1. A hack writer; A literary drudge
因为天气冷，所以他回去穿上一件厚大衣。
2. He was a literary hack, naturally fast in pace and brilliant in action.
他是个雇佣文人，不过天生下笔千言，很有些才气而已。
3. As a hack writer, Ban Gu's course of literary works can be divided into two periods.
班固是御用文人，他的创作可分为前、后两期。