pharmacist

Compared meaning: a professional who prepares and sells medicine (noun).

比较义项：药剂师，即配药并销售药品的专业人员（名词）。

• chemist

  British English, everyday term for a pharmacist, often used for the person behind the counter at a local shop; in American English 'chemist' usually means a chemistry scientist instead.

  chemist是英式英语中对药剂师的日常说法，常指本地药店柜台后的店员；在美式英语中，chemist通常指从事化学研究的科学家，而不是这个意思。

  In Britain, people often say they're popping to the chemist for aspirin.

  在英国，人们常说要顺路去chemist买阿司匹林。

• pharmacist 本词

  The standard, formal term for this profession in both British and American English, used in medical, professional and international contexts.

  pharmacist是这一职业的标准、正式说法，在英式和美式英语中都通用，常用于医疗、专业和国际场合。

  The pharmacist checked the prescription carefully before handing over the pills.

  配药前，这位pharmacist仔细核对了处方。

Chemist and pharmacist both mean this profession. Chemist is the everyday British word, also used for the shop itself. Pharmacist is more formal and general, used worldwide, almost the only word in American English. Chemist's other meaning, a chemistry scientist, is not compared.

这两个词在“药剂师”这个意思上很接近，但chemist是英式英语中更口语化的说法，也常用来指药店本身；pharmacist则是更正式、更通用的说法，美式英语中几乎只用pharmacist。这里不比较chemist“化学家”这一义项。