neurobiologist

IPA/ˌnjʊə.rəʊˌbaɪˈɒl.ə.dʒɪst/
IPA/ˌnʊr.oʊˌbaɪˈɑː.lə.dʒɪst/

neurobiologist — 名詞

  • neurobiologistsingular
  • neurobiologistsplural

1. a scientist who researches the brain, nerves, and related cells, including how t

1.名詞C2
釋義

神經生物學家

研究神經系統及其運作的科學家

a scientist who researches the brain, nerves, and related cells, including how the nervous system is built, works, and uses chemical signals.

例句

Élise interviewed a neurobiologist about memory loss for the school podcast.

Élise 為學校的 Podcast 節目訪問了一位神經生物學家，談記憶喪失這個主題。

interview a neurobiologist about [topic]

The hospital hired a neurobiologist to study how damaged nerves heal.

醫院聘請了一位神經生物學家，研究受損神經如何修復。

hire a neurobiologist to + verb

同義詞
  • neuroscientist

    broader term for someone who studies the nervous system, including fields beyond biology

  • brain researcher

    plain-language phrase that sounds less formal and can be narrower than the full nervous system

  • biologist

    much broader term for a scientist who studies living things, not specifically nerves or the brain

文法句型

a neurobiologist who studies [topic]

become a neurobiologist

hire a neurobiologist to + verb

用法筆記

Usually refers to a researcher in a lab, university, or hospital research unit. In broader everyday use, many speakers choose the wider term 'neuroscientist', especially when the work is not mainly about biological processes.

常見錯誤

❌My uncle became a neurobiologist and now treats stroke patients at the clinic.
✅My uncle became a neurologist and now treats stroke patients at the clinic.
💡a neurologist is a medical doctor, while a neurobiologist studies the nervous system as a science.
❌Every brain researcher is a neurobiologist.
✅Some brain researchers are neuroscientists from psychology or computer science, not neurobiologists.
💡'neurobiologist' usually suggests a biology-based study of the nervous system.