author
- n.作者;作家;(尤指计划或思想的)创造者，发起人;著者
- vt.编写;著作;写作
复数： authors 过去式： authored 现在分词： authoring 过去分词： authored 第三人称单数： authors
auth- 增加,创造 + -or 人/物
authornoun
著者；作者；作家
a person who writes books or the person who wrote a particular book
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 Joan Collins
畅销书作家琼∙柯林斯
Who's the author?
作者是谁？
（尤指计划或思想的）创造者，发起人
the person who creates or starts sth, especially a plan or an idea
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
VN著作；写作；编写
to be the author of a book, report, etc.
author
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N-COUNT 作者;著作者
The author of a piece of writing is the person who wrote it....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 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 (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.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 创作；撰写
To author something means to be the author of it.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。
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See also:co-author
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The discussion on the use of Chinese author number
汉语著者号使用分析探讨
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Design and Implementation of Searching System of Chinese Author Number Based on the Web
基于Web的通用汉语著者号码查询系统的设计与实现
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Author and subject indexes are available on a library database .
作者索引和学科索引可在图书馆的数据库中找到。
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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。
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Who 's the author ?
作者是谁？
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The author has condensed a great deal of material into just 100 pages .
作者在短短100页中浓缩了大量信息。
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Copyright expires seventy years after the death of the author .
版权在作者去世七十年后期满无效。
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In her conclusion , the author sounds a cautionary note .
作者在结尾时敲响了警钟。
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The author stresses the uniqueness of the individual .
这位作者强调个人的独特性。
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The author whom you criticized in your review has written a reply .
你在评论中批评的那位作者已经回信答复了。
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It gave me a big thrill to meet my favourite author in person .
能见到我最喜欢的作者本人使我感到兴奋不已。
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The author draws the different strands of the plot together in the final chapter .
作者在最后一章把不同的情节线索归拢到了一起。
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The author skilfully draws together the different threads of the plot .
作者娴熟地把情节的各种线索串联在一起。
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The author paints a stark picture of life in a prison camp .
作者描绘出一幅冷酷而真实的战俘营生活画面。
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The author is virtually unknown outside Poland .
在波兰以外，这位作者实际上鲜为人知。
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The authors are to be congratulated on producing such a clear and authoritative work .
向创作出这样一部具有权威性又清晰易懂的作品的作者们祝贺。
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Who is your favourite author ?
你最喜欢哪位作家？
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The books are arranged alphabetically by author .
这些书是按作者姓名字母顺序排列的。
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The author borrows heavily from Henry James .
那位作家大量引用亨利∙詹姆斯的作品。
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The students are asked to match the books with the authors
要求学生把书籍与作者对应起来。
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The author can report other people 's results which more or less agree with hers .
作者可以提及其他人得出的和她自己基本吻合的结果。
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The author 's treatment of the subject is exhaustive .
该作者对这个问题的分析很透彻。
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He read every book or author it deals with , often in the original
这方面的每一本书和每一位作家他都读过，而且通常均为原著。
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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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The author 's style suggests a certain ambiguity in his moral view .
该作家的风格表明其道德观有点暧昧不明。
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The author has settled for a more academic approach
那位作者已确定采用更为学术的方法。
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Neither author was very strong on narrative .
两个作者都不是很善于讲故事。
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What is refreshing is the author 's easy , conversational style
让人耳目一新的是作者轻松自如的会话式写作风格。
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The author appeared on television to publicize her latest book
那位作家上电视宣传她的新书。
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It soon became clear that authors were decidedly in the majority .
作家占绝大多数，这一点很快就变得明了起来。
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。
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。
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。
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。