名 subject，title，a surname，topic；动 （写上） inscribe，write ；

[例句] 题赠写着：“献给爱玛，爱你的哈里”。 The inscription reads: "To Emma, with love from Harry".

[例句] 书的题赠是：献给约翰·阿洛特——劳丽·李。 The book is inscribed: To John Arlott from Laurie Lee.

theme，subject，topical [key] subject，motif，motive；

[例句] 她围绕这个主题添枝加叶地说了大约10分钟。 She embroidered on this theme for about ten minutes.

[例句] 这部戏在对待这一主题上有些理想化，甚至是天真。 The drama takes an idealistic, even a naive view of the subject.

question，problem，matter，trouble，issue ；

[例句] 他其实并不关心诸如此类的问题。 Issues such as these were not really his concern.

[例句] 关键问题是4名被告是否存在欺诈行为。 The key issue was whether the four defendants acted dishonestly.

title，headline，heading，[讯] head，caption ；

[例句] 《每日邮报》的头版标题为“良知的声音”。 The Daily Mail has the headline "The Voice of Conscience"

[例句] 关于肯尼迪家族性丑闻的新闻标题都让我读得腻烦了。 I'm sick of reading headlines involving the Kennedys in sex scandals.

assign a topic，set a question，[逻]proposition，statement ；

[例句] 这个命题经得起推敲吗？ How well does this thesis stand up to close examination?

[例句] 两个队准备就所给定的命题展开辩论. The two teams prepared to debate the given proposition.

title，subject，exercise problems，examination questions，rubric ；

[例句] 我转过身，在黑板上写下了题目。 I turned around and wrote the title on the blackboard.

[例句] 该题目可能暗指艾滋病。 The title is per-haps an allusion to AIDS.

topic，problem，task ，project；

[例句] 学位课程不讲授这个课题。 The topic is not taught in degree courses.

[例句] 关于这个课题缺乏可靠资料。 There was a dearth of reliable information on the subject.

digress from the subject，stray from the point，away from the point，beside the point，digress ；

[例句] 我们离题了, 让咱们重新开始讨论议题吧. We are away from our topic. Let's get back to our discussion.

[例句] 讲演中满是即兴之词和诙谐离题之语. The speech was full of ad - libs and witty asides.

subject of a talk，topic of conversation，gambit，theme，topic ；

[例句] 在车里，她又提起了她最关心的话题。 In the car she reverted to the subject uppermost in her mind.

[例句] 这个话题最能让琼斯唠叨个没完。 Jones harps on this theme more than on any other.

subject under discussion，topic for discussion ；

[例句] 许多联盟成员可能会有他们自己的政治议题。 Many of the coalition members could have their own political agendas.

[例句] 众官员为谁负责最近备受关注的失业议题一事争得不可开交。 Officials tussled over who had responsibility for the newly fashionable unemployment agenda.

difficult problem，a hard nut to crack，aporia，poser，conundrum ；

[例句] 把英镑与欧洲其他货币合并会引发许多难题。 Integrating the pound with other European currencies could cause difficulties.

[例句] 即便是聪明人在面对难题时也未必就能表现得特别聪明。 Even clever people are not terribly clever when put on the spot.

subject matter，theme ；

[例句] 她最喜爱的题材是那些在海边散步时发现的贝壳。 Her favourite subjects are shells spotted on beach walks.

[例句] 像这类题材最好别碰。 Subjects like this are better left alone.

autograph，inscribe one's name，title，subject，superscription ；

[例句] 请题名留念. Please give your autograph as a memento.

[例句] 题名: 国立大学教师的[机构典藏]与[ 自我 典藏]:鼓励抑或强制? Public University Teachers'Participation in Institute Repository and Self - Archive: A Mandate?

write an inscription，inscription，dedication，foreword，epigraph ；

[例句] 书的内封面上的题词是: " 海伦娜赠维吉妮亚 ". Inside the front cover was an inscription: " To Virginia from Helena. "

[例句] 那只钟上有汉字题词. The bell bears an inscription in Chinese characters.

outlying ；

[例句] 见缝插针地提几个题外的问题。 Slip in a few questions about other things.

[例句] 我有一次独自去参加舞会时遇上了他。但那是题外话了。 I'd met him at a dance I'd gone to on my own. But that's another story.

[逻] proposition，thesis ；

[例句] 乔姆斯基的这篇评论题为《心理学与意识形态》。 Chomsky's review is entitled "Psychology and Ideology".

[例句] 不要修改少数论题以致排除所有其他的. Don't revise a few topics to the exclusion of all others.

examination questions，test questions ；

[例句] 老师就哪些问题可能作为试题作了几点提示. Several suggestions for possible examination questions were thrown out by the teacher.

[例句] 这本书的试题是按难易程度顺序排列的. The tests in this book are arranged in order of difficulty.

（详细解答） key to exercises or problems，（解释性文字） explanatory notes on the title or background of a book ；

[例句] 平面问题和扭转问题是弹性问题解法书中的标准内容. The plane problems and the torsion problem are standard fare in solution oriented books on elasticity.

[例句] 论文由题目 、 目录 、 导论 、 题解 、 正文 、 结语、参考文献等七个部分组成. The thesis comprises title, index, introduction, explanation of subject, main body, conclusion and references.

inscribe ；

[例句] 在背后我题写了这样的话：“愿奇思妙想不绝！约翰”。 On the back I had inscribed the words: "Here'sto Great Ideas! John"

[例句] 他会冥思苦想把问题写在他的黄色拍纸本上的. He would ruminate, writing out the issues on his yellow pad.

subhead，subheading，[法] sub-heading ；

[例句] 正如1892年剧本的副标题所强调的，《凯瑟琳》是一部“爱尔兰戏剧”。 "Kathleen" was, as its 1892 subtitle asserted, "An Irish Drama".

[例句] 小说《罗娜·杜恩》的副标题是“埃克斯穆尔绝恋”。 "Lorna Doone" is subtitled "a Romance of Exmoor".