a man devoted to literary or scholarly activities

it was then the fashion in bengal to assign each man of letters a place in comparison with a supposed compeer in the west.

在当时的孟加拉，人们时兴给每个文人指定一个与西方某作家相类似的地位。

first published in 1783, this reference book by the american man of letters noah webster (1758-1843) remained a bestseller in the u.s. throughout the 19th century.

1783年初版后，这本由研究语言文字的美国男子诺亚·韦伯斯特(1758-1843)编写的参考书在整个19世界都一直占据美国畅销书榜。

hao jing is an important thinker, politician and man of letters in early yuan dynasty. he is a typical representative among intellectuals in northern china at that time.

郝经是元初重要的思想家、政治家、文学家，在当时北中国的知识分子中颇具代表性。

su shi, a great man of letters in the history of chinse literature, has exercised important influences on the development of chinese art with his poetic literary works and artistic conception.

苏轼是中国文学史上伟大的文学家，他的诗文创作及其艺术观念对中国艺术的发展产生了重要的影响。

his missis did not go with him to these ladies「 houses, or to the breakfast given by richard monckton milnes, man of letters and tory member of parliament.

他的夫人没有陪着去这些上流小姐家里赴宴，或者去是理查德·孟克顿·米尔尼斯（一位学者，保守党成员）的早宴。

zhang shunmin, who was born in fenzhou yilu(nowadays changwu county), was a famous statesman and man of letters in the post intermediate stage of northern song dynasty.

出身于邠州宜禄（今长武县）的张舜民是北宋中后期一位知名的政治家、文学家。

one night a blushing, stammering young man of letters was introduced to him.

有一天晚上，人们介绍给他一个腼腆的、口吃的年轻文学家。

shen yue was an outstanding man of letters and historian with excellent judgment.

杰出的文学家沈约也是卓有识见的史学家。

warburg was a man of letters and, for the most part, high moral principle, in stark contrast to the reckless moneymen who more recently have pushed banking to the precipice.

总的来说，华宝是位有着高尚情操的学者，与如今的那群把银行业推向悬崖的无耻财奴们形成截然反差。

blum, p. 137: these plays continued through the revolution, new ones appearing every year. no other eighteenth century man of letters enjoyed any such postmortem celebration.

朱文：这些戏剧一直延续到革命年代，花样每年翻新。启蒙时代的作家没有一个获得如此殊荣。

the great egyptian man of letters taha hussein was not the only arab from the east to recognize mauritanians」 special affinity for collecting manuscripts.

着名的埃及文学家塔哈·胡森并不是唯一的一个来自东方探察毛里塔尼亚这种特殊的收集文稿的爱好的阿拉伯人。

ts'ui pen was a fine novelist but he was also a man of letters who, doubtless, considered himself more than a mere novelist.

彭寂是个天才的小说家，但也是一个文学家，他绝不会认为自己只是个写小说的。

he was a man of letters with no interest in current affairs.

他是个文学家，对时事不感兴趣。