bio

bio — noun

1. a short written account of a person's life, often used on social media, websites

1.名詞B1
釋義

a short written account of a person's life, often used on social media, websites, or book covers

例句

Ada updated her bio on the company website before the conference.

collocation: update a bio

On the book jacket, the author's bio listed three award-winning novels.

collocation: author's bio

同義詞
  • biography

    more formal and usually longer — a full book or article rather than a paragraph

  • profile

    focuses on key facts or a particular angle, common in magazines and newspapers

  • life story

    informal like 'bio', but implies a fuller account of someone's life

用法筆記

Short for 'biography'. A bio is always brief — typically a few sentences or a single paragraph. In formal or academic writing, use 'biography' instead.

常見錯誤

❌I read her bio in biology class today.
✅I read her bio on the back of her novel.
💡'bio' means a short life story, not the science subject 'biology'.
❌My bio is four pages long.
✅My bio is four sentences long
💡it is just for the conference programme.' — a bio is always short; use 'biography' or 'CV' for longer documents.