author

noun

1. 著者；作者；作家
   a person who writes books or the person who wrote a particular book
   1. Who is your favourite author?
      你最喜欢哪位作家？
   2. He is the author of three books on art.
      他写了三本艺术专著。
   3. best-selling author Joan Collins
      畅销书作家琼∙柯林斯
   4. Who's the author?
      作者是谁？
2. （尤指计划或思想的）创造者，发起人
   the person who creates or starts sth, especially a plan or an idea
   1. As the author of the proposal I cannot agree with you.
      我作为提案的发起人不能同意你的意见。

verb

1. 著作；写作；编写
   to be the author of a book, report, etc.

1. N-COUNT 作者;著作者
   The author of a piece of writing is the person who wrote it.
   1. ...Jill Phillips, author of the book 'Give Your Child Music'.
      吉尔·菲利普斯，《给孩子音乐》一书的作者
2. N-COUNT 作家
   An author is a person whose job is writing books.
   1. Haruki Murakami is Japan's best-selling author.
      村上春树是日本当红的畅销书作家。
3. N-COUNT (计划或建议的）筹划者，制定者
   The author of a plan or proposal is the person who thinks of it and works out the details.
   1. The authors of the plan believe they can reach this point within about two years.
      该计划的提出者相信他们约在两年内可以达成该目标。
4. VERB 创作；撰写
   To author something means to be the author of it.
   1. Then he opened a restaurant, authored a book, and landed his own radio show.
      后来他开了个餐馆，写了本书，还制作了自己的广播剧。
   2. ...a proposal authored by subcommittee chairman Quentin Burdick.
      专门小组委员会主席昆廷·伯迪克提出的建议
5. See also: co-author

1. The author has abstracted poems from earlier books.
   作者从以前的书中摘取了一些诗作。
2. The author has settled for a more academic approach
   那位作者已确定采用更为学术的方法。
3. The author's style suggests a certain ambiguity in his moral view.
   该作家的风格表明其道德观有点暧昧不明。
4. Haruki Murakami is Japan's best-selling author.
   村上春树是日本当红的畅销书作家。
5. The authors of the plan believe they can reach this point within about two years.
   该计划的提出者相信他们约在两年内可以达成该目标。
6. Then he opened a restaurant, authored a book, and landed his own radio show.
   后来他开了个餐馆，写了本书，还制作了自己的广播剧。
7. Martin Parry, author of the report, says it's time for concerted action by world leaders.
   该报道的作者马丁·帕里宣称是世界各国的首脑采取一致行动的时候了。
8. The author extracts the maximum from every carefully-crafted scene in this witty tale.
   作者从这个妙趣横生的故事的每一个精心构思的情节中都摘录了尽可能多的内容。
9. Alison had cleverly deduced that I was the author of the letter.
   艾莉森已经聪明地推断出那封信就是我写的。
10. The author distanced himself from some of the comments in his book
    作者使自己书中的某些评论不带个人色彩。
11. The author tells of a remarkable encounter with a group of South Vietnamese soldiers.
    作者讲述了和一群南越士兵的奇遇。
12. The author doesn't equate liberalism and conservatism
    该作者没有将自由主义和保守主义相提并论。
13. The author's treatment of the subject is exhaustive.
    该作者对这个问题的分析很透彻。
14. The statements and views expressed herein are those of the author and are not necessarily those of the Wilson Centre
    本书中的陈述和观点为作者个人意见，不一定代表威尔逊中心的看法。
15. The author can report other people's results which more or less agree with hers.
    作者可以提及其他人得出的和她自己基本吻合的结果。
16. She's indexed the book by author, by age, and by illustrator.
    她根据作者、年龄和插图画家分别为该书编了索引。
17. Neither author was very strong on narrative.
    两个作者都不是很善于讲故事。
18. Lewis is the author of thirteen novels and ten non-fiction books.
    刘易斯写了13本小说和10本纪实文学作品。
19. He read every book or author it deals with, often in the original
    这方面的每一本书和每一位作家他都读过，而且通常均为原著。
20. The reviewer padded out his review with a lengthy biography of the author
    评论者在他的评论中添加了冗长的作者生平以拉长篇幅。
21. The author is a seasoned academic
    作者是一位经验丰富的学者。
22. The penniless author successfully wooed and married Fanny.
    这位一文不名的作家向范妮求爱成功，和她结了婚。
23. This author runs to sentiment.
    这位作家流于伤感。
24. This book has a preface written by the author.
    这本书有作者的自序。
25. I must return this manuscript to the author.
    我必须把这篇文章底稿退还给作者。
26. The author lifted the paragraph from someone else's work.
    这一段是作者从别人的作品中抄来的。
27. The cards are arranged by author and subject.
    卡片是根据作者和书名排的。
28. The plan of the work is original with the author.
    这篇作品的构思是作者个人的独创。
29. The preface of the book includes an account of the author's life.
    该书前言记述了作者生平。
30. This poem fully expresses the author's love for the ordinary people and hatred for the ruling class.
    这首诗酣畅淋漓地抒发了作者对普通人民的爱和对统治阶级的恨。

  writer author【导航词义：作者】

  writer n. 作者，作家

〔辨析〕普通用词，含义较广，多指以写作为职业的作家，一般限于传统文学体裁（如小说、戏剧、诗歌、散文等）之范畴；也可指普通报刊文章、报道、论文、甚至广告文字的撰写者或写家。有时可用于含褒、贬之意的非正式说法。

  author n. 作者，作家，著作人

〔辨析〕较正式用词，常特指某一文章、著作等的作者；指作家时，其与writer 的显著区别就是并不强调是否以写作为职业，而只强调写作出版的事实。

noun

1. someone who originates or causes or initiates something
   1. he was the generator of several complaints

   Synonym:    generatorsource

2. writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

   Synonym:    writer

verb

1. be the author of
   1. She authored this play