[N-COUNT 可数名词]作者;著作者 The author of a piece of writing is the person who wrote it.
[oft N of n]
...Jill Phillips, author of the book 'Give Your Child Music'.
吉尔·菲利普斯,《给孩子音乐》一书的作者
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]作家 An author is a person whose job is writing books.
Haruki Murakami is Japan's best-selling author.
村上春树是日本当红的畅销书作家。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](计划或建议的)筹划者,制定者 The author of a plan or proposal is the person who thinks of it and works out the details.
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The authors of the plan believe they can reach this point within about two years.
该计划的提出者相信他们约在两年内可以达成该目标。
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[VERB 动词]创作;撰写 To author something means to be the author of it.
[V n]
[V-ed]
Then he opened a restaurant, authored a book, and landed his own radio show.
后来他开了个餐馆,写了本书,还制作了自己的广播剧。
...a proposal authored by subcommittee chairman Quentin Burdick.
专门小组委员会主席昆廷·伯迪克提出的建议
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See also:
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author★AWL/ˈɔːθə(r); NAmEˈɔːθər/
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authorauthorsauthoredauthoringnoun★1★a person who writes books or the person who wrote a particular book 著者;作者;作家◆Who is your favourite author?你最喜欢哪位作家?◆He is the author of three books on art.他写了三本艺术专著。◆best-selling author Paul Theroux畅销书作家保罗 · 泰鲁◆Who's the author?作者是谁?☞collocationsat
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2the person who creates or starts sth, especially a plan or an idea (尤指计划或思想的)创造者,发起人◆As the author of the proposal I cannot agree with you.我作为提案的发起人,不能同意你的意见。verbauthorsth ( formal) to be the author of a book, report, etc. 著作;写作;编写author/ˈɔːθə(r); NAmEˈɔːθər/
1someone who has written a bookSYN writer: Nothomb is a Belgian author.author of He was the author of two books on China. It’s clear that the author is a woman.2 formal the person who starts a plan or ideaSYN initiatorauthor of the author of the state reforms—authorial /ɔːˈθɔːriəl $ ɒː-/ adjective [only before noun]COLLOCATIONSadjectivesa famous/well-known author· The famous author Henry James lived here.a best-selling author· Ian McEwan is a best-selling author.a children’s author· the children’s author Roald Dahlyour favourite author· Who’s your favourite author?a prolific author (=one who writes many books)· She is also a prolific author with more than 70 books published.a contributing author (=someone who writes articles for a newspaper or magazine, or who writes part of a book, report etc)· Ms Gomez was a contributing author to Chapter 1 of the WG II Report.
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authorauthor2AWL verb [transitive]
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to be the writer of a book, report etc
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[ˈɔ:θə(r)]authored, authoring, authors
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作者(74%),作家(21%),创作(2%),编写(2%),上帝(1%)
n.作者;作家;创始人
vt.创作出版
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