a person who studies or writes about history; an expert in history史学工作者；历史学家 Some speakers do not pronounce the ‘h’ at the beginning of historian and use ‘an’ instead of ‘a’ before it. This now sounds old-fashioned.- No serious historian today accepts this theory.当今任何一位严肃的史学家都不会接受这种理论。
- Revisionist historians have questioned the accepted version of events.修正主义历史学家对这些事件公认的说法提出了质疑。
- She is a writer as well as a distinguished modern historian.她不但是著名的现代史学家，还是位作家。
- The oldest tradition goes back to the contemporary historian John Foxe.最古老的传统可以追溯到当代史学家约翰・福克斯。
- What will future historians make of the late 20th century?未来的历史学家将会如何看待 20 世纪晚期 ?
- a talk given by an eminent social historian一位杰出的社会历史学家所作的报告
- the official historian of the Labour Party工党的史学家
- the official historian of the United States Army美国陆军的官方史学家
Topics Historyb2, Literature and writingb2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- distinguished
- eminent
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See full entry Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French historien, via Latin from Greek historia ‘finding out, narrative, history’, from histōr ‘learned, wise man’, from an Indo-European root shared by wit ‘have knowledge’.