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correspondent

UK //ˌkɒr.ɪˈspɒn.dənt//US //ˌkɔːr.əˈspɑːn.dənt//

词源

源自中古法语 correspondant,原意为'回应的人',由拉丁语 correspondere(cor- '共同' + respondere '回应')演变而来,15世纪进入英语。

noun

❶ 指为报纸、电视台等媒体机构报道新闻的记者,通常驻在特定地区或国家,负责发回当地新闻。

“The war correspondent sent live reports from the conflict zone.”

(这位战地记者从冲突地区发回了现场报道。)

“She works as a foreign correspondent in Beijing.”

(她是一名驻北京的外国通讯记者。)

❶ 指与某人或某机构保持通信联系的人,常用于正式或商业往来中。

“She has been a regular correspondent with the author for over a decade.”

(十多年来,她一直与这位作者保持定期通信。)

“Please direct all inquiries to our overseas correspondent.”

(请将所有咨询发送给我们的海外联络人。)

同义词:reporter, journalist, contributor, communicator, intermediary

adjective

❶ 描述事物在特征、数量或功能上与另一事物相匹配或一致的状态。

“The increase in sales was correspondent with the advertising campaign.”

(销售额的增长与广告宣传活动相吻合。)

“Her actions were correspondent to her words.”

(她的行动与她的言语一致。)

同义词:matching, consistent, equivalent, commensurate, comparable

常见短语

foreign correspondent — 指派驻在国外报道新闻的记者,专门负责向本国媒体提供国际新闻。

“The foreign correspondent risked his life to cover the civil war.”

(这位驻外记者冒着生命危险报道内战。)

special correspondent — 指被指派报道特定事件或专题的记者,通常具有相关领域的专业知识。

“The newspaper sent a special correspondent to investigate the environmental issue.”

(报社派出一名特派记者调查这个环境问题。)