the arts
the arts — 慣用語
1. music, painting, dance, theatre, writing, and similar fields where people use sk
藝文活動
音樂、繪畫、戲劇等富創意的藝術領域
music, painting, dance, theatre, writing, and similar fields where people use skill and imagination to make creative work.
The city council voted to spend more money on the arts next year.
市議會投票決定明年要在藝文活動上投入更多經費。
the arts as object of fund / support
Renata left her office job to work in the arts as a stage designer.
Renata 辭去辦公室的工作，投入藝文界擔任舞台設計師。
work in the arts + named career
Many schools now teach both the sciences and the arts to younger children.
現在許多學校會同時教低年級孩子自然科學和藝文領域。
Karim grew up loving the arts, from painting to live music at the theatre.
Karim 從小就喜愛藝文活動，從繪畫到劇院裡的現場音樂都愛。
The festival celebrates the arts with concerts, plays, and open painting studios.
這個節慶以音樂會、戲劇和開放的繪畫工作室來慶祝藝文活動。
- the fine arts
narrower; leans toward painting, sculpture, and similar visual work
- the creative arts
emphasises the imaginative, making side of these fields
- the humanities
overlaps but also covers history, languages, and philosophy
- the sciences
fields based on experiment and measurement rather than creative expression
文法句型
support the arts
work in the arts
the arts and sciences
用法筆記
Always used in the plural with 'the' to mean creative fields as a whole group. Distinguish from 'art' alone, which usually points to painting, drawing, and sculpture rather than music, dance, or writing.
常見錯誤
Incorrect: 'She wants to study art like music and dance.' Correct: 'She wants to study the arts like music and dance.' — use 'the arts' for the whole group of creative fields.
Incorrect: 'He works in a art.' Correct: 'He works in the arts.' — the phrase is fixed as plural with 'the'.