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be a mathematician
系动词 be 后接 a mathematician 作表语，表示职业或身份，单数可数名词前须用冠词。
She wants to be a mathematician.
她想成为一名数学家。
数学家
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数学家
a person who is skilled in mathematics
She wants to be a mathematician.
她想成为一名数学家。
数学专家；研究数学的人。
An expert on mathematics; someone who studies mathematics.
精通数学的人
a person skilled in mathematics
She works as a mathematician at a research institute, solving complex equations.
她在研究所当数学家，解决复杂的方程。
The mathematician explained the theory in simple terms to the students.
那位数学家向学生们用简单的语言解释了这个理论。
To become a mathematician, you need a strong background in logic and numbers.
要成为一名数学家，你需要扎实的逻辑和数字基础。
系动词 be 后接 a mathematician 作表语，表示职业或身份，单数可数名词前须用冠词。
She wants to be a mathematician.
她想成为一名数学家。
work as 后接表示职业的名词，说明具体担任的职务。
He works as a mathematician at a university.
他在一所大学当数学家。
who 引导定语从句修饰 mathematician，先行词指人时用 who。
I know a mathematician who enjoys solving puzzles.
我认识一位喜欢解谜的数学家。
Not this
He is mathematician.
Use this
He is a mathematician.
英语中可数名词单数不能单独使用，“mathematician”是可数名词，前面需要加冠词“a”。中文“他是数学家”没有冠词，所以容易漏掉。
Not this
She wants to be a mathematics.
Use this
She wants to be a mathematician.
“mathematics”指学科“数学”，而“mathematician”指人“数学家”。表达身份或职业时要用指人的名词，不能用学科名称。
Not this
They are mathematician.
Use this
They are mathematicians.
复数主语“they”后，可数名词“mathematician”要变为复数形式“mathematicians”。中文没有名词复数的规则，因此学习者容易忽略。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
著名数学家
She is a renowned mathematician known for her work in number theory.
她是一位以数论研究闻名的著名数学家。
应用数学家
As an applied mathematician, he develops models for climate change.
作为一名应用数学家，他开发气候变化模型。
纯数学家
The conference attracted pure mathematicians from around the world.
这次会议吸引了来自世界各地的纯数学家。
科班出身的数学家
He is a mathematician by training, but now works in finance.
他是科班出身的数学家，但现在从事金融工作。
杰出的数学家
Terence Tao is a brilliant mathematician.
陶哲轩是一位杰出的数学家。
数学家兼物理学家
Isaac Newton was both a mathematician and a physicist.
艾萨克·牛顿既是数学家又是物理学家。
数学家是把咖啡变成定理的机器。
This famous saying about mathematicians is often attributed to the Hungarian mathematician Alfréd Rényi.
这句关于数学家的名言常被归于匈牙利数学家阿尔弗雷德·雷尼。
数学家就像画家或诗人一样，是模式的创造者。
G. H. Hardy, a British mathematician, used this famous line in his book A Mathematician's Apology.
英国数学家 G. H. 哈代在他的《一个数学家的自白》中使用了这句名言。
Use mathematician naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
单词以math开头，数学家离不开数学；发音像‘麦斯马提申’，可联想：痴迷数学的人就是mathematician。
语域：neutral 常见场景：education、research、careers mathematician 通常属于中性词，在学术、职业等正式语境和日常交流中都可以使用；没有明显的口语或书面语偏向。
以上以 -ician 结尾的词（musician, politician, electrician, physician, statistician, optician）都读 /ɪʃən/，与 mathematician /ˌmæθəməˈtɪʃən/ 押韵。注意 mathematics /ˌmæθəˈmætɪks/ 拼写相近，但结尾读 /tɪks/，并不押韵。
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