historian
noun /hɪˈstɔːriən/
/hɪˈstɔːriən/
- a person who studies or writes about history; an expert in history
Some speakers do not pronounce the ‘h’ at the beginning of historian and use ‘an’ instead of ‘a’ before it. This now sounds old-fashioned.史学工作者;历史学家 - No serious historian today accepts this theory.
当今任何一位严肃的史学家都不会接受这种理论。 - Revisionist historians have questioned the accepted version of events.
修正主义历史学家对这些事件公认的说法提出了质疑。 - She is a writer as well as a distinguished modern historian.
她不但是著名的现代史学家,还是位作家。 - The oldest tradition goes back to the contemporary historian John Foxe.
最古老的传统可以追溯到当代史学家约翰・福克斯。 - What will future historians make of the late 20th century?
未来的历史学家将会如何看待 20 世纪晚期 ? - a talk given by an eminent social historian
一位杰出的社会历史学家所作的报告 - the official historian of the Labour Party
工党的史学家 - the official historian of the United States Army
美国陆军的官方史学家
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- distinguished
- eminent
- great
- …
词源late Middle English: from Old French historien, via Latin from Greek historia ‘finding out, narrative, history’, from histōr ‘learned, wise man’, from an Indo-European root shared by wit ‘have knowledge’. - No serious historian today accepts this theory.