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a scribe for [sb]
scribe 指以抄写或记录为职业的人，for 后接服务对象。
In medieval times, a scribe for the king copied official documents.
在中世纪，为国王工作的文书抄写官方文件。
抄写员；文书；代笔人
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抄写员；文书；代笔人
a person whose job is to write or copy documents by hand, especially in the past; a clerk, secretary, or copyist
In medieval times, a scribe for the king copied official documents.
在中世纪，为国王工作的文书抄写官方文件。
书写者；起草人；代笔人；尤指官方或公共文书人员,如文书、秘书、公证人或抄写员。
Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.
法国剧作家(1791-1861)
French playwright (1791-1861)
极锋利的钢制划线工具,用于雕刻和蚀刻,即划线针。
A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.
记者(非正式用语)
informal terms for journalists
The ancient scribe carefully copied the manuscript by hand.
古代抄写员用手仔细抄写手稿。
A scribe in medieval times often worked in a monastery.
中世纪的抄写员通常在修道院工作。
The scribe used a quill pen to write on parchment.
抄写员用羽毛笔在羊皮纸上书写。
scribe 指以抄写或记录为职业的人，for 后接服务对象。
In medieval times, a scribe for the king copied official documents.
在中世纪，为国王工作的文书抄写官方文件。
work as a scribe 表示从事文书或抄写员的工作。
Before becoming a teacher, she worked as a scribe in a law office.
在成为教师之前，她在一家律师事务所当文书。
of 后接所抄写或撰写的文献类型。
The library employed a scribe of ancient manuscripts.
图书馆雇用了一名抄写古代手稿的文书。
Not this
He scribes for the newspaper.
Use this
He is a scribe for the newspaper.
在词条中 scribe 是名词，不是动词；表示职业时要用 be a scribe，不能把名词当动词变位。
Not this
The engraver marked the metal with scribe.
Use this
The engraver marked the metal with a scribe.
scribe 表示‘划线针’时是可数名词，单数前需要加冠词 a；中文没有冠词，容易漏掉。
Not this
The monastery hired three scribe to copy the books.
Use this
The monastery hired three scribes to copy the books.
scribe 指‘抄写员’时是可数名词，three 后用复数 scribes；中文名词没有复数变化，容易漏加 -s。
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王室文书；御用抄写员
The royal scribe recorded every decree of the pharaoh.
王室文书记录了法老的每一道法令。
神庙抄写员
A temple scribe copied sacred texts by lamplight.
神庙抄写员在灯下抄写圣典。
镇上的文书；市镇代笔人
Before literacy spread, the town scribe wrote letters for his neighbors.
在识字普及之前，镇上的文书为邻居们写信。
划线标记
He followed the scribe marks to cut the metal plate.
他沿着划线标记切割金属板。
你们这假冒为善的文士和法利赛人有祸了！
Jesus' rebuke of religious leaders in Matthew 23; 'scribes and Pharisees' has become a fixed expression for self-righteous hypocrisy.
出自《马太福音》第23章耶稣对宗教领袖的责备；“文士和法利赛人”后来成为指代自以为义的伪善者的固定说法。
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联想 scribe 像 scribble（写）：古代抄写员整天执笔抄写文书，想象一位史官伏案疾书，就能记住‘抄写员’。
语域：formal 常见场景：historical manuscript copying、official record keeping、religious text transcription 表示“抄写员/文书”时，通常用于历史、宗教或正式文书语境，多带有正式或旧式色彩；日常口语中较少使用。
Plural form is 'scribes'.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.