1. 1古典學者(研究古希臘、羅馬;不是「很有品味的人」,也別和藝術上的「古典主義者」混為一談)

    A classicist is someone who studies the old Greek and Roman world: the languages, the poems, the history, the way those people thought. At university this subject is often called Classics, with a capital C, and a classicist is a person who has made that world their work.

    classicist是 someone who studies the old Greek and Roman world研究古希臘羅馬世界的人: the languages語言, the poems詩, the history歷史, the way those people thought還有那些人思考的方式。At university在大學裡, this subject is often called Classics這門學科常被稱為Classics, with a capital C字首大寫, and a classicist is a person而classicist就是 who has made that world their work把那個世界當成自己工作的人。

    Though actually, English also lets the same word mean a person who loves the calm, ordered art style called classicism. That second use is real, but the sense we are writing here is the student and scholar of those ancient books and cities.

    Though actually不過, English also lets the same word mean英文也讓這個字可以指 a person who loves the calm, ordered art style喜歡那種平靜、講究秩序的藝術風格的人 called classicism那個風格叫classicism。That second use is real這第二種用法是真的存在, but the sense we are writing here但我們這裡寫的意思 is the student and scholar of those ancient books and cities是研究那些古書、古城的學生和學者。

    It is a formal word. You would not call a teenager a classicist just because they like films about gods and heroes; you save it for people who really read Latin or Greek, or who write about that world as their job.

    It is a formal word它是個正式的字。You would not call a teenager a classicist你不會因為一個青少年 just because they like films about gods and heroes喜歡看神明英雄的電影就叫他classicist; you save it for people who really read Latin or Greek這個字要留給真的讀拉丁文或希臘文的人, or who write about that world as their job或是把研究那個世界當工作、會寫文章的人。

core核心畫面

組成classic + -ist. The ending -ist (from Greek, through Latin and French) names a person who does or studies something.

同家族的字

  • classicthe base: the old Greek and Roman “classics” this person studies
  • classicismthe style or system that shares the same classic stem
  • classicalthe adjective for that old world and its art

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

classicistnoun/ˈklæsɪsɪst/

  • 1

    A classical scholar, especially one who studies ancient Greek and Latin language and culture.

  • 2

    A follower of classicism.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。