Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #2144
spokesman
发言人
核心释义
a person who speaks for another person or a group of people
- 1.
代表他人或团体发言的人；发言人。
One who speaks as the voice of another person or a group of people.
- 2.
男性发言人
a male spokesperson
男发言人；代表他人或团体发言的人；发言人。；男性发言人；代言者
用法In use
The company's spokesman confirmed that the meeting had been rescheduled.
用法提示：spokesman 作名词，指代表公司发言的人。
A government spokesman answered questions from reporters about the new policy.
用法提示：spokesman 为名词，表示代表政府发言的人。
The two spokesmen gave different versions of the same event.
用法提示：spokesmen 是 spokesman 的复数形式，在此作名词。
spokesman for [organization]
表示代表某个组织发言。
He serves as the spokesman for the company.
他担任公司发言人。
spokesman on [issue]
表示负责某个议题的发言。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- company spokesman
- 公司发言人
- The company spokesman declined to comment on the layoffs.公司发言人拒绝就裁员一事发表评论。
- government spokesman
- 政府发言人
- A government spokesman announced the new policy at a press conference.一位政府发言人在新闻发布会上宣布了新政策。
- official spokesman
- 官方发言人
- The official spokesman released a statement denying the allegations.官方发言人发表声明否认了这些指控。
- spokesman said
- 发言人表示
- The spokesman said the investigation is ongoing.发言人表示调查正在进行中。
- spokesman declined to comment
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
Spokesman由'spoke'（说）和'man'组成，联想为‘说话的男士’——发言人。
语境与语域Context & Register
常见场景：新闻报道、新闻发布会、官方声明 spokesman 通常用于正式场合，尤其指男性发言人，在政治、商业报道中比较常见。注意该词具有性别指向，现代英语中更倾向使用中性词 spokesperson。
语法说明Grammar Note
Refers to a male; gender-neutral term is 'spokesperson'.
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the same spelling ending '-man' and are pronounced with an unstressed /mən/ syllable. However, they do not rhyme with 'spokesman' because the stressed vowels differ. The stressed syllables are on the first part of the compound (e.g., 'spoke-', 'gentle-', etc.). Beware that words like 'human' (/ˈhjuːmən/) and 'woman' (/ˈwʊmən/) also end in '-man' but are not compounds and have different stress patterns, though they share the same unstressed /mən/ sound.
用法优先级Usage priority
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