letters
letters — 名詞
1. the study of literature and the activity of writing about serious books, poems,
文學；學術
文學研究與寫作領域
the study of literature and the activity of writing about serious books, poems, and plays — refers to the whole world of literary knowledge and those who produce or study it.
Professor Okafor spent forty years teaching letters at the University of Lagos.
Okafor 教授在拉哥斯大學教授文學長達四十年。
used with singular verb: 'letters ... teaching'
Aylin was awarded a doctorate in letters for her work on Persian poetry.
Aylin 因研究波斯詩歌獲頒文學博士學位。
Hari enrolled in the faculty of letters at Oxford to study medieval Italian poetry.
Hari 進入牛津大學文學系就讀，研究中世紀義大利詩歌。
collocation: faculty of letters
The library's collection covers science, law, and letters across five centuries.
該圖書館的館藏橫跨科學、法學與文學，時間長達五個世紀。
coordinated with other academic fields: science, law, letters
- man of letters
- woman of letters
- doctor of letters
- world of letters
- teach letters
- study letters
- letters and science
- arts and letters
- literature
more common and refers to the creative works; 'letters' emphasizes the scholarly tradition
- belles-lettres
a French loan phrase meaning elegant or artistic writing, more formal and less common
- humanities
broader field including philosophy, history, and arts alongside literature
- science
the academic study of the natural world, seen as distinct from the humanities
文法句型
letters + singular verb
man/woman of letters
用法筆記
Treated as an uncountable plural noun — it takes a singular verb ('Letters is a demanding field'). Usually modified by an academic field or institution name.
常見錯誤
man of letters
idioma male writer or scholar who has deep knowledge of literature and is respected in the literary world.
文學家；文人
Rohan admired the old professor as a true man of letters who had translated Sanskrit epics.
The award honoured Otis as a man of letters whose essays shaped modern literary criticism.
woman of letters
idioma female writer or scholar who is highly knowledgeable about literature and respected in the literary community.
女文學家；女學者
Élise was recognised as a woman of letters after publishing her influential study of Caribbean poetry.
The university invited Mira, a well-known woman of letters, to give the annual lecture on modern drama.
同根字
- letter名詞A2
- lettered形容詞C2
- lettering名詞B2
- literary形容詞B2
- literature名詞B1
常見搭配
常用片語
- man of letters
- woman of letters
- doctor of letters
- world of letters
- arts and letters
- letters and science