He was a wretched fellow, not exactly educated, not exactly ignorant, who had been a mountebankat fairs, and a writer for the public.
那个不幸的人并不是什么读书人，但也不是完全无知无识的人，他曾在市集上卖技，也摆过书信摊。Our new president is in the broadest sense of the word. . . a reader, and a writer.
从最广义上说，我们的新总统是一位读书人和一位作家。There was another scholar who had a maid stand by his side as he was studying at night, to wake him up every time he fell asleep.
还有一个读书人在夜里读书时，命一个女婢在旁边以便在他睡去时惊醒他，这种读法大没意思了。There was a famous scholar who studied bitterly and who stuck an awl in his calf when he fell asleep while studying at night.
从前有一个勤苦的读书人在夜里读书时，每以锥刺股，使他不致睡去。He was an intellectual who understood Hebrew but could not look up a train timetable correctly.
他是懂得希伯来文，却看不懂火车时刻表的读书人。The scholar would be scared and run back home and, out of anger and frustration, coin phrased to curse dogs.
读书人惊恐地回到家中，愤怒之下，就造出了那些贬损狗的词汇。As a compulsory subject, literature is not listed as professional subject in the early educational stage.
文学作为读书人的必修科目并没有被列为早期教育的专门学问。Only scholars can be morally confident even though they do not possess property.
没有恒产，而却有坚定的道德观念，只有读书人才能做到。"Miss Eliza Bennet, " said Miss Bingley, "despises cards. She is a great reader and has no pleasure in anything else. "
彬格莱小姐说：“伊丽莎·班纳特小姐瞧不起玩牌，她是个了不起的读书人，对别的事都不感到乐趣。”