ethnologist

IPA/eθˈnɒlədʒɪst/
IPA/eθˈnɑːlədʒɪst/

ethnologist — 名詞

  • ethnologistsingular
  • ethnologistsplural

1. someone whose job is to compare the customs, daily life, and social ties of diff

1.名詞C2
釋義

民族學家

研究不同民族文化與社會的學者

someone whose job is to compare the customs, daily life, and social ties of different peoples

例句

Wren became an ethnologist after recording fishing customs in coastal villages.

Wren 在沿海村落記錄捕魚習俗後，成了民族學家。

become an ethnologist through field research

At the museum, Amelia worked as an ethnologist on island wedding traditions.

在博物館裡，Amelia 以民族學家的身分研究島嶼社群的婚禮傳統。

work as an ethnologist at a museum

同義詞
  • anthropologist

    a broader term for a researcher of human life that can also include archaeology, language, or biology

  • ethnographer

    usually someone who describes one community in close detail rather than comparing several groups

  • researcher

    a very broad word that does not show this specialist field

文法句型

be an ethnologist

work as an ethnologist

an ethnologist studies customs

用法筆記

Usually names a research profession in universities, museums, or field projects. Use ethnology for the academic subject and ethnography for a close written study of one community.

常見錯誤

❌She studies ethnologist at university.
✅She studies ethnology at university.
💡Ethnologist is a person; ethnology is the subject.
❌The museum hired an ethnology to interview village elders.
✅The museum hired an ethnologist to interview village elders.
💡Use ethnologist for the researcher, not ethnology.