curate
curate — 名詞
- curatesingular
- curatesplural
1. a junior priest who helps the vicar or rector run a church and serve the local c
助理牧師
在教堂協助主任牧師的基層神職人員
a junior priest who helps the vicar or rector run a church and serve the local community, especially within the Anglican Church
The new curate at St. Mary's visited every house on the street.
聖瑪麗教堂的新任助理牧師拜訪了街上的每一戶人家。
curate + at [church name]
Felix trained as a curate for two years before becoming a vicar.
Felix 接受了兩年的助理牧師培訓，之後才成為教區牧師。
trained as a curate
Obi helped the curate prepare the church for the Sunday morning service.
Obi 協助助理牧師為週日早上的禮拜做準備。
The elderly vicar asked his curate to lead the afternoon prayer group.
年長的教區牧師請他的助理牧師帶領下午的祈禱小組。
- assistant curate
- parish curate
- curate-in-charge
- young curate
- vicar
the senior priest in charge of a parish; not a synonym for an assistant
- rector
a senior priest, similar to vicar but with different historical legal status
- minister
a general term for a Protestant clergyperson, not specific to Anglicanism
- chaplain
a priest attached to a hospital, school, or military unit rather than a parish
- vicar
the senior priest whom the curate assists
文法句型
curate + of + church/parish
用法筆記
This title is most often found in Anglican and Episcopal churches. In some denominations the term 'assistant priest' or 'associate pastor' is used instead.
常見錯誤
the/a curate’s egg
idiomSomething that is partly good and partly bad.
好壞參半的事物
The movie was a curate's egg, with great acting but a weak plot.
Did you find the exhibition a curate's egg or consistently excellent?
curate — 動詞
- curatepresent simple I / you / we / they
- curateshe / she / it
- curatedpast simple
- curating-ing form
1. to choose, arrange, and take care of artworks or historical objects so that they
策展
挑選並管理博物館或藝廊的展品
to choose, arrange, and take care of artworks or historical objects so that they can be displayed in a museum, gallery, or exhibition
Lisa curated the museum's new exhibition of twentieth‑century paintings.
Lisa 為博物館策劃了一場二十世紀繪畫的新展覽。
curate + exhibition of [theme]
The photography show was curated by a team of art historians from Paris.
這場攝影展是由一組來自巴黎的藝術史學家策劃的。
passive: be curated by + person/team
Lisa spent the summer curating objects from the museum's ancient storage rooms for a new exhibition.
Lisa 花了一整個夏天從博物館的古物儲藏室挑選展品，為新展覽做準備。
Sana curated a small gallery in Taipei before moving to Tokyo.
Sana 在搬到東京之前，曾在臺北策展一家小型畫廊。
A ceramics specialist was brought in to curate the porcelain display.
一位陶瓷專家被請來策劃這場瓷器展覽。
curate + [specific type of] display
- curate an exhibition
- curate a collection
- curate a show
- carefully curated
- expertly curated
- neglect
to fail to care for the objects in a collection
文法句型
curate + exhibition / collection / show
be curated by + person / team
用法筆記
Frequently used in the passive voice (e.g. 'The exhibition was curated by...'). This sense always involves physical objects or artworks — not people, performances, or digital content.
常見錯誤
2. to decide which films, musicians, performances, or other acts will form part of
策劃
為影展或音樂節挑選節目及表演者
to decide which films, musicians, performances, or other acts will form part of a festival, film series, or cultural programme
Zayd curated the film programme for the city's summer arts festival.
Zayd 為城市的夏季藝術節策劃了電影節目。
curate + [type of] programme for [event]
Nellie curated a series of jazz performances at the annual music event.
Nellie 在年度音樂活動中策劃了一系列爵士樂表演。
The dance section of the festival was curated by a choreographer from Brazil.
藝術節的舞蹈單元是由一位來自巴西的編舞家策劃的。
passive: section + was curated by [person from place]
Anna curated the opening night concert with four rising stars from Asia.
Anna 策劃了開幕之夜音樂會，邀請了四位亞洲新秀。
Pim helped curate the short-film competition for the annual student festival.
Pim 協助策劃了一年一度學生影展的短片競賽單元。
helped curate + [competition type]
- curate a festival
- curate a programme
- curate a season
- curate a series
- curate a competition
文法句型
curate + festival / programme / season
curate + [art form] + for + [event]
用法筆記
The object is typically an event or programme, not individual artworks. Distinguish from sense 1 (museum) where the focus is physical objects, and from sense 3 (digital) where the content is online material.
常見錯誤
3. to pick and organise digital material — such as articles, songs, products, or po
精選
為網站或播放清單挑選整理數位內容
to pick and organise digital material — such as articles, songs, products, or posts — and present it in a list, feed, playlist, or collection for an audience to browse or enjoy
Heloísa curated a weekly newsletter of design articles for architects in São Paulo.
Heloísa 為聖保羅的建築師們精心挑選了一份每週設計文章電子報。
curate + newsletter of [topic] for [audience]
The music blog curated playlists of new indie bands for its readers every month.
這個音樂部落格每個月為讀者整理新獨立樂團的播放清單。
Eli curated the product recommendations that appear on the bookstore's home page.
Eli 負責挑選書店主頁上顯示的商品推薦。
Sora curated a photo collection of street art from cities around the world.
Sora 整理了一系列來自世界各城市的街頭藝術照片。
curate + [type of] collection of [subject]
The news app curated stories from local reporters in each major city.
這款新聞應用程式從各大城市的地方記者那裡挑選報導。
- curate content
- curated playlist
- curated feed
- curated collection
- curated list
- curated newsletter
文法句型
curate + content / playlist / newsletter / collection
curate + [material] + for + [audience/platform]
用法筆記
This is the most recently developed sense and is very common in technology and media contexts. The object is always intangible: content, information, or media — never physical objects or live events.
常見錯誤
同根字
常見搭配
常用片語
- well curated
- specially curated
- curated by an expert