2026年7月，多伦多大学数学系教授Jacob Tsimerman创造历史——成为首位在加拿大学术机构任职、荣获菲尔兹奖（Fields Medal）的学者!

菲尔兹奖是数学界最高荣誉，每四年颁发一次，授予40岁以下做出杰出贡献的数学家。Tsimerman因参与证明困扰数学界数十年的"André–Oort猜想"而获此殊荣，解决了历史难题。更值得一提的是，菲尔兹奖的创立者：已故数学家John Charles Fields，正是加拿大人，也是多伦多大学的校友。这一荣誉时隔百年重回"创始人的母校"，令整个多大数学系为之振奋。

获奖者从左到右：邓煜，John Pardon，Jacob Tsimerman，王虹

加拿大数学家、教授Jacob Tsimerman创造历史，成为首位就职于加拿大高校、荣获菲尔兹奖的学者，也是史上第二位获此殊荣的加拿大人。

Canadian professor and mathematician Jacob Tsimerman has made history as the first scholarbased at a Canadian institution — and the second Canadian — to receive the Fields Medal.

scholar此处指在学术机构任职的专业研究者
based at固定短语，意为"以某地/某机构为工作或研究基地"

"对我来说，能够获得这个奖项当然是莫大的荣誉，我也非常高兴我的合作者们同样得到了认可，"Tsimerman说，"我很激动能来到这里。"

"It's a big honour, obviously, getting this award for me and my collaborators who I'm very happy are getting recognized as well," said Tsimerman. "I'm thrilled to be here."

honour此处为英式拼写（美式为honor），在正式语境中指"荣誉"；"big honour"是获奖致辞中的高频表达
collaborators指共同参与研究项目的合作者，学术语境中比"partners"更正式、准确
recognized此处意为"得到认可、受到表彰"，是学术和职业语境中常见用法，不译为简单的"被认出"
thrilled表示极度兴奋与激动，程度强于 excited，常用于表达真诚的喜悦

菲尔兹奖是全球数学领域最高荣誉之一，每四年颁发一次，授予至多四位40岁以下、在数学研究中取得卓越成就的数学家。

The Fields Medal is one of the world's highest honours in mathematics, awarded every four years to recognizeextraordinary research achievement by up to four mathematicians under the age of 40.

recognize此处意为"表彰、嘉奖"，固定搭配"awarded to recognize..."表示"颁奖以表彰……"
extraordinary意为"非凡的、卓越的"
achievement此处指研究领域的重大成果或贡献，比 accomplishment 更常见于学术语境
up to固定短语，意为"最多、至多"，表示数量上限

今年的国际数学家大会在费城举行，而Tsimerman在多伦多的同事们则在现场为他的获奖欢呼喝彩。

While this year's International Congress of Mathematicians was held in Philadelphia, colleagues of Tsimerman back in Toronto were cheering him on as he accepted his medal.

colleagues指同一机构的同事或同行，学术语境中比 coworkers 更正式
cheering him on固定短语，意为"为某人加油鼓劲"，强调远程精神支持与热情助威

Tsimerman获奖的原因之一，是他参与证明了一个困扰数学界数十年的难题——André–Oort猜想。

Tsimerman was honoured, in part, for helping prove a problem that had stumped mathematicians for decades: the André–Oort conjecture.

honoured此处为被动语态，意为"因……而获得表彰"，固定搭配"be honoured for"表示获奖原因
in part固定短语，意为"部分原因在于、其中一个原因是"
stumped口语化动词，意为"难住、难倒"
conjecture数学术语，意为"猜想"，指尚未被完全证明但被认为很可能成立的数学命题

据多伦多大学介绍，他的工作对于确立这一猜想、并以严格证明验证其直觉判断，起到了至关重要的作用。

According to U of T, his work was crucial in establishing the conjecture and confirming that intuition.

crucial意为"至关重要的"，比 important 语气更强，常用于强调某人的贡献不可或缺
establishing此处意为"确立（猜想成立的基础）"，在数学语境中指通过论证使某命题得到认可
confirming意为"验证、证实"，指以严格论证支持此前的直觉判断
intuition意为"直觉"，数学中指尚未经过严格证明、但数学家凭经验认为正确的判断

这一成果意义深远，不仅因为它解决了一个长期悬而未决的难题，更因为它为数学研究开辟了全新的方向。

The result is significant not only because it solved a long-standing problem, but because it opened entirely new directions of research.

significant意为"意义重大的、影响深远的"，在学术评价中是高频词，远比 important 更正式
long-standing复合形容词，意为"长期存在的、由来已久的"，固定搭配，常修饰问题、争议、传统等
entirely副词，意为"完全地、全然地"，在此修饰"new"，强调研究方向的彻底创新性

"极为鼓舞人心，"多伦多大学二年级学生Darien Bishop说，"这让我更加渴望学习数学，因为我真的很想成为一名数学家。"

"Extremely inspiring," said second-year U of T student Darien Bishop. "It very much exhilarates me to do more mathematics, because I do want to become a mathematician."

Extremely副词，意为"极其、非常"，在此强调 inspiring 的程度之深
exhilarates动词，意为"使人振奋、令人精神焕发"，比 excites 更富感染力，带有积极向上的情绪能量

对于高中生Emir Kardos这样有志于数学的年轻人来说，Tsimerman的成就令人深受鼓舞。

For aspiring mathematicians like high school student Emir Kardos, Tsimerman's achievement was inspiring.

aspiring形容词，意为"有志于成为……的、有抱负的"，常搭配职业名词，如 aspiring writer、aspiring scientist

"菲尔兹奖是数学领域能获得的最高荣誉，"Kardos说，"看到一位加拿大数学家站上国际舞台、荣获菲尔兹奖，真的令人难以置信……我内心对未来充满希望，也深感鼓舞。"

"The Fields Medal is the most prestigious award you can get in mathematics," Kardos said. "Seeing a Canadian mathematician on the global stage winning the Fields Medal is incredible…I really feel a sense of hope towards the future and definitely inspiration."

prestigious形容词，意为"享有盛誉的、声望极高的"，专门用于描述荣誉、奖项、机构等，不能用于人
global stage固定短语，意为"国际舞台"，常用于描述在国际范围内获得关注或认可的场合

博士候选人Sara Sajadi长期在Tsimerman指导下从事研究，看到导师获得成功，她深感欣慰。

PhD candidate Sara Sajadi, who has been working closely with the professor who is her adviser, was happy to see Tsimerman's success.

candidate此处指正在攻读博士学位、尚未毕业的在读博士生，区别于已完成学业的 PhD holder
adviser又作 advisor，意为"导师"，在学术语境中专指指导学生研究方向和论文的教授

"没有哪位数学家做数学是为了赢得菲尔兹奖的，"她说，"但看到我们大家聚在一起庆祝他的成就，真的很美好。"

"No mathematician does mathematics for the sake of winning a Fields Medal," she said. "But seeing us all come together and celebrate his achievements is really great."

for the sake of固定短语，意为"为了……的目的、出于……的缘故"，表示动机或目的；"not for the sake of winning"暗示真正的数学精神在于探索本身，而非功利性目标

多伦多大学文理学院院长Stephen Wright在谈到Tsimerman时说："他是在多伦多大学读本科起步的，学生们都非常喜欢他——他把对数学发现的那份热忱，也带进了课堂。"

"He started as an undergrad here at the University of Toronto," said U of T Faculty of Arts & Science Dean Stephen Wright about Tsimerman. "He's well-beloved by his students for bringing the enthusiasm we saw there for his discoveries, to the classroom."

undergradundergraduate 的非正式缩写，意为"本科生"，口语和新闻报道中常见
beloved形容词，意为"深受喜爱的"，语气比 popular 更深厚温暖，常用于表达师生之间的情感联结
enthusiasm意为"热忱、热情"，此处指Tsimerman在学术研究和课堂教学中所展现出的感染力

Tsimerman在16岁时进入多伦多大学攻读数学本科，仅用两年便顺利毕业。

At 16 years old, Tsimerman started a bachelor's degree in mathematics at U of T before graduating in just two years.

bachelor's degree意为"学士学位"，即本科学位，固定表达；注意 bachelor's 需加所有格撇号
graduating意为"完成学业、毕业"，此处搭配 in just two years 强调以异常短暂的时间完成学业

此后，他在普林斯顿大学取得博士学位，并在哈佛大学人文与科学学院精英奖学金项目"初级研究员学会"中度过了一段时光，随后加入多伦多大学，成为该校数学系有史以来最年轻的全职正教授。

From there, he earned his PhD from Princeton and spent time as a Junior Fellow in Harvard University's Society of Fellows before joining U of T as the youngest person to be appointed full professor in the department of mathematics.

earned意为"通过努力取得（学位/资格）"，比 got/received 更强调付出与成就感
Junior Fellow哈佛大学"初级研究员"，是"哈佛大学研究员学会"（Harvard Society of Fellows）中授予优秀青年学者的精英荣誉职位，无需完成博士论文即可从事独立研究，极为稀缺
appointed意为"被正式任命"

菲尔兹奖以已故加拿大数学家John Charles Fields的名字命名，而Fields本人正是多伦多大学的校友。因此，多大的同事们看到这份荣誉再次与这所学校产生关联，自然备感欣慰。

Given that the Fields Medal's namesake — late mathematician John Charles Fields — was Canadian and a U of T alumnus, Tsimerman's university colleagues are happy to see the recognition associated with the school once again.