author
音標['?:θ?] 讀音漢語翻譯
n. 作家, 作家的著作, 創始人
【法】 作者, 著作人, 本人
詞型變化：
形容詞:authorial 動詞過去式:authored 過去分詞:authored 現在分詞:authoring 第三人稱單數:authors詞意辨析：
author, writer這兩個名詞均有“作者，作家”之意。
author: 泛指用自己名字或筆名發表過作品的人，不強調是否以寫作為主職業。
writer: 含義廣泛，一般指以寫作為職業的人。英文解釋：
名詞 author:
- writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)同義詞：writer
- someone who originates or causes or initiates something同義詞：generator, source
動詞 author:
- be the author of
例句：
- The book was translated without the sanction of the author.這本書未經作者許可就給翻譯了。
- After the play they called for the author to show himself.演完戲之後，他們要求作者出來和大家見面。
- The author should be the last man to talk about his work.作者應該是最不喜歡談論自己作品的人。
- This book shows that he is an ingenious author.這本書表明他是一個有創造力的作家。
- The author seems to strain after novelty.
- Dickens is his favorite author.狄更斯是他最喜歡的作家、
詳細解釋：
au.thor
n.（名詞）Abbr. auth.,au縮寫 auth.,auThe original writer of a literary work.作者：某一文學作品的原作者One who practices writing as a profession.職業作家：以寫作為職業的人An originator or creator:創始人：創作者或製造者：例句：the author of a new theory.這一新理論的創始人
Author God. Author 創世者：上帝v.tr.（及物動詞）au.thored,au.thor.ing,au.thors 【用法疑難】 To assume responsibility for the content of (a published or an unpublished text).有權修改者：對（已出版或未出版作品之）內容負有責任者
來源：Middle English auctour 中古英文 auctour from Old French autor 源自 古法文 autor from Latin auctor [creator] 源自 拉丁語 auctor [創造者] from auctus [past participle of] augôre [to create] * see aug- 源自 auctus [] augôre的過去分詞 [創造] *參見 aug-
【引伸】
author.ial
The verbauthor, which had been out of use for a long period, has been rejuvenated in recent years with the sense .to assume responsibility for the content of a published text.. As such it is not quite synonymous with the verbwrite ; one can write, but not author, a love letter or an unpublished manuscript,and the writer who ghostwrites a book for a celebrity cannot be said to have .authored. the creation. The sentenceHe has authored a dozen books on the subject was unacceptable to 74 percent of the Usage Panel, probably because it implies that the fact of having a book published is worthy of special lexical distinction, a notion that sits poorly with conventional literary sensibilities,and which seems to smack of press agentry.The sentenceThe Senator authored a bill limiting uses of desert lands in California was similarly rejected by '4 percent of the Panel, though here the usage is common journalistic practice,and is perhaps justified by the observation that we do not expect that legislators will actually write the bills to which they attach their names. ·The verbcoauthor is well established in reference to scientific and scholarly publications, where it serves a useful purpose,since the people listed as authors of such works routinely include research collaborators who have played no part in the actual writing of the text,but who are nonetheless entitled to credit for the published results.動詞author， 很長一段時間不再使用， 近年來又以.對某一出版作品的內容負有責任.的含義重新起用。因此，它已不完全同動詞write 同義； 一個人可以寫一封求愛信或未出版的草稿，但不是作者，某一人即使僱人寫出一篇傑作也不能說是.創作.了作品。對句子他已就這個論題創作了十二部作品 74%的用法專題小組不能接受， 可能因為它暗示著一個事實，即一本已出版的書一定有特別的辭彙意義上區別的價值，這是與傳統文學觀念不太相容的概念，並帶有出版機構的意味。此句參議員提出了一個限制使用加利福尼亞地區沙漠土地的議案 ，同樣有'4%的用法專題小組成員不能接受， 雖然這裡這種用法是新聞界實踐的慣用。這恐怕是因為我們並不希望立法人員真的是寫作一項議案然後在其上署上他們的名字吧。·動詞coauthor 是在科學及學術發表論文的意義上建立的， 這裡這個詞的使用有一個重要意義，因為創作者名單上列出作為這部作品創作者的人通常包括共同研究人員，既使他們實際上並未參加寫作，但不可否認地對出版物的結果做出了貢獻
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author: 泛指用自己名字或筆名發表過作品的人，不強調是否以寫作為主職業。
writer: 含義廣泛，一般指以寫作為職業的人。
英文解釋：
名詞 author:
- writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)同義詞：writer
- someone who originates or causes or initiates something同義詞：generator, source
動詞 author:
- be the author of
例句：
- The book was translated without the sanction of the author.這本書未經作者許可就給翻譯了。
- After the play they called for the author to show himself.演完戲之後，他們要求作者出來和大家見面。
- The author should be the last man to talk about his work.作者應該是最不喜歡談論自己作品的人。
- This book shows that he is an ingenious author.這本書表明他是一個有創造力的作家。
- The author seems to strain after novelty.
- Dickens is his favorite author.狄更斯是他最喜歡的作家、
詳細解釋：
au.thor
n.（名詞）Abbr. auth.,au縮寫 auth.,auThe original writer of a literary work.作者：某一文學作品的原作者One who practices writing as a profession.職業作家：以寫作為職業的人An originator or creator:創始人：創作者或製造者：例句：the author of a new theory.這一新理論的創始人
Author God. Author 創世者：上帝v.tr.（及物動詞）au.thored,au.thor.ing,au.thors 【用法疑難】 To assume responsibility for the content of (a published or an unpublished text).有權修改者：對（已出版或未出版作品之）內容負有責任者
來源：Middle English auctour 中古英文 auctour from Old French autor 源自 古法文 autor from Latin auctor [creator] 源自 拉丁語 auctor [創造者] from auctus [past participle of] augôre [to create] * see aug- 源自 auctus [] augôre的過去分詞 [創造] *參見 aug-
【引伸】
author.ial
The verbauthor, which had been out of use for a long period, has been rejuvenated in recent years with the sense .to assume responsibility for the content of a published text.. As such it is not quite synonymous with the verbwrite ; one can write, but not author, a love letter or an unpublished manuscript,and the writer who ghostwrites a book for a celebrity cannot be said to have .authored. the creation. The sentenceHe has authored a dozen books on the subject was unacceptable to 74 percent of the Usage Panel, probably because it implies that the fact of having a book published is worthy of special lexical distinction, a notion that sits poorly with conventional literary sensibilities,and which seems to smack of press agentry.The sentenceThe Senator authored a bill limiting uses of desert lands in California was similarly rejected by '4 percent of the Panel, though here the usage is common journalistic practice,and is perhaps justified by the observation that we do not expect that legislators will actually write the bills to which they attach their names. ·The verbcoauthor is well established in reference to scientific and scholarly publications, where it serves a useful purpose,since the people listed as authors of such works routinely include research collaborators who have played no part in the actual writing of the text,but who are nonetheless entitled to credit for the published results.動詞author， 很長一段時間不再使用， 近年來又以.對某一出版作品的內容負有責任.的含義重新起用。因此，它已不完全同動詞write 同義； 一個人可以寫一封求愛信或未出版的草稿，但不是作者，某一人即使僱人寫出一篇傑作也不能說是.創作.了作品。對句子他已就這個論題創作了十二部作品 74%的用法專題小組不能接受， 可能因為它暗示著一個事實，即一本已出版的書一定有特別的辭彙意義上區別的價值，這是與傳統文學觀念不太相容的概念，並帶有出版機構的意味。此句參議員提出了一個限制使用加利福尼亞地區沙漠土地的議案 ，同樣有'4%的用法專題小組成員不能接受， 雖然這裡這種用法是新聞界實踐的慣用。這恐怕是因為我們並不希望立法人員真的是寫作一項議案然後在其上署上他們的名字吧。·動詞coauthor 是在科學及學術發表論文的意義上建立的， 這裡這個詞的使用有一個重要意義，因為創作者名單上列出作為這部作品創作者的人通常包括共同研究人員，既使他們實際上並未參加寫作，但不可否認地對出版物的結果做出了貢獻
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