futurist
futurist — 名詞
- futuristsingular
- futuristsplural
1. a person whose job is to study trends today and tell people what life or busines
未來學家
研究趨勢、預測長期未來的人
a person whose job is to study trends today and tell people what life or business may look like years from now
Kwame is a futurist who advises car companies on what drivers will want in 2040.
Kwame 是一位未來學家，他為汽車公司提供建議，預測 2040 年駕駛人會想要什麼樣的車。
noun + relative clause naming the futurist's audience
The hotel chain hired a Tokyo futurist to imagine how guests will book rooms a decade from now.
這家連鎖飯店請了一位東京的未來學家，想像旅客十年後會如何訂房。
collocation: hire a futurist
At the climate summit, the futurist warned that coastal cities must start moving inland by 2050.
在氣候峰會上，這位未來學家警告，沿海城市必須在 2050 年之前開始向內陸搬遷。
Esteban built his career as a futurist by writing yearly reports about jobs that do not yet exist.
Esteban 靠著每年撰寫關於還不存在的職業的報告，建立起自己未來學家的事業。
Some futurists believe that home robots will help elderly people cook and bathe within twenty years.
有些未來學家認為，居家機器人會在二十年內幫助長者煮飯和洗澡。
- forecaster
broader; can apply to weather, sales, or anything short-term, not just long-range societal change
- trend analyst
narrower; focused on consumer or market patterns rather than full societal forecasts
- prognosticator
formal or jokingly grandiose; less specific to disciplined long-range study
文法句型
[a] futurist who/that + clause
用法筆記
Subject is usually a named person, a think tank, or a corporate consulting role. Common collocates: 'tech futurist', 'business futurist', 'futurist consultant', 'leading futurist'.
常見錯誤
2. an artist, writer, or supporter from the early twentieth century whose work cele
未來派藝術家
二十世紀初未來派藝術運動的成員
an artist, writer, or supporter from the early twentieth century whose work celebrated machines, speed, and the energy of the modern city
The Italian futurists of 1910 painted bicycles and trains to capture the noise of Milan's new factories.
1910 年的義大利未來派藝術家畫腳踏車和火車，想捕捉米蘭新工廠的噪音。
the [country] futurists of [year]
Padma's thesis examines how Russian futurists used bold colours to show city life in 1915.
Padma 的論文探討俄國未來派藝術家如何用大膽的色彩呈現 1915 年的城市生活。
[scholar] examines how [group] futurists used X
The museum's new wing displays sculptures by futurists who believed art should move like a machine.
博物館的新展廳陳列著一些未來派藝術家的雕塑，他們相信藝術應該像機器一樣會動。
Many futurists rejected old painting styles and wrote loud manifestos in cafés across Paris and Rome.
許多未來派藝術家拒絕舊的繪畫風格，在巴黎和羅馬的咖啡館裡寫下激昂的宣言。
- modernist
broader; includes futurism plus cubism, dadaism, and other early-20th-century movements
- avant-gardist
broader; any artist breaking from tradition, not specifically tied to machine-age themes
- traditionalist
an artist who keeps to older styles that futurists rejected
文法句型
the futurists [of a period]
用法筆記
Almost always used in plural form ('the futurists') and tied to a specific country and decade (Italian futurists 1909-1916, Russian futurists 1912-1930). Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is historical and group-based; sense 1 is a present-day individual profession.
常見錯誤
futurist — 形容詞
- futuristpositive
- more futuristcomparative
- most futuristsuperlative
1. describing the early-twentieth-century art movement that praised machines, speed
未來派的
屬於二十世紀初未來派運動的
describing the early-twentieth-century art movement that praised machines, speed, and city life, or describing a work made in that style
Élise admired the bright colours and sharp angles of the futurist painting on the gallery wall.
Élise 欣賞畫廊牆上那幅未來派繪畫鮮豔的色彩和銳利的線條。
futurist + painting / sculpture / poem (attributive)
The 1909 futurist manifesto demanded that artists destroy museums and celebrate fast cars instead.
1909 年的未來派宣言要求藝術家摧毀博物館，改為歌頌快速的汽車。
the [year] futurist manifesto
Christopher gave a lecture on futurist design and showed photos of trains painted with sharp lines.
Christopher 演講談未來派設計，並展示了畫著銳利線條的火車照片。
Reema's apartment uses a futurist style, with steel furniture and posters of 1920s racing cars.
Reema 的公寓走未來派風格，擺著鋼製家具和 1920 年代賽車的海報。
- futuristic
much broader and more common; means 'looking like the imagined future' (sleek, high-tech), no tie to the historical movement
- avant-garde
broader; any radically new artistic style, not limited to 1910s machine-age themes
- traditional
describing art that follows older, established styles
文法句型
futurist + noun (painting, design, manifesto)
用法筆記
Almost always attributive (before a noun: 'futurist painting', 'futurist manifesto'), rarely used after 'be'. The word refers specifically to the 1909-1930 movement; do not use it as a general synonym for 'modern' or 'forward-looking'.