scholar學測 L3KK [ˈskɑlɚ] ｜ /ˈskɑlɚ/
學者；博學之人·獎學金得主；公費生
學測常考，易與scholarship混淆
A scholar might spend years studying, or simply be a student whose school fees are paid for them.
學者可能是苦讀多年的人，也可能只是學費有人幫忙付的學生。
一個畫面：捧書站上領獎台
埋首苦讀長年鑽研累積學問
捧著厚書手裡抱著厚重書籍
站上領獎台因學術表現獲得肯定
義項
埋首治學B2noun學者；博學之人
The old scholar has read many books about history.
這位年長的學者讀過許多歷史書籍。
a famous scholara respected scholar
領獎助學B2noun獎學金得主；公費生
Katie was happy to become a scholar and go to a good university for free.
凱蒂很開心成為公費生，可以免費就讀一所好大學。
become a scholarselected as a scholar
片語
visiting scholar短期作客 →短期進修的訪問學者
Rhodes scholar牛津菁英 →牛津知名獎學金得主
independent scholar單打獨鬥 →沒有大學職位的學者
你會不會這樣說？
She won a ___ to study abroad, so now she is a scholar there. (scholarship / scholar)
看答案
scholarship
scholarship 是「獎學金」本身，scholar 是拿到獎學金的人。
'The old scholar has read many books about history.' 這裡的 scholar 最接近哪個意思？(A) 博學者 (B) 領獎學金的學生
看答案
(A)
此句描述長年閱讀累積學問的人，對應「學者」義項，而非獎學金學生。
字族
scholarship 獎學金；學問・scholarly 學術性的；博學的・scholastic 學校的；學術的