announcer
announcer — 名詞
1. a person whose job is to introduce shows, read out the news, or describe a sport
播報員；主播
電視或廣播上播報新聞、賽事的人
a person whose job is to introduce shows, read out the news, or describe a sports match for people watching television or listening to the radio.
Amara works as a news announcer at the local radio station every weekday morning.
Amara 平日每天早上在當地廣播電台擔任新聞播報員。
noun + as + announcer for job role
The football announcer shouted with excitement when Brazil scored the winning goal.
巴西踢進致勝球時，那位足球賽事播報員興奮地大喊。
compound: [sport] + announcer
Gita has wanted to be a television announcer since he was eight years old.
Gita 從八歲起就一直想當電視主播。
The baseball announcer described every pitch in a clear, calm voice for the listeners at home.
那位棒球賽事播報員用清楚、沉穩的聲音為在家收聽的觀眾描述每一球。
After ten years on the radio, Jin became the most popular announcer in the country.
在廣播圈耕耘十年後，Jin 成了全國最受歡迎的播報員。
- presenter
British English; usually hosts a whole show rather than only reading news
- newsreader
British English; specifically someone who reads the news, not sports or general programmes
- anchor
American English; the lead journalist on a news programme, often more senior than a plain announcer
- commentator
describes live action, especially sports; explains what is happening rather than introducing
文法句型
a/the announcer + on the radio/television
用法筆記
Frequently appears in compounds that name the broadcast type or sport: news announcer, radio announcer, sports announcer, baseball announcer.
常見錯誤
2. a person at a place such as an airport, train station, or stadium whose job is t
廣播員
機場、車站或球場用廣播傳訊息的人
a person at a place such as an airport, train station, or stadium whose job is to give information to a crowd through loudspeakers.
The airport announcer told passengers that the flight to Tokyo was delayed by two hours.
機場廣播員告訴旅客飛往東京的班機將延誤兩個小時。
compound: airport announcer + reported speech
At the train station, an announcer warned travellers to stand back from the platform edge.
在火車站裡，一位廣播員提醒乘客要遠離月台邊緣。
the announcer + warned + that-pattern
The stadium announcer asked the crowd to stand for the national anthem before the game began.
球場廣播員請現場觀眾在比賽開始前起立唱國歌。
Mr. Patel has been the announcer at our school sports day for twenty years.
Patel 先生已經在我們學校的運動會擔任廣播員二十年了。
A loud announcer called out the names of every winner at the swimming competition.
一位嗓門宏亮的廣播員在游泳比賽中念出每位優勝者的名字。
文法句型
the announcer + at + [place]
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this announcer speaks to a crowd in a single physical place through loudspeakers, not to listeners or viewers through broadcast media.