Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #1382
author
作者；作家
核心释义
A person who writes or creates a literary work (such as a book, article, or story); a person who writes professionally.
- 1.
作品的创作者或发起人,尤指文学作品；或合作作品的创作者之一。
The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.
- 2.
专业撰写(书籍、故事、文章等)的人(有报酬)
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
- 3.
以写书为生的人。
Someone who writes books for a living.
- 4.
发起或引起某事的人
someone who originates or causes or initiates something
- 5.
任何事物的创造者或起因。
The creator or cause of anything.
发起人；创始者；创造者；作品的创作者或发起人,尤指文学作品；或合作作品的创作者之一。；专业撰写(书籍、故事、文章等)的人(有报酬)；以写书为生的人。；发起或引起某事的人
用法In use
She is the author of several bestselling novels.
用法提示：此处“author”为名词，意为“作者”，后接“of”引出作品。
The author will be signing books at the library tomorrow.
用法提示：“author”作主语，指书籍的创作者。
Every author hopes their work will inspire readers.
用法提示：“author”作为泛指，表示写作者的职业身份。
the author of (sth)
用于指代特定作品的作者。
She is the author of several popular novels.
她是几本畅销小说的作者。
(sb) is (the) author of (sth)
强调归属关系，常带定冠词。
Mark Twain is the author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- best-selling author
- 畅销书作者
- J.K. Rowling is a best-selling author known for the Harry Potter series.J.K.罗琳是一位以《哈利·波特》系列闻名的畅销书作者。
- co-author
- 合著者
- She co-authored the research paper with her colleague.她与同事合著了这篇研究论文。
- author of
- ……的作者
- He is the author of several award-winning novels.他是几部获奖小说的作者。
- famous author
- 著名作者
- The famous author signed copies of her latest book at the bookstore.那位著名作者在书店签售了她的新书。
- book author
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆：'author' 中含 'auth'（权威），作者就是作品的权威。
语境与语域Context & Register
通常用于泛指作者，尤其是在文学、学术或正式写作中。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like 'authority' and 'authentic' share the initial 'auth-' sound (IPA /ɔːθ/), but do not rhyme due to stress and ending. Words ending in '-ther' (other, bother, father, weather) have a similar spelling pattern but differ in vowel and consonant quality: they use /ð/ (voiced th) while 'author' uses /θ/ (voiceless th). No common words exactly rhyme with 'author'.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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