classicist

/ˈklæsɪsɪst/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈklæsɪsɪst/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkla-sə-sist/ (ame, mw)

classicist — 名詞

  • classicistsingular
  • classicistsplural

1. someone whose subject is the language, history, or thought of ancient Greece and

1.名詞C1
釋義

古典學者

研究古希臘與羅馬語言文化的學者

someone whose subject is the language, history, or thought of ancient Greece and Rome — often a university teacher or researcher who reads Latin and Greek to study these civilisations.

例句

Tunde became a classicist after reading Homer in his first year at Oxford.

Tunde 在牛津大學一年級讀了荷馬之後，便成為了古典學者。

become a classicist (career outcome)

The museum hired a classicist to translate the Latin inscriptions on the marble columns.

博物館聘請了一位古典學者，來翻譯大理石柱上的拉丁文銘文。

classicist + translate (typical task)

同義詞
  • classical scholar

    fuller, more transparent term often used in academic prose

  • Latinist

    narrower — specialist in Latin language and literature only

  • Hellenist

    narrower — specialist in Greek language and literature only

文法句型

a classicist of [period/field]

classicist at [institution]

用法筆記

Subject is usually a named scholar, teacher, or student of Greek/Latin antiquity. Often paired with an institution (university, museum) or a specific text/period.

常見錯誤

❌A classicist studies classic novels like Pride and Prejudice.
✅A classicist studies ancient Greek and Roman texts.
💡the field is the ancient world, not the literary canon of the last few centuries.

2. an artist, writer, or composer whose work prizes the restraint, balance, and cle

2.名詞C2
釋義

古典主義者

推崇古典形式之均衡節制的藝術家

an artist, writer, or composer whose work prizes the restraint, balance, and clear form of ancient Greek and Roman art — the opposite of a Romantic, who values strong feeling and free form.

例句

As a classicist, Mira designed the new concert hall with simple columns and clean stone walls.

身為古典主義者，Mira 為新音樂廳設計了簡單的圓柱與乾淨的石牆。

classicist + clean/simple aesthetic

Camila is a classicist whose poems borrow their calm tone from ancient Roman odes.

Camila 是一位古典主義者，她詩作的平靜語調借自古羅馬的頌歌。

classicist + calm/restrained style

同義詞
  • neoclassicist

    specifically a follower of the 17th–19th-century revival of classical style

  • traditionalist

    broader — prefers any older style, not just ancient Greek/Roman

反義詞
  • Romantic

    favours emotion, individual feeling, and free form over balance and restraint

  • modernist

    rejects classical models in favour of new forms

文法句型

classicist in [art form]

[X] is a classicist

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1: this sense names an aesthetic stance (favouring order, balance, ancient models), not an academic career. Often appears in writing about art, music, or literary history, frequently in contrast with 'Romantic'.

常見錯誤

❌Dario is a classicist because he loves Beethoven's loud symphonies.
✅Dario is a Romantic because he loves Beethoven's loud symphonies.
💡classicists prefer restraint and order; Beethoven's loud, emotional works belong to the Romantic side.