essay
- n.散文;(作为课程作业，学生写的)文章，短文;小品文;尝试;(用来刊登的)论说文;企图
- vt.企图;试图
复数： essays 过去式： essayed 现在分词： essaying 过去分词： essayed 第三人称单数： essays
essaynoun
（作为课程作业，学生写的）文章，短文
a short piece of writing by a student as part of a course of study
an essay on the causes of the First World War
关于第一次世界大战起因的文章
（用来刊登的）论说文；小品文
a short piece of writing on a particular subject, written in order to be published
企图；尝试
an attempt to do sth
His first essay in politics was a complete disaster.
他初次涉足政坛便碰得头破血流。
verb
VN企图；试图
to try to do sth
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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.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。
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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....Thomas Malthus's essay on population.
托马斯·马尔萨斯有关人口的论文
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VERB 企图;尝试
If you essay something, you try to do it.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。
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- a tentative attempt
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- an analytic or interpretive literary composition
verb
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- 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
- Synonym: try seek attempt assay
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- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- This approach has been tried with good results
- Test this recipe
- Synonym: test prove try try out examine
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This essay is just not good enough .
这篇散文实在是不够好。
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The essay was a meaningless jumble of ideas .
这篇散文思想混乱，使人不知所云。
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The essay represents a solid week 's work .
这篇文章是用整整一星期写出来的。
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Your essay does not address the real issues .
你的论文没有论证实质问题。
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Choose an essay topic that you can really get your teeth into .
选择一个你可以真正悉心钻研的论文题目。
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There are too many mistakes in this essay .
这篇文章错误太多。
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Not enough thought has gone into this essay .
这篇文章很肤浅。
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The title of the essay bore little relation to the contents .
这篇文章的题目与内容很不相符。
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Your essay needs structure .
你这篇文章组织不好。
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I 'm afraid this essay is a poor effort .
很抱歉，这篇文章写得不好。
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The points you make are fine , but the whole essay lacks coherence .
你提出的论点很好，但整篇文章缺乏呼应连贯。
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You should draw up a plan or outline for the essay .
你应该为文章草拟个计划或提纲。
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She made several minor amendments to her essay .
她对自己的论文作了几处小的修改。
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She got top marks for her essay .
她的论文得了最高分。
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The essay contains a number of factual errors .
文章中有一些与事实不符的错误。
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The exam consists of an essay and an unseen translation .
考试包括一篇作文和一篇即席翻译。
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He sat bashing away at his essay all day .
他一整天都坐着不停地写文章。
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The essay was cobbled together from some old notes .
这篇文章是用以前的一些笔记胡乱拼凑而成的。
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Reading this essay was an elevating experience .
阅读这篇短文很有启发。
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The essay suddenly switches from a formal to an informal register .
这篇短文的语体风格突然从正式转为非正式。
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Anecdotes have no place in an academic essay .
学术文章容不得奇闻逸事。
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There are a lot of spelling mistakes ; even so , it 's quite a good essay .
尽管有许多拼写错误，它仍不失为一篇佳作。
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Her essay is full of spelling mistakes .
她的文章到处都是拼写错误。
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I had time to do a quick edit of my essay before handing it in .
我呈交论文之前有点时间，很快地校订了一遍。
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The essay was full of quotes .
这篇文章满篇皆是引语。
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My essay is practically finished now .
我的论文现在差不多写完了。
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This essay will have to be completely rewritten .
这篇文章得全部重写。
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He 's editing a book of essays by Isaiah Berlin .
他正在编辑一本艾赛亚∙伯林的散文集。
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You 're going to have to do a lot more work on this essay before it 's presentable .
你的这篇文章还得多加润饰才能交得出手。
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I spent all evening correcting essays .
我整个晚上都在批改论文。
指学生为某门课程所写的短文或论说文，或指关于政治、社会等的小品文、散文等。
She wrote an essay on Homer.
她写了一篇关于荷马的文章。
He's now revising the first draft of his essay.
他目前正在修改他的文章初稿。
多指在报刊上发表的非小说类文章，如新闻报道、学术论文等。
Did you read the article on the information revolution?
你读了有关信息革命的那篇文章没有？
This article discusses the events that led to her suicide.
这篇文章讨论了导致她自杀的一系列事件。
多指老师要求学生写的作文练习。
He made several spelling mistakes in the composition.
他在作文中犯了多处拼写错误。
Her composition is flawless.
她的作文毫无瑕疵。
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等。
The professor wrote a paper on psychology.
教授写了一篇心理学论文。
He delivered a paper on air pollution.
他宣读了一篇关于空气污染的论文。