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essay

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es·say1 /ˈeseɪ/ ●●● S3 noun [countableC]  
1 SEa short piece of writing about a particular subject by a student as part of a course of study 〔学生为某门课程所写的〕短文,论说文
essay on/about
 an essay on Bernard Shaw
关于萧伯纳的文章
2 ALa 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
COLLOCATIONSMeanings 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 essay British EnglishBrE, grade an essay American 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.
dissertation a long essay written as part of a university degree
In the third year of their course, students have to write a 10,000 word dissertation on a topic that has been approved by their tutor.
thesis a very long essay that is part of an advanced university degree such as a master’s degree or a doctorate
He wrote his doctoral thesis on the literature of the English romantic movement.
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es·say2 /eˈseɪ/ verb [transitiveT]  
formalTRY TO DO OR GET something to attempt to do something 试图;企图
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Origin essay1
(1400-1500) Old French essai, from Late Latin exagium act of weighing

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