correspondent
UK/.kɒri'spɒndәnt/US
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Definitions
n.
A journalist who reports news from a particular place or on a particular topic.
通讯记者，特派记者。
n.
A person who exchanges letters with another.
通信者。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedcor-together, with
+
re-again, back
+
-entperforming, being in a state
=correspondent
From correspond + -ent (one who) = 'one who answers back.' Originally someone who exchanges letters. A news correspondent extends this: a reporter stationed somewhere who 'writes back' news to the home office — answering the world from far away.
Root spond still carries 9 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.foreign correspondent驻外记者
- 2.war correspondent战地记者
- 3.special correspondent特派记者
- 4.BBC correspondentBBC 记者
Example Sentences
- 1.
She works as a foreign correspondent based in Tokyo.
- 2.
The war correspondent filed reports from the front line.
- 3.
He was a faithful correspondent who wrote every week.