diploma ；

[例句] 我们要找有经验的人，而不是有文凭的人。 We're looking for people who have experience rather than paper qualifications.

[例句] 二年制的文凭课程 a two-year diploma course

liberal arts，arts，liberal art ；

[例句] 我拿文科硕士学位其实就是觉得好玩儿。 I took my M. A. just for fun really.

[例句] 她后来上了大学，先后获得了文科学士与硕士学位。 She then went on to university where she got a BA and then an MA.

man of letters，scholar，literati，a knight of the pen，bookman ；

[例句] 许多文人只是机械地模仿一套听上去令人印象深刻的说法。 Many literary academics simply parrot a set of impressive-sounding phrases.

[例句] 这个年轻的学生听不懂文人们引经据典的谈话. The young schoolboy can not understand the allusive conversation of intellectual men.

civil official，civilian ；

[例句] 文官是按照职位的等级制结构组织起来的. Civil services are organized in hierarchical structures of offices.

[例句] 县长是个文官,稍稍掂出了事情的份量. The county magistrate was a civil official and he recognised the importance of the matter.

essay，article，literary works，writings，scrap；

[例句] 这是一篇剖析民族主义的让人不安的文章。 This was a troubling essay on the anatomy of nationhood.

[例句] 《观察家报》上有一篇关于斯派克·米利根的长篇文章。 There is a lengthy article on Spike Milligan in the Observer newspaper.

（文章某一段或一句以后的部分） what follows in the passage, paragraph, article, etc.，what follows，outcome，infra，sequel ；

[例句] 详情见下文. See under for further information.

[例句] 米歇尔·福柯（1972），《知识考古学》，下文简称AK。 Michel Foucault (1972), The Archaeology of Knowledge; hereafter this text will be abbreviated as AK.

(original) text，the original，master copy，original text ；

[例句] 原文的转写本早在1960年就可获取。 The transcriptions of the text were available as early as 1960.

[例句] 这位演员装腔作势地开始引用莎士比亚的原文. The actor, striking an attitude, began to quote Shakespeare.

translated text，translation，version ；

[例句] 这是译文, 原文是法文. This is a translation; the original is in French.

[例句] 译文不切原意. The translation does not quite correspond to the original.

diction，language，（泛指文章） writings ；

[例句] 首先, 真正的诗人是文辞大师. Above all, the real poet is a master of words.

[例句] 评论家说:他的新诗, 文辞雅致哀婉. Critics say there is something elegant, and melancholy in his new poems.

preface，foreword，preamble，proem ；

[例句] 针对统一条约的序文出现了争论。 The controversy has arisen over the text of the preamble to the unification treaty.

[例句] 那部词典有一篇序文, 不是前言. That dictionary has a preface, not a foreword.

aragonite ；

[例句] 在有些地区,甚至深海软体动物翼足类的文石贝壳可铺满海底. In some areas even aragonitic shells of the pelagic molluscs pteropods coat the sea floor.

[例句] 以可溶性磷酸盐为控制剂,一步碳化法制备了文石相碳酸钙晶须. CaCO _ 3 whiskers were synthesized with soluble phosphates one - step method.

an inscription on a tablet，tablet inscription，monumental writing，epigraph，epigraphy ；

[例句] 碑文写着：马格勒斯之子卡廷长眠于此。 The inscription reads: Here lies Catin, the son of Magarus.

[例句] 他在大理石上刻碑文. He chiselled an inscription on the marble.

inscription，epigraph，posy，table ；

[例句] 这些铭文是新刻的，而且刻痕很深。 The inscriptions are fresh and deep-grooved.

[例句] 铭文已磨损,无法辨认了. The inscription has worn away and can no longer be read.

deceive by an impressive appearance，gloze ；

[例句] 生存竞争渐渐脱去文饰和面具,露出原始的狠毒. The struggle for survival was gradually stripped of mask and ornament to reveal a primitive brutality.

[例句] 我决不借解释或者遁辞来文饰我的过错. I will not compound my error by explanations or excuses.

style of writing ；

[例句] 他的作品简洁明晰，文风典雅。 His writings were marked by an extraordinary lucidity and elegance of style.

[例句] 艾丽斯·芒罗以文风沉郁闻名。 Alice Munro has a reputation for being a very depressing writer.

selected works，literary selections，analecta，analects，anthology ；

[例句] 这本文选包含了十个作家的作品范例. This anthology comprises samples from the work of ten authors.

[例句] 杰姆斯决定把自己关起来写一本新的文选. James decided to lock himself away and write a new album.

an illiterate person，illiteracy，illiterate ；

[例句] 贫困、文盲与高出生率密切相关。 Poverty and illiteracy go together with high birth rates.

[例句] 数量不多但仍有相当一部分11岁孩子是文盲。 A small but significant number of 11-year-olds are illiterate.

style of writing ；

[例句] 他的散文文笔有力、内容庞杂，有时几近晦涩。 His prose is vigorous and dense, occasionally to the point of obscurity.

[例句] 从他的文笔可以看出他思维敏捷。 Everything he writes demonstrates the acuteness of his intelligence.

[书] tattoo ；

[例句] 接着她弯下身子，让他好好看清楚她的文身。 Then she bent over and gave him an eyeful of her tattoos.

[例句] 文身和穿体装饰 tattooing and body piercing

quoted passage，quotation ；

[例句] 此处引文从略. The quotation is omitted here.

[例句] 这段引文是从报上抄录来的. This quotation is taken from a newspaper article.