essay

英[ˈeseɪ , eˈseɪ]美[ˈeseɪ , eˈseɪ]

n.短文，论说文，论文，企图；

v.企图；

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.

英语六级真题

Recently, we examined more than 400 essays on the laws of life that teens from two communities had written as part of an educational program initiated by the John Templeton Foundation in Radnor, Pa.

In those essays, and in follow-up interviews with a few of the teenagers, we found lots of insight, positive feeling and inspirational thinking.

A machine can read millions of essay within minutes.

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

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

VERB

企图;尝试

If you essay something, you try to do it.

例句

英汉词典释义

n.

散文, 随笔

（作为课程作业，学生写的）文章，短文

（用来刊登的）论说文；小品文

企图；尝试

vt.

企图；试图

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;

2. put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to;