writer汉语翻译：
n. 作家, 撰稿者, 抄写员
【化】 记录器词意辨析：
author, writer这两个名词均有“作者，作家”之意。
author: 泛指用自己名字或笔名发表过作品的人，不强调是否以写作为主职业。
writer: 含义广泛，一般指以写作为职业的人。英语解释：
名词 writer:

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)同义词：author

a person who is able to write and has written something

例句：

He cannot compare with (ie is not nearly as great as) Shakespeare as a writer of tragedies.在悲剧写作方面他根本不能与莎士比亚相比。

Do you know who is the foremost writer in the English language?你知道谁是最重要的英语作家吗？

This article lacks continuity; the writer keeps jumping from one subject to another.这篇文章缺乏连贯性，作者一味东拉西扯，格局无章。

He aims to be a successful writer.他的目标是成为一个成功的作家。

The writer gets a 10% royalty on each copy sold of his book.作者从每本卖出的书中可得10%的版税。

He is not so much a writer as a scholar.与其说他是作家倒不如说他是学者。

The writer of the book lived in the eighteenth century.这本书的作者生活在十八世纪。

He became a writer.他成了一名作家。

详细解释：
writ.er
n.（名词）
One who writes, especially as an occupation.
作家，作者：写作的人，尤指以此为职业者

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