scholar

noun
🔊/ˈskɒlə(r)/
🔊/ˈskɑːlər/
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  1. a person who knows a lot about a particular subject because they have studied it in detail学者
    • a classical scholar研究拉丁文与希腊文的学者
    • He was the most distinguished scholar in his field.他是这一领域成就最为卓著的学者。🔊🔊
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    • Literary scholars have argued about this matter for years.文学学者对此事争论了多年。
    • She is the most distinguished scholar in her field.她是该领域最杰出的学者。
    • a scholar of the Enlightenment一位研究启蒙运动的学者
    • an eminent German scholar一位著名的德国学者
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • brilliant
    • great
    • leading
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  2. a student who has been given a scholarship to study at a school, college or university奖学金获得者
    • a Rhodes scholar罗德学者
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  3. (British English, informal) a clever person who works hard at school聪颖勤奋的学生
    • I was never much of a scholar.我从来不是那种用功的好学生。🔊🔊
  4. Word OriginOld English scol(i)ere ‘schoolchild, student’, from late Latin scholaris, from Latin schola, from Greek skholē ‘leisure, philosophy, lecture-place’.