essay是什么意思？

essay

英[ˈeseɪ] 美[ˈɛsˌe, ɛˈse]

• n. 散文，随笔，杂记文，尝试，企图，试验；
• vt. 尝试，试验；

复数：essays;

第三人称单数：essays;

过去式：essayed;

过去分词：essayed;

现在分词：essaying;

例句

• The essay treats of the progress in cancer research. 这篇文章讲述了癌症研究的进展情况。
• a sketchy essay 粗略的文章
• I wrote tortuous essay for obscure journals. 我给一些无名杂志写一些拐弯抹角的文章。
• This essay is so short that it can only scratch the surface of the topic. 这篇文章很短, 只能对这一问题作肤浅的探讨。
• This essay hardly makes any sense, it's neither rhyme nor reason. 这篇文章写得不伦不类, 简直不知所云。
• This is a thoughtful essay. 这是一篇具有思想性的随笔。
• a discursive essay 东拉西扯的文章
• She needs the discipline of having to write an essay every week. 她需要进行每周写一篇文章的训练。
• copybook phrases in the essay 在文章中的陈腐短语
• This is not a demand for a full - fledged essay. 并不要求你把它写成完整、丰富的正式论文.

同义词解析

• 以下这些名词均包含 "文章，论文" 的意思
  composition：多指学校里老师给学生的作文练习。
  article：多指在报刊、杂志上发表的非文艺性的文章，包括新闻报导、学术论文等。
  essay：指任何一种非小说性的，篇幅不长、结构简练的文章，如论说文、报道、评论、讽刺性杂文等。
  paper：正式用词，多指在学术刊物上发表或在学术会议上宣读的专题论文，也指高等学校的学期论文，或学校里的作文练习。
  prose：专指散文。
  thesis：既可指毕业论文、学位论文，又可指一般的为阐述学术观点而写的论文。
  theme：一般指大学或高中生作为作业所写的篇幅有限、较完整论述某个观点的文章。也可指作品或谈话的主要论题。
  dissertation：书面语用词，指独立研究后所写的较为详细的专题文章；也可指学位论文。

英语四级真题

I'm calling to see whether it would be OK if I gave you her essay.
出自-2014年6月听力原文
She was in the middle of writing an essay
出自-2014年6月听力原文
In one 1990s experiment, a team including psychologist Joel Cooper of Princeton asked participants to write essays opposing funding for the disabled.
出自-2010年6月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （学生就某门课程所写的）论说文，短文
  An essay is a short piece of writing on one particular subject written by a student.
  例句
  We asked Jason to write an essay about his hometown and about his place in it. 我们让贾森写一篇有关他的家乡和他自己的家的短文。
• N-COUNT
  （关于某一方面的）论文，杂文，散文
  An essay is a short piece of writing on one particular subject that is written by a writer for publication.
  例句
  ...Thomas Malthus's essay on population. 托马斯·马尔萨斯有关人口的论文
• VERB
  企图;尝试
  If you essay something, you try to do it.
  例句
  Sinclair essayed a smile but it could hardly have been rated as a success. 辛克莱想试着微笑一下，但根本没有笑出来。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  散文, 随笔
  It's an essay heavy with surplus phrasing. 这是篇废话连篇的散文。 This is a thoughtful essay. 这是一篇具有思想性的随笔。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an analytic or interpretive literary composition
  2. a tentative attempt
• Verb
  1. make an effort or attempt;
  "He tried to shake off his fears""The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps""The police attempted to stop the thief""He sought to improve himself""She always seeks to do good in the world"
  2. put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to;
  "This approach has been tried with good results""Test this recipe"