好评/恶评 - be hailed (as)/be recognized as a masterpiece
被誉为一部杰作 - quote a(n) phrase/line/stanza/passage/author
引用一个短语/一行诗/一节诗/一段文章/作者的话 - provoke/spark discussion/criticism
引发讨论/评论 - study/interpret/understand a text/passage
研读/解读/理解一篇文章/一段文章 - translate somebody’s work/a text/a passage/a novel/a poem
翻译某人的作品/一篇文章/一段文章/一部小说/一首诗
Extra ExamplesTopics Literature and writingb2A prolific novelist, she wrote more than forty books. 她是一个多产的小说家,写了 40 多部小说。 his ambition to become a best-selling novelist 他要成为畅销小说家的志向 one of the country's greatest contemporary novelists 该国最伟大的当代小说家之一 He has the compassion for his characters that mark the good social novelist. 他对自己笔下的人物怀有同情心,这是优秀的社会小说家的标志。 She is now a best-selling novelist. 她现在是畅销小说家。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- leading
- acclaimed
- …
- write something