author, writer

名詞 author:

1. writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
   同義詞：writer
2. someone who originates or causes or initiates something
   同義詞：generator, source

動詞 author:

1. be the author of

1. The book was translated without the sanction of the author.
   這本書未經(jīng)作者許可就給翻譯了。
2. After the play they called for the author to show himself.
   演完戲之后，他們要求作者出來和大家見面。
3. The author should be the last man to talk about his work.
   作者應(yīng)該是最不喜歡談?wù)撟约鹤髌返娜恕?/div>
4. This book shows that he is an ingenious author.
   這本書表明他是一個有創(chuàng)造力的作家。
5. The author seems to strain after novelty.
   作者似乎在力圖標(biāo)新立異。
6. Dickens is his favorite author.
   狄更斯是他最喜歡的作家、

au.thor

n.（名詞）
Abbr. auth.,au
縮寫 auth.,au
The original writer of a literary work.
作者：某一文學(xué)作品的原作者
One who practices writing as a profession.
職業(yè)作家：以寫作為職業(yè)的人
An originator or creator:
創(chuàng)始人：創(chuàng)作者或制造者：
例句：
the author of a new theory.
這一新理論的創(chuàng)始人

Author God.
Author 創(chuàng)世者：上帝
v.tr.（及物動詞）
au.thored,au.thor.ing,au.thors 【用法疑難】
To assume responsibility for the content of (a published or an unpublished text).
有權(quán)修改者：對（已出版或未出版作品之）內(nèi)容負(fù)有責(zé)任者

來源：
Middle English auctour
中古英語 auctour
from Old French autor
源自 古法語 autor
from Latin auctor [creator]
源自 拉丁語 auctor [創(chuàng)造者]
from auctus [past participle of] augôre [to create] * see aug-
源自 auctus [] augôre的過去分詞 [創(chuàng)造] *參見 aug-

【引伸】
author.ial
The verbauthor, which had been out of use for a long period, has been rejuvenated in recent years with the sense .to assume responsibility for the content of a published text.. As such it is not quite synonymous with the verbwrite ; one can write, but not author, a love letter or an unpublished manuscript,and the writer who ghostwrites a book for a celebrity cannot be said to have .authored. the creation. The sentenceHe has authored a dozen books on the subject was unacceptable to 74 percent of the Usage Panel, probably because it implies that the fact of having a book published is worthy of special lexical distinction, a notion that sits poorly with conventional literary sensibilities,and which seems to smack of press agentry.The sentenceThe Senator authored a bill limiting uses of desert lands in California was similarly rejected by '4 percent of the Panel, though here the usage is common journalistic practice,and is perhaps justified by the observation that we do not expect that legislators will actually write the bills to which they attach their names. ·The verbcoauthor is well established in reference to scientific and scholarly publications, where it serves a useful purpose,since the people listed as authors of such works routinely include research collaborators who have played no part in the actual writing of the text,but who are nonetheless entitled to credit for the published results.
動詞author， 很長一段時間不再使用， 近年來又以.對某一出版作品的內(nèi)容負(fù)有責(zé)任.的含義重新起用。因此，它已不完全同動詞write 同義； 一個人可以寫一封求愛信或未出版的草稿，但不是作者，某一人即使雇人寫出一篇杰作也不能說是.創(chuàng)作.了作品。對句子他已就這個論題創(chuàng)作了十二部作品 74%的用法專題小組不能接受， 可能因為它暗示著一個事實，即一本已出版的書一定有特別的詞匯意義上區(qū)別的價值，這是與傳統(tǒng)文學(xué)觀念不太相容的概念，并帶有出版機構(gòu)的意味。此句參議員提出了一個限制使用加利福尼亞地區(qū)沙漠土地的議案 ，同樣有'4%的用法專題小組成員不能接受， 雖然這里這種用法是新聞界實踐的慣用。這恐怕是因為我們并不希望立法人員真的是寫作一項議案然后在其上署上他們的名字吧?！釉~coauthor 是在科學(xué)及學(xué)術(shù)發(fā)表論文的意義上建立的， 這里這個詞的使用有一個重要意義，因為創(chuàng)作者名單上列出作為這部作品創(chuàng)作者的人通常包括共同研究人員，既使他們實際上并未參加寫作，但不可否認(rèn)地對出版物的結(jié)果做出了貢獻(xiàn)