喜樂美語
  1. 1nB2/ˈmoʊtərɪst/ · /ˈməʊtərɪst/駕駛人；開車的人

    someone who drives a car, especially when we are talking about car drivers as a group — in news reports, in road safety, or in rules about driving.

    示範例句 · Example

    Motorists are asked to slow down when they pass the school gate.

    逐字駕駛人被要求在他們經過校門的時候放慢速度。

    motorist 就是「開車的人」，但它幾乎只出現在報導、交通規則、道路安全這類比較正式的書面句子裡，而且常用複數 motorists，指「開車的人這一群」。平常講話說某個人在開車，用 driver 就好；要說「政府提醒駕駛人」「這條路對駕駛人和行人都更安全」，才會用 motorist。這個字可以想成從 motor（馬達、汽車）長出來，加上 -ist（做這件事的人），就像 cyclist 是騎腳踏車的人。

    常見搭配

    • motorists and pedestrians

      駕駛人與行人

      people driving cars and people walking, talked about together

      The wide new crossing is safer for motorists and pedestrians.

    • warn motorists

      提醒（警告）駕駛人

      to tell drivers about something ahead, such as bad weather or roadwork

      The radio warned motorists about the icy road.

    • help motorists (to) do something

      幫助駕駛人做某事

      to make something easier for drivers

      Bright lines on the road help motorists stay in their lane.

    • a passing motorist

      剛好開車經過的人

      a driver who happens to be going past at that moment

      A passing motorist stopped and helped them push the bike.

    • taxes on the motorist

      對駕駛人課的稅

      money that drivers have to pay to the government for driving

      The report asks whether taxes on the motorist are too high.

    意思相近

    drivercar driverroad user

core核心畫面

You can think of it as the word a news report or a road sign uses for 'people in cars': not this driver here, but drivers as a category — the ones the rules, the warnings and the traffic news are addressed to.

新聞主播或路邊告示牌口中的「開車的人」：不是指你眼前這位司機，而是把所有坐在方向盤後面的人當成一個群體來談。motor（馬達、汽車）加上 -ist（做某件事的人），字面就是「使用汽車的人」，但它帶著一股公共、正式的味道——會出現在交通報導、道路安全宣導、警方呼籲、保險條款裡。日常對話幾乎不會用它：你不會說 my brother is a motorist，你會說 he drives。

同家族的字

複數 motorists

意思相近

drivercar driverroad user

原始詞典資料1 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。

motoristnoun/ˈməʊ.tə.ɹɪst/

  • 1

    One who drives a motor vehicle.

    • Moreover, the motorist, even if the speed at which he travelled enabled him to appreciate what he saw, does not see the country at all. What he does see is a tarred road, a couple of blackened or dust-covered hedges, and a stream of other motorists.
    • In a poll released last week, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that 58 percent of drivers consider other motorists talking on a cellphone to be a very serious threat and that 87 percent consider motorists e-mailing or texting to be such a threat.

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