-Oppenheimer: You're a physicist by training, Mr. Strauss?

-Oppenheimer: 你也是科班出身的物理学家吗，Strauss先生？

-Lewis Strauss: No, I'm not trained in physics or anything else. I'm a self-made man.

-Lewis Strauss: 不，我并没有接受过太多的教育。（strauss先生虽然现在身份显赫，但是并没上过大学）我是白手起家。

physicist /ˈfɪzɪsɪst/ n. 物理学家

by training 科班出生

physics /ˈfɪzɪks/ n. 物理学

self-made 白手起家

举一反三

"科班出身／自学成才"英文表达

1. by training 经过专业训练／科班出身

I'm a pianist by training.

我是一名科班出身的钢琴师。

I'm an English teacher by training.

我是一名科班出身的英语老师。

professionally trained 专业训练过的／科班出身的

Sarah is a professionally trained therapist.

Sarah是一个科班出身的治疗师。

2. self-made/self-taught 自学成才

James is a self-taught lawyer. He started learning the law after graduation.

James是通过自学成为律师的。他毕业后才开始学习法律。

（来源于*微学英语）