a plier of [trade]
注意:plier 指“操业者/从业者”;拼写相同的 pliers 常指“钳子”,是另一个名词。
He is a plier of the building trade.
他是建筑行业的一名从业者。
从业者;操业者
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从业者;操业者
someone who plies a trade
He is a plier of the building trade.
他是建筑行业的一名从业者。
注意:这里指从事某种行业或手艺的人;不是“钳子”。
从事者
One who plies.
As a plier of the fishing trade, he checks his boat before the sun rises.
作为一名渔业从业者,他在日出前检查自己的船。
The tailor is a skillful plier of her craft, turning plain cloth into fine clothes.
这位裁缝是她那一行手艺娴熟的从业者,能把普通布料变成精致的衣服。
That baker, a patient plier of a difficult trade, wakes at four o'clock every morning to knead dough.
那位面包师是个耐心操持辛苦行当的从业者,每天凌晨四点就起床揉面团。
注意:plier 指“操业者/从业者”;拼写相同的 pliers 常指“钳子”,是另一个名词。
He is a plier of the building trade.
他是建筑行业的一名从业者。
They are pliers of the tailoring trade.
他们是裁缝行业的从业者。
Not this
I bought a plier to cut the wire.
Use this
I bought a pair of pliers to cut the wire.
英语中 pliers 是复数名词,表示成对工具时不能使用单数形式 a plier,应用 a pair of pliers 或直接用复数 pliers。
Not this
The pliers is on the table.
Use this
The pliers are on the table.
pliers 本身是复数形式,作主语时谓语动词须用复数,不能因中文里“钳子”不分单复数而误用 is。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
该行业的从业者
After thirty years, she is still a plier of the trade.
三十年后,她仍是该行业的从业者。
Use plier naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记作“ply-er”:拿着工具“操持”行业的人;而 pliers 的钳子模样则别在这个词里记混。
语域:formal 常见场景:literary texts、formal prose、occupational descriptions 该词表示“从事某行业的人”,通常用于正式或文学性语境,常见搭配为“a plier of + 行业/职业”,日常口语中很少见。
All six words rhyme with plier: their stressed syllable is /aɪə(r)/. Note that spelling with -ier is a common pattern (flier, trier, drier), but not all -ier words rhyme—for example, tier (/tɪə(r)/, '层') and pier (/pɪə(r)/, '码头') look similar but sound different.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.