A botanist is a person who studies plants in a scientific way. The usual picture is someone out in the wild — hills, forests, wetlands — collecting plants, naming them, and asking how they live where they live.

A botanist is a person who studies plants in a scientific waybotanist是以科學方式研究植物的人。The usual picture is someone out in the wild — hills, forests, wetlands一般的印象是有人在野外——山丘、森林、濕地—— collecting plants, naming them採集植物、為它們命名 and asking how they live where they live並探究它們在原本生長的地方是怎麼生存的。

Though actually, a lot of botanists spend their days indoors too: in a lab, a university, a museum, or a seed bank. They may work on crops and garden plants as well as wild ones.

Though actually不過其實 a lot of botanists spend their days indoors too很多botanist也常常待在室內 in a lab, a university, a museum, or a seed bank實驗室、大學、博物館，或是種子銀行。They may work on crops and garden plants他們可能研究農作物和園藝植物 as well as wild ones不只是野生植物。

The word is a job title, so it feels a little formal; you put it on a CV or say it in a science class. In casual talk someone might just say “a plant scientist,” but botanist is the ordinary professional word.

The word is a job title這個詞是一個職稱 so it feels a little formal所以聽起來有點正式 you put it on a CV or say it in a science class你會把它寫在履歷上，或是在科學課上這樣說。In casual talk someone might just say 'a plant scientist,'在輕鬆的對話裡，有人可能就直接說「a plant scientist」 but botanist is the ordinary professional word但botanist才是一般的專業用詞。

People also stretch it a little for anyone who knows plants unusually well, even if that is not their paid job.

People also stretch it a little for anyone who knows plants unusually well人們也會把這個詞稍微延伸，用在任何對植物特別了解的人身上 even if that is not their paid job即使那不是他們的正職。