diction
n.措辞,用语(wording,phraseology)
manuscript
n.手稿,原稿(composition)
analects
n.文选,论集
literatus
n.文学界;学者
renaissance
n.复兴;文艺复兴
criticism
n.批评,批判
essay
n.散文;小品文;随笔;短文;评论
The other day I came across an interesting essay on the war with Napoleon.
前几天,我遇到了一篇与拿破仑战争有关的有趣文章。
preliterate
adj.文字出现以前的
It is difficult to study preliterate societies.
要研究文字出现以前的社会很难。
mainstream
n.主流
You need not accept the nominee's ideology, only to be able to locate it in the American mainstream.
你不需要接受候选人的观念,只要能在美国主流中扎根就行。
nostalgia
n.思家病,乡愁
connoisseur
n.(艺术品的)鉴赏家,鉴定家,内行
editorial
n.社论 adj.编辑上的,主笔的,社论的
column
n.专栏
He writes for the column of that newspaper.
他为那家报纸写专栏。
circulation
n.发行量
This magazine has a circulation of over a million.
这本杂志的发行量超过一百万份。
feature
n.特写
Did you read the frontpage feature on coal-mining?
你读过煤矿业的首页专题吗?
drama
n.戏剧,戏剧艺术
The old man is fond of the Elizabethan drama.
这位老人喜欢伊丽莎白时代的戏剧。
playwright
n.剧作家