整套計畫的擘畫者
把「畫圖的人」從工地搬到別的領域：政策、和平協議、公司策略——誰想出整個架構，誰就是那件事的 architect。
planner; creator · noun · B1
The person who plans something important and makes it happen.
締造者；策劃者
核心畫面
Picture the person bent over the drawings long before anyone lays a brick: they decide the shape of the whole thing, then others build it. Because that role — designing the shape, not doing the labour — fits more than buildings, English lends the word to whoever drew up a plan that worked.
可以想成：在還沒有人動工之前，就趴在圖紙上的那個人——整棟建築長什麼樣子由他決定，蓋的則是別人。因為這個角色（決定形…更多收起
可以想成：在還沒有人動工之前，就趴在圖紙上的那個人——整棟建築長什麼樣子由他決定，蓋的則是別人。因為這個角色（決定形狀、不親手施工）不只適用於房子，英文也把這個字借給任何一個「想出整套計畫」的人。From the picture
Also in this word
building designer · noun · B1
someone whose job is to design buildings.
建築師
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
architectnoun/ˈɑː.kɪˌtɛkt/
- 1
A professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction.
- Plato made the causes of things to be matter, ideas, and an efficient architect.
- This was the second time in the last few months that she was asked to install a urinal in a luxury residential project, and she said she knows many other designers and architects who have been specifying home urinals in their projects.
- 2
A person who plans, devises or contrives the achievement of a desired result.
- Peisistratus was the first architect of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
- French winger Hatem Ben Arfa has also taken plenty of plaudits recently and he was the architect of the opening goal with some superb trickery on the left touchline.
- 3
An honorific given to architects. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Arch./Ar. before the person's name.
architectverb/ˈɑː.kɪˌtɛkt/
- 1
To design, plan, or orchestrate.
- He architected the military coup against the government.
- Dacker was his own architect, (or, as he sometimes said, he architected his own fortunes,) and his own carpenter.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。