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Publishing

可指书籍、报刊、学术期刊的编辑与发行,也可泛指数字内容的发布;作不可数名词时多指行业或流程整体。

  1. “She works in academic publishing.” (她从事学术出版工作。)
  2. “Digital publishing has changed how readers buy books.” (数字出版改变了读者购书方式。)
  3. “The novel is still in publishing and will ship next month.” (这部小说仍在出版流程中,下月发货。)

来自拉丁语 publicare(使公开、公布),与 “public” 同源;经古法语 publier 进入英语。

动词 “publish” 加动名词后缀 “-ing”,表示行为或行业。

英语世界有大型商业出版社与独立出版社之分;自助出版(self-publishing)与开放获取(open access)近年讨论很多。

  • 固定搭配: “trade publishing” (大众图书出版), “self-publishing” (自助出版)
  • 动词: publish;名词: publisher, publication

public(公开)→ publish(公开发表)→ publishing(把内容公开给大众的行业)。

“After years in journalism, he moved into publishing and edited a series of travel guides.” (从事新闻多年后,他转入出版业并编辑了一套旅行指南。)