biographic

IPA/ˌbaɪ.əˈɡræf.ɪk/
IPA/ˌbaɪ.oʊˈɡræf.ɪk/

biographic — adjective

  • biographicpositive
  • more biographiccomparative
  • most biographicsuperlative

1. Giving factual information about someone's life, especially in a book, article,

1.形容詞C2
釋義

Giving factual information about someone's life, especially in a book, article, or film.

例句

The website gives biographic details about each Olympic runner.

collocation: biographic details

Elise added a biographic note under the old family photograph.

collocation: biographic note

同義詞
  • biographical

    The standard and much more common equivalent in modern English.

  • life-story

    Used mainly in compounds such as 'life-story film'; less formal and less exact.

反義詞
  • fictional

    Describes invented characters or events rather than real-life facts.

  • nonbiographical

    Specifically states that a text or record is not about a person's life.

文法句型

biographic + noun

biographic + detail/note/sketch

用法筆記

Mostly used before nouns such as note, sketch, detail, or film. In everyday English, biographical is much more common, so biographic often sounds more formal or technical.

常見錯誤

❌It is an autobiographic article about the president.
✅It is a biographic article about the president.
💡'autobiographic' is for a person's own life story, not someone else's.
❌The article is biographic of the actor.
✅The article gives a biographic account of the actor.
💡'biographic' is usually placed before a noun rather than after it with 'of'.