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a person whose job is writing books, stories, articles, etc. 作家;作者;著者 Who's your favourite writer? 你最喜欢的作家是谁? a travel/cookery/science fiction writer 旅行/烹饪/科幻小说作家 a freelance feature writer for ‘Time’ magazine 《时代》杂志的自由撰稿人 writers of poetry/fiction 诗歌/小说作家 the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature 第一位获得诺贝尔文学奖的俄罗斯作家 She left her job to become a full-time writer. 她辞去工作,成为一名全职作家。
Extra ExamplesTopics Literature and writinga1, Jobsa1As one twelfth-century writer put it, English wine could be drunk only with closed eyes and through clenched teeth. 正如12 世纪的一位作家所说,英国的葡萄酒只有闭着眼睛并且咬紧牙关才能喝下去。 He is a prominent writer on civil liberties. 他是公民自由问题的著名撰稿人。 Is political culture, as some writers have suggested, in a state of collapse? 政治文化是不是像某些作家所暗示的那样,处于崩溃的状态? She gives talks about being a black woman writer. 她就作为一名黑人女性作家发表了演讲。 The writer drew on his own experience to write this script. 该作家根据自身经历撰写了这个剧本。 Unlike many writers of the period, she is not preoccupied with morality. 与许多当代作家不一样,她并非只关注道德问题。 a chance for aspiring writers to get their work published 让有抱负的作家发表作品的机会 a popular writer who has written over forty books 写过 40 余本书的当红作家 a very prolific crime writer 非常多产的犯罪题材小说作家 a writer of children's books 儿童图书作者 early writers in sociology 社会学领域早期的作者 her career as a writer 她的作家生涯 one of the best writers in journalism today 现今新闻界最好的撰稿人之一 one of the greatest writers of all time 有史以来最伟大的作家之一 He joined the newspaper in 1923 as an editorial writer. 他于1923年加入该报,担任社论作者。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- celebrated
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- write something
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a person who has written a particular thing 写…的人;执笔者;撰写人 the writer of this letter 写这封信的人 I used to be a prolific letter writer. 我曾经是一个多产的写信人。
Extra ExamplesThe present writer has no experience in microbiology. 笔者在微生物学方面毫无经验。 a writer to the letters column 读者来信栏目的作者 the writer of this article/computer program 这篇文章/计算机程序的作者
(with an adjective )与形容词连用 a person who forms letters in a particular way when they are writing 写字…的人 a messy writer 书写潦草的人
Word OriginOld English wrītere, of Germanic origin.