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[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.
  [N of n]
  • 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:
co-author

    Oxford author AWL / ˈɔːθə(r) ; NAmE ˈɔːθər /
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    author authors authored authoring
    noun 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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    2 the 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。
    verb authorsth ( formal) to be the author of a book, report, etc. 著作;写作;编写 author / ˈɔːθə(r) ; NAmE ˈɔːθər /
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    author1 noun
    author2 verb
    authorau‧thor1 /ˈɔːθə $ ˈɒːθər/ ●●● W2 AWL noun [countable]
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    1someone who has written a book SYN  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 idea SYN  initiatorauthor of the author of the state reformsauthorial /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.
    author1 noun
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    authorauthor2 AWL 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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