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proofreader

/proof-reed/US // ˈprufˌrid //UK // (ˈpruːfˌriːd) //

校对员,校对,校对人员,校对者

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v.有主动词 verb
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    proof·read [proof-red], /ˈprufˌrɛd/, proof·read·ing [proof-ree-ding]. /ˈprufˌri dɪŋ/.

    • : to read in order to detect and mark errors to be corrected.
v.无主动词 verb
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    proof·read [proof-red], /ˈprufˌrɛd/, proof·read·ing [proof-ree-ding]. /ˈprufˌri dɪŋ/.

    • : to read printers' proofs, copy, etc., to detect and mark errors, especially as an employee of a typesetting firm, newspaper office, or publishing house.

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Examples

  • With 18 years of experience, Barry has proofread, copy edited, line edited and content edited a variety of media, in addition to writing headlines and drafting corrections.

  • Misprinted ballots, for example, can result from data errors and overwhelmed election officials’ failure to proofread carefully.

  • The poll and graphic were produced by Grammarly, the world's leading automated proofreader.

  • Or: "Proofreader, educated young man, requires position immediately."

  • Through the help of Doctor Johnson, Mary got a position as proofreader with a publisher.

  • And you may tell your proofreader that the letter r has never been popular in the South since the war.

  • Dat new proofreader gives me de creeps, said a voice behind Joan and Chub, and there was Bossy.

  • He was a middle-aged man, and seemed rather dignified for a proofreader, with his gray hair and blue eyes.