commentator

英 ['k?m?nte?t?] 美['kɑm?n'tet?]

暢通詞匯CET4TEM4TOEFL中頻詞

復(fù)數(shù):?commentators;

commentator (n.): late 14c., "writer of commentaries," agent noun in Latin form from comment or commentary (Latin commentator meant "inventor, author"). Middle English also had a noun commentate, attested from early 15c. Meaning "writer of notes or expository comments" is from 1640s; sense of "one who gives commentary" (originally in sports) is from 1928.
"Well, Jem, what is a commentator?["]--"Why," was Jem's reply, "I suppose it must be the commonest of all taturs." ["Smart Sayings of Bright Children," collected by Howard Paul, 1886]

1. A. M. Babu is a commentator on African affairs. A. M.: 巴布是一位非洲事務(wù)評(píng)論員。

2. They're so lacking in confidence in the attraction of the games they televise that they feel they have to hype up with some hysterical commentator in order to get anyone to watch them.: 他們對(duì)于用電視播映比賽的吸引力太缺乏信心,以至于他們感到必須要用一個(gè)說得天花亂墜的講解員來做實(shí)況廣播,以便招攬觀眾.

3. Virtually every serious commentator agrees that major reform within Third World education is long overdue.: 事實(shí)上,任何認(rèn)真的評(píng)論家都認(rèn)為第三世界的教育早就應(yīng)該實(shí)行重大的改革了.

4. The fifth - century commentator Proclus was very explicit about his objection to the parallel axiom.: 第五世紀(jì)評(píng)論家Proclus非常明顯地反對(duì)平行公理.

5. He is a good commentator because he can get across the game.: 他能簡(jiǎn)單地解說這場(chǎng)比賽,是個(gè)好的解說者.