writer
英 [ˈraɪtə(r)]
美 [ˈraɪtər]
n. 作家; 作者; 著者; 写…的人; 执笔者; 撰写人; 写字…的人
复数：writers
Oxford 3000 / BNC.1314 / COCA.980
同义词辨析
writern. 作者，作家
〔辨析〕
普通用词，含义较广，多指以写作为职业的作家，一般限于传统文学体裁（如小说、戏剧、诗歌、散文等）之范畴；也可指普通报刊文章、报道、论文、甚至广告文字的撰写者或写家。有时可用于含褒、贬之意的非正式说法。
〔例证〕
a ghost/hack/prolific writer
一个捉刀人/雇佣文人/多产作家
Defoe was a famous English writer.
笛福是英国的著名作家。
She was the writer of the letter.
她就是写这封信的人。
This example shows that good writers always try to avoid ambiguity.
这个例子说明，会写文章的人总是尽量避免歧义。
一个捉刀人/雇佣文人/多产作家
Defoe was a famous English writer.
笛福是英国的著名作家。
She was the writer of the letter.
她就是写这封信的人。
This example shows that good writers always try to avoid ambiguity.
这个例子说明，会写文章的人总是尽量避免歧义。
authorn. 作者，作家，著作人
〔辨析〕
较正式用词，常特指某一文章、著作等的作者；指作家时，其与writer 的显著区别就是并不强调是否以写作为职业，而只强调写作出版的事实。
〔例证〕
He became an author quite late in life.
他晚年才成为作家。
If you know the author only, just look it up in the author catalogue.
如果你只知道著作人，那就查作者目录。
In his preface, the author set forth his reasons for writing the book.
作者在前言中阐明了他写该书的原因。
他晚年才成为作家。
If you know the author only, just look it up in the author catalogue.
如果你只知道著作人，那就查作者目录。
In his preface, the author set forth his reasons for writing the book.
作者在前言中阐明了他写该书的原因。
牛津词典
noun
- 作家；作者；著者
a person whose job is writing books, stories, articles, etc.- writers of poetry
诗人 - a travel/cookery, etc. writer
游记作家、写菜谱的人等
- writers of poetry
- 写…的人；执笔者；撰写人
a person who has written a particular thing- the writer of this letter
写这封信的人
- the writer of this letter
- 写字…的人
a person who forms letters in a particular way when they are writing- a messy writer
书写潦草的人
- a messy writer
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT (专业)作家
Awriteris a person who writes books, stories, or articles as a job.- Turner is a writer and critic.
特纳是作家兼批评家。 - ...detective stories by American writers.
美国作家创作的侦探小说 - ...novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux.
小说家兼游记作家保罗·泰鲁 - ...Frank Keating, this paper's respected sports writer.
弗兰克·基廷——本报备受尊敬的体育专栏作家
- Turner is a writer and critic.
- N-COUNT （特定文章、报告、信件或故事的）作者，撰写者
Thewriterof a particular article, report, letter, or story is the person who wrote it.- No-one is to see the document without the permission of the writer of the report...
此报告未经作者允许，任何人不得翻阅。 - I can't agree with the letter writer who claims bringing back the death penalty would be an abuse of human rights.
我不能赞同写信人所称恢复死刑就是侵犯人权的说法。
- No-one is to see the document without the permission of the writer of the report...
英英释义
noun
- writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
- a person who is able to write and has written something
双语例句
- He is not so much a writer as a reporter.
他与其说是个作家，毋宁说是个记者。 - No-one is to see the document without the permission of the writer of the report
此报告未经作者允许，任何人不得翻阅。 - It's a compulsion to write, more than talent, that makes a writer.
成为作家要有天分，但更要有创作的冲动。 - The truth is, I'm a failed comedy writer really.
事实上，我真的是个很失败的喜剧作家。 - He was a writer of repute
他曾经是一位颇有名望的作者。 - The writer has sold out his artistic standards and now just writes for a living.
这个作家已背弃了他原来的艺术标准，现在只是卖文为生。 - Iris Murdoch was regarded by many as a supremely good and serious writer.
许多人都视艾丽丝·默多克为极其优秀和严肃的作家。 - I disagree with the doctrine that the writer's life and intention have no bearing on his texts.
我不同意作者的生活和意图与他的文本没有联系的学说。 - A writer is suing director Steven Spielberg for allegedly stealing his film idea
一名作家正控告导演史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格涉嫌剽窃了他的电影创意。 - He was also a writer of beautiful stories, some of which are collaborations with his fiancee.
他还写了一些美妙的故事，其中有些是和他的未婚妻合著的。