urbanist

/ˈɜː.bən.ɪst/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈɝː.bən.ɪst/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈər-bə-nist How to pronounce urbanist (audio)/ (ame, mw)

urbanist — 名詞

1. a person who studies how cities should grow and helps shape better streets, hous

1.名詞C2
釋義

都市規劃師

研究並規劃城市空間的人

a person who studies how cities should grow and helps shape better streets, housing, and public spaces.

例句

Devika, an urbanist, mapped safer bike routes across the old market district.

Devika 這位都市規劃師為舊市場街區畫出更安全的自行車路線。

urbanist working on safer city transport

When floods returned each spring, Zuri asked an urbanist to redesign the riverside park.

每逢春天再度淹水時，Zuri 就請都市規劃師重新設計河濱公園。

ask an urbanist to redesign public space

同義詞
  • urban planner

    more direct professional label for formal planning work

  • city planner

    common everyday term for someone planning city development

  • town planner

    mainly British; often used for local planning roles

  • planner

    broader; can refer to many kinds of planning beyond cities

文法句型

adjective + urbanist

urbanist + who + clause

work as an urbanist

用法筆記

Often appears in discussions of transport, housing, and public space. It sounds broader and more idea-focused than city planner or urban planner, which can point more directly to an official job title.

常見錯誤

❌She is an urban plannerist.
✅She is an urbanist.
💡English uses 'urbanist', not the invented form 'plannerist'.
❌He studies village farming, so he is an urbanist.
✅He studies city design, so he is an urbanist.
💡an urbanist focuses on towns and cities, not rural land use.