单词 | correspondent |
释义 | correspondentcor‧re‧spon‧dent /ˌkɒrəˈspɒndənt $ ˌkɔːrəˈspɑːn-, ˌkɑː-/ ●○○ noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
THESAURUS► journalist Collocations someone who writes for a newspaper or magazine: · She worked as a journalist on the New York Times.· I've always wanted to be a journalist. ► reporter someone whose job is to find out about news stories and ask questions for a newspaper, television or radio company etc: · A crowd of reporters were waiting outside the house all night.· He told reporters that he had no intention of resigning. ► correspondent someone who writes news articles or does reports about a particular subject, especially a serious one, for a newspaper or news organization: · our economics correspondent· a war correspondent· He was the BBC's correspondent in Moscow. ► columnist someone who writes articles, especially about a particular subject, that appear regularly in a newspaper or magazine: · an influential financial columnist· a gossip columnist ► hack informal a disapproving word for a journalist, especially one whose work is of low quality: · The editor sent one of his hacks to interview the murderer’s girlfriend. ► newsman/woman (also newspaperman/woman) a general word for someone who works for a newspaper, especially a reporter or editor: · an experienced newspaperman ► the press newspapers and journalists in general: · The press always like a good story about the royal family.· the right-wing press ► Fleet Street the British press. This phrase comes from the street in London, where many newspapers used to have their offices: · Relations between the government and Fleet Street aren't as cosy as they once were. Longman Language Activatorsomeone whose job is to report the news► reporter someone who finds out about events and writes about them in newspapers or tells people about them on television or radio: · She works as a junior reporter for the Today programme.· a crowd of reporters· "We've reached a critical stage in the negotiations," he told waiting reporters.TV/newspaper/Washington Post etc reporter: · He used to work as a TV reporter in LA. ► journalist someone who reports the news, especially for a newspaper, as their profession: · All foreign journalists have been told to leave the war zone as soon as possible.· An experienced journalist has a sense of what is likely to be relevant about a story.sports/media/finance etc journalist: · After he retired from football he became a sports journalist for the Gazette.· Lee is one of the highest-paid finance journalists in the country. ► correspondent someone who reports the news about one particular subject or place, for a newspaper or news programme: · We now go over to our correspondent in Lisbon for a report on the election.foreign/war/Washington etc correspondent: · He left his local paper to become the Daily Telegraph's defence correspondent.· He joined ABC as its chief foreign correspondent in 2000. ► newsreader British /newscaster American someone whose job is to read the news on the television, radio etc: · I've always thought you have the right voice to be a newsreader.· She became well-known as a newscaster before getting her own talk show in Chicago. ► hack informal someone who writes for a newspaper, especially one whose writing is not good or interesting: · The latest scandal was quickly picked up by the hacks at The Post.· A group of hacks were huddled around the gates, waiting for her to emerge. ► the press all newspapers and reporters, considered as a single group: · I never give interviews to the press.· The press have blown the story out of all proportion.local/national/English etc press: · Make sure the local press are there to hear my speech.in the press (=in the newspapers): · There was a lot of speculation in the press that the Prime Minister was about to resign.notify the press: · Palace staff waited several hours before notifying the press about the King's condition. ► the media newspapers, radio, and television, considered as a single group: · The story received a huge amount of media attention.· A White House aide told the media everything he knew about the President's private life. local/national/German etc media: · The Japanese media quoted Murayama as being "very pleased" with the breakthrough.· local media reportsmass media (=the media considered as something that reaches a very large number of people): · a case of mass media manipulationin the media (=in newspapers, on television, or on radio): · There wasn't much about the event in the media. people who work for newspapers► reporter someone whose job is to find out about news stories and write about them: · She works as a junior reporter on a local paper.· A crowd of reporters were waiting outside the house all night. ► journalist someone who writes for a newspaper or magazine: · She worked as a journalist on the New York Times.· My father hated journalists - he didn't trust any of them. ► correspondent someone who writes news articles about a particular subject, especially a serious one, for a newspaper: political/foreign/education etc correspondent: · "Schools in Crisis", by our education correspondent Nick Bacon.· Martin Bell worked for many years as the BBC's war correspondent, covering conflicts all over the world. ► editor the person in charge of a newspaper or magazine, whose job is to decide what should be written about: editor of: · Cummings is the editor of a local newspaper.newspaper/magazine editor: · Berendt, a magazine editor and columnist (he was once editor of New York magazine), first visited Savannah in 1982.business/sports etc editor: · Arch Ward became sports editor of the Chicago Tribune. ► hack informal a news reporter or journalist - use this about people you disapprove of or who you think produce bad quality writing: · The editor sent one of his hacks to interview the murderer's girlfriend. ► columnist someone who writes articles, especially about a particular subject, that appear regularly in a newspaper or magazine: · Tony Kornheiser is a columnist for the Washington Post, and a talk-show host on WTEM.gossip/political/sports etc columnist : · Dan Dorfman, the influential financial columnist, was fired by Money magazine, the magazine's managing editor said Wednesday.· The ambitious couple threw large parties, inviting celebrities and gossip columnists. WORD SETS► Mailaddress, verbaddressee, nounaerogramme, nounairmail, nounbox number, nouncertified mail, nounChristmas card, nounc/o, compliment slip, nouncorrespond, verbcorrespondence, nouncorrespondent, nouncovering letter, nouncover letter, noundate stamp, noundead letter, noundirect mail, nounenclose, verbenclosure, nounenvelope, nounepistle, nounesquire, nounexpress, nounexpress mail, nounfirst class, nounfirst-class, adjectiveforward, verbforwarding address, nounFPO, frank, verbfranking machine, nounFreepost, noungeneral delivery, nounJiffy bag, nounjunk mail, nounletterbox, nounlove letter, nounmailbag, nounmailbox, nounmail carrier, nounmail drop, nounmailer, nounmailing list, nounmailman, nounmailshot, nounmail train, nounmanila, nounmissive, nounmoney order, nounnote card, nounnotelet, nounnotepaper, nounnr, p & p, packet boat, nounparcel, nounparcel post, nounpcm, pen friend, nounpen pal, nounpigeonhole, nounpillar box, nounPO, PO Box, nounpoison-pen letter, nounpost, nounpost, verbpostage, nounpostage meter, nounpostage stamp, nounpostal, adjectivepostal order, nounpostbag, nounpostbox, nounpostcard, nounpostcode, nounposte restante, nounpostie, nounpostman, nounpostmark, nounpostmaster, nounpostmistress, nounpost office, nounpost office box, nounpostscript, nounpp., PPS, nounPS, nounredirect, verbregister, verbregistered post, nounreply-paid, adjectiveRR, sae, nounsalutation, nounSASE, nounsecond class, nounself-addressed, adjectivesender, nounsnail mail, nounsorting office, nounspecial delivery, nounstamp, nounstamp, verbstamped addressed envelope, nounsurface mail, nounthird class, nounvalentine, nounwriting paper, nounX, nounzip code, noun COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + correspondent► a foreign correspondent 1someone who is employed by a newspaper or a television station etc to report news from a particular area or on a particular subject → reporterpolitical/foreign/legal etc correspondent the political correspondent for ‘The Times’ Our correspondent in South Africa sent this report.2someone who writes letters: I’m not a very good correspondent, I’m afraid.COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + correspondenta foreign correspondent (=reporting on other countries)· He became a top BBC foreign correspondent.our Beijing/Cairo/Washington etc correspondent (=sending reports from a particular place – used by a newspaper or TV station)· This report comes direct from our Tel Aviv correspondent.a political correspondent· As our political correspondent wrote last week, this decision is welcome.a newspaper correspondent· During the war he was employed as a newspaper correspondent.a war correspondent· Being a war correspondent is a dangerous job.an education/health/sports etc correspondent· Here is our sports correspondent with all the details.a special correspondent (=one with a special area of responsibility)· He was a special correspondent for animals and the environment. (=reporting on other countries)· He became a top BBC foreign correspondent. ► our Beijing/Cairo/Washington etc correspondent (=sending reports from a particular place – used by a newspaper or TV station)· This report comes direct from our Tel Aviv correspondent. ► a political correspondent· As our political correspondent wrote last week, this decision is welcome. ► a newspaper correspondent· During the war he was employed as a newspaper correspondent. ► a war correspondent· Being a war correspondent is a dangerous job. ► an education/health/sports etc correspondent· Here is our sports correspondent with all the details. ► a special correspondent (=one with a special area of responsibility)· He was a special correspondent for animals and the environment. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a war correspondent (=a reporter sending reports from a war)· Being a war correspondent is a dangerous job. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► foreign· And she told me some character called Steve produced a gun when Newman, the foreign correspondent, interrupted their tete-a-tete.· It was all preparation for her dream job: a foreign correspondent, roaming the world in a trench coat.· The movement was not all one way. Foreign correspondents, for instance, dropped sharply.· Government officials failed also in another hide-and-seek game with foreign correspondents.· Bob Newman, foreign correspondent, frowned as he drove his Mercedes 280E across the loneliness of Suffolk in February.· The access of foreign correspondents to government officials and documents is comparable to that in the United States.· Mark had idolised foreign correspondents ever since he began in newspapers.· Even in the rarefied world of foreign correspondents, Simon is a standout. ► political· It's an analysis piece by our political correspondent, Mattie Storin.· The political correspondents had all been carried away.· Our political correspondent Fiona Ross is at Westminster and she joins us live.· The reports of the political correspondents, who had all faxed their copy while still sober the evening before were generally downbeat.· This report from our political correspondent, Fiona Ross. NOUN► news· Another wants to be an international news correspondent.· Somehow news correspondents covering the administration, including me, never grasped the full extent of the guerrilla war within the administration. ► newspaper· The remarks of officials and newspaper correspondents provide detailed information about the crime.· Such was the invitation which the newspaper correspondents received on the morning of August 1, 1861.· During a recent three-year tour of duty as a newspaper correspondent in the Middle East I found abundant cause for both. ► war· Bill Herbert was fortunate to be sent overseas as a war correspondent.· Neither one would make a good war correspondent.· He would have made a lousy war correspondent.· Being a war correspondent is a genuinely dangerous job, just like they portray it in the movies.· Casimir left Dublin for the Balkans as a war correspondent and enlistment.· For surveyors and civil engineers, relief workers and war correspondents, the ultimate mobile phone looks like a bargain. VERB► become· This became the necessary London correspondent and support of the quite prosperous Taylors & Lloyds. ► write· The bulletin includes articles from other publications as well as those written by its own correspondents throughout the region. |
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