be a hack
作表语,指为钱写平庸文章的记者或写手,含贬义。
He is a hack who writes for a celebrity magazine.
他是个为名人杂志撰稿的雇佣文人。
平庸的记者;雇佣文人
hacks — plural of hack
干咳;说话时声音发堵;供出租的马;疲惫的老马;砍劈工具;砍击;猛砍;砍痕;缺口
A writer or journalist who does routine or unoriginal work.
砍劈用的工具。
A tool for chopping.
放置猎鹰食物的木板;引申为训练前它们保持部分自由的状态。
A board upon which the falcon's food is placed; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
出租的马,尤指老迈疲惫的。
A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
干咳
A dry cough.
一种用于踢袋的球,通常由棉或麂皮制成,内填米、沙或其他填充物
A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
猛砍的一击。
A hacking blow.
牛用的饲料架。
A food-rack for cattle.
被雇佣做例行工作的人,常指记者。
A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.
短促断续的咳嗽
A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
猛砍留下的沟槽或缺口。
A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
用于干燥砖、鱼或奶酪等的架子。
A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
灵车
A hearse.
尝试,企图。
A try, an attempt.
磨坊水渠中的格栅。
A grating in a mill race.
政治煽动者
A political agitator.
传统上凿入冰面、投壶手推离以投石的立足点。
The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
展示巧思和创意的恶作剧。
A practical joke that showcases cleverness and creativity.
用曲棍球棒击打对手,通常击腿,偶尔更严重地击背、臂、头等。
The act of striking an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
击球手挥棒击投球,尤指碰到快速球时笨拙地挥空。
A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter, particularly a choppy, ungraceful one that misses the ball such as at a fastball.
任何一种足球中踢对方胫骨的行为。
A kick on the shins in football of any type.
The newspaper hired another hack to churn out celebrity gossip.
这家报纸又雇了一名平庸作家来炮制名人八卦。
用法提示:这里 hack 作为名词,指受雇写作但水平一般的作家。
He dismissed the novel as the work of a hack with no real talent.
他认为这部小说是一个毫无真正才华的平庸作家的作品。
用法提示:hack 在此处为名词,表示缺乏创意的职业写手。
Despite being a hack, she managed to sell her articles to several magazines.
尽管她是个平庸作家,还是成功地把文章卖给了几家杂志。
用法提示:hack 作名词,指水平不高但靠写作谋生的人。
作表语,指为钱写平庸文章的记者或写手,含贬义。
He is a hack who writes for a celebrity magazine.
他是个为名人杂志撰稿的雇佣文人。
用 as 说明身份,强调以此为职业。
She worked as a hack for a local newspaper before writing novels.
她写小说之前,为一家地方报纸当雇佣文人。
此义指供出租的、通常老弱的马,现较少用。
We rode a tired old hack to the village.
我们骑着一匹疲惫的老马去村里。
此义指短促的干咳,常与 dry 连用。
She has a dry hack that won't go away.
她干咳不止,一直不见好。
grammar · medium
易错句子He works for a small newspaper and is hack.
正确表达He works for a small newspaper and is a hack.
hack 作名词指某个人时是可数名词,单数形式前面必须加不定冠词 a/an。汉语名词没有冠词,学习者容易直接说 is hack;补上 a 才符合英语可数名词单数不能“裸用”的规则。
grammar · medium
易错句子The magazine hires several hack to write routine stories.
正确表达The magazine hires several hacks to write routine stories.
hack 的复数是 hacks。前面有 several 这类复数限定词时,可数名词必须用复数形式 hacks,不能保留单数 hack。
grammar · medium
易错句子She is a hack, and everyone respects her as an honest, excellent reporter.
正确表达She is a journalist, and everyone respects her as an honest, excellent reporter.
hack 指受雇做例行、平庸工作的写手(常指记者),带贬意,不能用来称呼或称赞一位受人尊敬的记者。要表达中性的“记者”应改用 journalist/reporter。
政治雇佣文人
He was just a political hack, writing speeches for whoever paid him.
他不过是个政治雇佣文人,谁给钱就给谁写演讲稿。
党派雇佣文人
The article was full of lies spread by a party hack.
这篇文章满是党派雇佣文人散布的谎言。
小报雇佣文人
A tabloid hack was caught bribing a celebrity's assistant.
一名小报雇佣文人因贿赂名人的助理而被抓。
报纸雇佣文人
He spent years as a newspaper hack before writing his novel.
在写小说之前,他当了多年报纸雇佣文人。
雇佣文人
The publisher hired a hack writer to churn out romance novels.
出版商雇了一个雇佣文人大批量炮制浪漫小说。
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老雇佣文人
The old hack had seen it all in his thirty years in journalism.
这位老雇佣文人在三十年的新闻生涯中什么都见识过了。