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单词 writer
释义
writer
(rtəʳ )
Word forms: writers
1. countable noun B1
A writer is a person who writes books, stories, or articles as a job.
Turner is a writer and critic.
...detective stories by American writers.
...novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux.
...Frank Keating, this paper's respected sports writer.
Synonyms: author, novelist, hack, columnist  
2. countable noun B1
The writer of 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. [+ of]
His handwriting did not match that of the letter writer.
Quotations:
The wise writer ... writes for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterwardF. Scott FitzgeraldSome Sort of Epic Grandeur
Some editors are failed writers - but so are most writersT.S. Eliot
Writers, like teeth, are divided into incisors and grindersWalter BagehotEstimates of some Englishmen and Scotchmen
Collocations:
accomplished writer
He loved poetry and was an accomplished writer of verse.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Her book makes better reading than the smoothly finished works of less witty and accomplished writers.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He said yesterday: 'She's a most accomplished writer, but I thought the book was absurd and partisan'.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
aspiring writer
I really feel this is the best opportunity any aspiring writer can have.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I brought an aspiring young writer in to work with me on the screenplay.
The Other Side of Me
What tips would you give to aspiring young writers?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
comedy writer
Her first job after college was as a production assistant to a comedy writer.
Christianity Today (2000)
Surely there must be gifted comedy writers and entertainers who are not getting a chance?
The Sun (2010)
Young Frankenstein had a huge effect on me as a comedy writer.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
fiction writer
Fiction writers have also imagined and inspired future reality, often unintentionally.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
I think the thing about fiction writers is that they're people who want to hide.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The vital skill for a writer of fiction is to make lies seem true.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
food writer
Another food writer once said to me, ' Well you can just reuse your old recipes, can't you?'
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
She is a food writer and broadcaster who published a book about preserving.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The food writer presents the first of two programmes in which he creates a selection of festive dishes.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
freelance writer
Paula is a freelance writer and fashion blogger.
The Sun (2013)
Finally in 1980 I became a freelance medical writer.
The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure (1990)
A former primary school teacher, she has been a freelance writer since 1986 and has written two books for children.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
great writer
On November 22, 1963, two great British writers died.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It's a rare skill, perhaps the truest stamp of her being a great writer.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Many scoffed at the absurdity of the claims and the great detective writer was held up to public ridicule.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
headline writer
Great headline writers, especially on features, are highly prized creatures.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Headline writers just couldn't resist.
The Sun (2014)
That is a surname sure to inspire tabloid headline writers.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
leader writer
When he left his job at the paper as a leader writer, she took over the role.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Early in my career as a leader writer, a longstanding legal case about cheese came to an end.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Sir, History is an academic discipline like physics or medicine; one must not confuse it with popular memory, as your leader writer (Feb 27) seems to do.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
prolific writer
He was a prolific writer and had a host of other interests.
The Sun (2008)
She was also a prolific writer and an expert on butterflies.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Thomas Hardy was a prolific writer of letters.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
struggling writer
The letter is from a struggling young writer who has just had his first short story accepted by The New Yorker.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
These are harsh times for new and struggling writers, painters and other artists.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
When she meets a struggling writer, the pair strike up an unlikely friendship.
The Sun (2008)
successful writer
If you want to be a successful writer, you have to plough on.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Now, of course, he is one of the most successful British comedy writers of all time.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
After more than a decade as a successful sports writer and photographer, he turned to conflict photography.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
travel writer
As all the best travel writers say, this is a land of contradictions.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
And for all our supposed insularity, we still produce by far the best travel writers.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It was described as an island odyssey 60 years ago by the consummate travel writer.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
woman writer
True, there are many women writers and producers, she concedes, but directing is still seen as a man's job.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Orange Prize For Fiction: Wednesday's award highlights the brilliance of women writers.
The Sun (2012)
This is not just due to the historic neglect of women writers.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
Translations:
Chinese: 作者
Japanese: 作家
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