2ALa short piece of writing giving someone’s ideas about politics, society etc 〔关于政治、社会等的〕小品文,散文
essay on
Rousseau’s ‘Essay on the Origin of Languages’
卢梭的《论语言的起源》
3.formalTRY TO DO OR GET something an attempt to do something 尝试;企图
COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1 & 2
verbs
write/do an essay 写文章
I’ve got a 3,000 word essay to write before Friday.
我得在星期五之前完成一篇3,000字的文章。
give in/hand in an essay 交文章
Half the class failed to hand in their essay on time.
班里有一半学生没有按时把作文交上去。
mark an essayBritish EnglishBrE, grade an essayAmerican EnglishAmE: 批阅文章,给文章打分
nI went home knowing that I still had a pile of essays to mark.
read an essay 看文章
nDid you read her essay on ‘The Waste Land’?
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + essay
an English/history/politics etc essay 英语/历史/政治等作文
He got a good grade for his English essay.
他那篇英语作文得了高分。
a critical essay (=one that judges how good a book, writer etc is) 评论文章
nThe anthology contains critical essays by Kael, Graham Greene and others.
an academic essay 学术论文
nMature students often need practice writing academic essays.
na literary essay
In a literary essay, you should explore the meaning and construction of the text.
essay + NOUN
an essay question 论述题
We practised essay questions from previous exam papers.
我们做以前的试卷来练习回答论述题。
an essay title 文章标题
nYou will find a list of essay titles on the notice board.
an essay topic 文章主题
nStudents will be given six essay topics, from which they must choose two.
phrases
a collection of essays 文集
She published a collection of essays on philosophy.
她出版了一部哲学文集。
nTHESAURUS
essay a piece of writing written by a student as part of a course of study
We had to write an essay about the environment.
Have you handed in your essay yet?
paper an essay written by a someone who has studied a subject as part of their research. Paper is also used about an essay that you have to write for a class at school, especially in American English
The professor has published over forty scientific papers on diseases of tropical crops
At the beginning of the school year we had to write a paper about our interests.
... OF ESSAYS | VERB + ESSAY | ESSAY + VERB | ESSAY + NOUN | PREPOSITION... OF ESSAYS➤anthology, collection, selection, series, set, volume散文集;散文選;散文系列◇In 2001 she published a collection of essays.2001 年她出版了一本散文集。VERB + ESSAY➤do, write寫文章◇Have you done your essay yet?你的文章寫了嗎?➤finish完成文章◇I finished my essay about 10 o'clock last night!我昨晚十點鐘才寫完文章!➤conclude結束文章◇He concludes the essay by calling for a corrective.他在文章結尾呼籲採取糾正措施。➤publish發表文章▸➤hand in, turn in (especially NAmE) 交文章◇Essays handed in late will not be accepted.遲交的文章不予接收。➤contribute, submit投稿;提交文章➤present提交文章◇A version of this essay was presented at the Astronomical Society.在天文學會曾宣讀過這篇文章的一個譯本。➤read閱讀文章➤collect收錄文章◇The fifteen essays have been collected in this volume.該卷收錄了這 15 篇文章。ESSAY + VERB➤be entitled sth, be titled sth (especially NAmE) 文章標題為⋯◇an essay entitled 'Memory'題為《記憶》的文章➤address sth, discuss sth, examine sth, explore sth文章論證⋯/討論⋯/考察⋯/探究⋯◇The essays explore Einstein's personal development.這些文章探究了愛因斯坦成長的經歷。➤provide sth文章提供⋯◇This essay provides a comprehensive overview of the subject.此文全面概述了這一主題。➤argue sth, suggest sth文章主張⋯/建議⋯ESSAY + NOUN➤question, title, topic問答題;文章標題;文章主題◇You have to answer three out of eight essay questions in the exam.這次考試有 8 道問答題,選 3 道作答。➤assignment論文作業◇Lunch was the only time she could finish her essay assignment.她只能借午餐時間完成論文作業。➤competition, contest (NAmE) 徵文競賽/比賽◇the teenage winner of an essay contest徵文比賽的獲勝少年➤collection (especially NAmE) 散文集PREPOSITION➤in an/the essay在文章裏◇He made some very good points in his essay.他在文章裏提出了一些很好的論點。➤essay about, essay on論述⋯的文章◇We have to write an essay on the environment.我們得寫一篇有關環境的文章。➤essay by⋯寫的文章◇an essay by Montaigne蒙田的一篇散文