A pharmacologist is a scientist who studies drugs and medicines: what they do in the body, how they move through it, and why a helpful amount can become a harmful one. The job is research — in a lab, a university, or a drug company — not the shop.

A pharmacologist is a scientistpharmacologist是一種科學家 who studies drugs and medicines專門研究藥物：what they do in the body藥在身體裡做了什麼、how they move through it怎麼在身體裡移動、and why a helpful amount can become a harmful one以及為什麼有幫助的劑量會變成有害的劑量。The job is research這份工作是做研究——in a lab, a university, or a drug company在實驗室、大學，或藥廠裡——not the shop不是在藥局裡。

You will meet the word in science writing and university courses; it is formal, and it always names a person. The -ist at the end is the same person-ending as in artist or scientist.

You will meet the word in science writing and university courses你會在科學寫作和大學課程裡遇到這個字；it is formal它很正式，and it always names a person而且一定是在指一個人。The -ist at the end字尾的-ist，is the same person-ending as in artist or scientist跟artist、scientist裡的那個人稱字尾一樣。

Though actually, almost everyone mixes this person up with a pharmacist. A pharmacist is the one behind the counter who prepares your medicine and tells you how to take it. A pharmacologist tries to understand the medicine itself, often years before it reaches a bottle.

Though actually不過其實，almost everyone mixes this person up with a pharmacist幾乎每個人都會把這個人跟pharmacist搞混。A pharmacist is the one behind the counterpharmacist是站在櫃檯後面的人 who prepares your medicine幫你準備藥、and tells you how to take it並告訴你怎麼吃藥。A pharmacologist tries to understand the medicine itselfpharmacologist想搞懂的是藥物本身，often years before it reaches a bottle通常是在藥還沒被裝進瓶子的好幾年前。

Some people train in both, but the jobs are not the same. You would not ask a pharmacologist to count out your tablets, and you would not ask the high-street pharmacist to design the trial.

Some people train in both有些人兩種都受過訓練，but the jobs are not the same但這兩份工作不一樣。You would not ask a pharmacologist to count out your tablets你不會請pharmacologist幫你數藥錠，and you would not ask the high-street pharmacist to design the trial也不會請街角藥局的pharmacist設計實驗。