单词 | columnist |
释义 | columnist (once / 955 pages) n A columnist writes regularly for a newspaper or magazine, usually expressing opinions or commentary. A columnist might write an article endorsing a candidate for president one week, and a story about a terrible local fire the next week. If you get a job as a newspaper columnist, you'll be expected to publish on a regular basis, maybe once or twice a week. An advice columnist answers letters that ask for help with personal problems and dilemmas, and a political columnist comments on various current events and political figures. The word columnist comes from a newspaper column, which got that name from the "vertical division of a page" meaning. WORD FAMILYcolumnist: columnists+/column: columnar, columniation, columnist, columnlike, columns/columniation: columniations USAGE EXAMPLESAnother columnist the same month asked whether Gülenists might be hiding “in churches.” Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) In this piece, originally published Sept. 1, columnist Nancy Kaffer explored potential conflicts related to a substantial philanthropic donation to fund Kalamazoo city government. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) “A right-wing demagogue in charge of the world’s most influential repository of democratic values,” wrote Financial Times columnist Martin Wolf, “is a devastating fact.” Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) n a journalist who writes editorials Syn|Hypo|Hyper editorialist newspaper columnist a columnist who writes for newspapers agony aunta newspaper columnist who answers questions and offers advice on personal problems to people who write in gossip columnista journalist who writes a column of gossip about celebrities newspaper critica critic who writes a column for the newspapers journalist a writer for newspapers and magazines |
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