boffin
英 [ˈbɒfɪn]
美 [ˈbɑːfɪn]
n. (尤指从事研究工作的)科学家，研究员
复数：boffins
BNC.22459
同义词辨析
authorityboffinexpertspecialist【导航词义：专家】
authorityn. 权威人士
〔辨析〕
指某学科或某方面的专家、大师，常后接介词 on。
〔例证〕
We see him as an authority on American literature.
我们视他为美国文学方面的权威。
She is a leading authority on wheat diseases.
她是小麦病害方面的权威。
我们视他为美国文学方面的权威。
She is a leading authority on wheat diseases.
她是小麦病害方面的权威。
boffinn. 〈英，非正式〉科学家；专家
〔辨析〕
指从事科学研究工作的科技人员或某一学科的专家。
〔例证〕
automation/chemistry/physics boffins
自动化科学家/化学家/物理学家
自动化科学家/化学家/物理学家
expertn. 专家，内行
〔辨析〕
指通过培训或实践获得了有关某一方面的特殊技能或知识的人，常后接介词 on/at/in。
〔例证〕
a computer expert
计算机专家
an expert in finance/teaching
金融/教育专家
In her opinion, the manager is an expert at getting his own way.
在她看来，经理在如何达到自己的目的方面很在行。
计算机专家
an expert in finance/teaching
金融/教育专家
In her opinion, the manager is an expert at getting his own way.
在她看来，经理在如何达到自己的目的方面很在行。
specialistn. 专家，行家
〔辨析〕
指某一特定领域或研究中的专家，常可与 expert 换用，常后接介词 in。
〔例证〕
Dr. James is a specialist/an expert in information retrieval.
詹姆斯博士是位信息检索专家。
He is a specialist/an expert in computer programming.
他是个电脑编程专家。
詹姆斯博士是位信息检索专家。
He is a specialist/an expert in computer programming.
他是个电脑编程专家。
牛津词典
noun
- （尤指从事研究工作的）科学家，研究员
a scientist, especially one doing research
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT （尤指从事研究工作的）科学家，科技工作者
Aboffinis a scientist, especially one who is doing research.- The boffins of Imperial College in London think they may have found a solution.
伦敦帝国理工学院的科研人员认为他们可能已经找到了解决办法。
- The boffins of Imperial College in London think they may have found a solution.
- N-COUNT 奇才；天才
Very clever people are sometimes calledboffins.- A computer boffin is set to make £5million from his revolutionary photo technology.
一个计算机天才准备靠他开发的革命性影像技术赚取500万英镑。
- A computer boffin is set to make £5million from his revolutionary photo technology.
英英释义
noun
- (British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research
双语例句
- Data mining, which has been considered as a important methods in the analysis of time series, received more attention came from boffin. New layered ternary Ti_2AlC and Ti_3AlC_2 attract increasing interest owing to their unique properties.
数据挖掘作为近些年迅速发展的时间序列分析方法之一，得到了越来越多的科学工作者的关注。新型三元层状碳化物Ti2AlC和Ti2AlC2由于其优异的性能而受到材料科学工作者的广泛重视。 - Sandy: how long ago were you in America, Professor boffin?
桑迪：伯菲教授您多久前在美国？ - Discrimination of Sports Leisure and Leisure Sports& and Deliberating with Boffin Ma Hui-Di
体育休闲与休闲体育关系之辩&兼与马惠娣研究员商榷 - Mrs Boffin: And there are your shoes!
伯菲太太：还有你的鞋。 - One day, Professor Boffin walked in a street.
一天，伯菲教授走在街上，他陷入了沉思。 - In the outdoor science activities, the boffin often requires portable equipments to record vast amounts of experimental data immediately for future analysis.
在户外的科学活动中，常常需要便携的设备，实时记录海量的实验数据，以便于后续分析。 - Mrs Boffin: My goodness Professor Boffin! Look at this bag! It is cement!
伯菲太太：天哪，伯菲教授看看这个口袋，这是水泥啊！ - The boffins of Imperial College in London think they may have found a solution.
伦敦帝国理工学院的科研人员认为他们可能已经找到了解决办法。 - Mr Obama, like his boffin compatriots, was laying claim to one archetypically American trait ( self-confidence) while exhibiting signs of another ( self-delusion).
就像他的书呆子同胞一样，奥巴马号称彰显一种典型的美国特质（自信），而实际上表露出另一种特质（自欺）的迹象。 - A Chinese boffin in America may alert his old classmate in Beijing to cool research being done at the lab across the road.
所以，实际的情况很有可能是华裔美国科学家会通知他在北京的老同学自己在美国实验室做的研究。