| 词汇 | essay |
| 释义 | essay noun[ C ] UKuk /ˈes.eɪ/ us /ˈes.eɪ/(USpaper) B1 a short piece of writing on a particular subject, especially one done by students as part of the work for a course: （尤指学生的）课程论文 essay onFor homework I want you to write an essay on endangered species.我想让你们写一篇关于濒危物种的文章作为作业。 Mr Jones thought my history essay was terrific.琼斯先生认为我的历史作业论文写得好极了。 I want to finish off this essay before I go to bed.我想写完这篇文章再上床睡觉。 His essay was full of spelling errors.他的论文里满是拼写错误。 Have you given that essay in yet?你把那篇论文交上去了吗？ Have you handed in your history essay yet?你的历史论文交了没有？ I'd like to discuss the first point in your essay.我想讨论一下你文章中的第一点。 Papers and compositions boilerplate composition corresponding author dissertation essay question essayistic monograph palimpsest paper peer review prolusion review thesis tract treatise essay verb[ T ] old-fashioneduk /eˈseɪ/ us /eˈseɪ/ to try to do something: 努力；奋力 The procedure was first essayed in 1923.1923年有人首次尝试这种做法。 Trying and making an effort A game all out assault attempt attempted commitment go after someone go all outidiom go down swinging/fightingidiom go for itidiom go for someone nose shoot for the moonidiom shoot the worksidiom smarten (someone/something) up smarten up your actidiom spare square the circleidiom stretch struggle essay | American Dictionaryessay noun[ C ] us/ˈes·eɪ/ literature a short piece of writing on a particular subject, often expressing personal views In a school test, an essay is a written answer that includes information and discussion, usually to test how well the student understands the subject. Examples of essayessay The following chapters, though superficially presenting the appearance of disconnected essays, really possess a strong bond of continuity. Interestingly, three rather distinct responses are exhibited in the essays. In part, this seems due to the editors' insistence on short essays. The volume is divided into two parts, each with six essays. In the mid 1920s he also started to publish theoretical essays outlining what he thought was happening in architecture, and where it should go. In some cases the essays are too short for the proper development of the argument. Taken as a group, these essays are based in deep research. None the less, the essays here are of a consistently high standard, and all have interesting and important things to say. The second large section of the volume consists of five longer essays organized into three 'working groups'. The individual essays succeed in opening up new lines of inquiry and adding to knowledge, but the collection as a whole lacks coherence. The essays vary greatly in length and character. The essays are organised into four thematic sections, and the overall sense is of a cohesive and well-integrated volume. The remainder of the essays are more miscellaneous. Ending on a rhetorical and substantive diminuendo, it emphasises the major weakness of the study - its episodic character ; its genesis as a series of essays. Two more essays are valuable for their suggestive methods of analysis ; in both cases it is easy to imagine further uses for these techniques. See all examples of essay These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withessayessayThese are words often used in combination with essay. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. autobiographical essay He also asked students to write an autobiographicalessay each year. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. bibliographic essay The chapters are preceded and followed by an historical timeline and a short biographical section, glossary, bibliographic essay and index. brief essay This last context of waiting is the subject of this briefessay. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with essay |
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