essay 详细解释

essay

['esei,e'sei]

n.论文, 短评, 散文, 试图
vt.尝试

n.[C]

1. 论说文; 散文, 随笔, 小品文[(+on/about)]

The professor wrote an essay on Homer.

这位教授写了一篇关于荷马的文章。

2. 【书】尝试; 企图[(+at)]

This is a bold essay in the field of electrochemistry.

这是在电化学领域中的一个大胆尝试。

词形变化

名词: essayer | 动词过去式: essayed | 动词过去分词: essayed | 动词现在分词: essaying | 动词第三人称单数: essays |

词义辨析

同义:

n.论文; 作文

composition  article  study  paper  thesis  

英英释义

名词 essay:

an analytic or interpretive literary composition

a tentative attempt

动词 essay:

make an effort or attempt

同义词:try, seek, attempt, assay

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

同义词:test, prove, try, try out, examine

补充

essayessay英:[ˈesei] 美:[ˈɛsˌe, ɛˈse]n.1.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。

例句

1. Malthus's essay on population马修斯关于人口的论文 2. Darwin's essay about natural selection达尔文关于自然选择的论文 3. a history essay历史论文 4. He was conscientious in the correcting of students' essays.他一丝不苟地批改学生的论文。 5. a primary-school essay about what I did during the holidays一篇关于假期活动的小学作文 6. His first essay in running a company was a tough undertaking.他第一次尝试开公司相当不容易。 7. It is Lin's first essay into furniture.这是林第一次尝试做家具生意。 8. He essayed a faint smile.他努力露出了一丝笑容。 9. to essay to do something企图做某事 10. to essay an unexampled task企图做前人未曾做过的事情 11. to essay a computer对电脑进行测试 12. a misjudged essay in job preservation.试图保留工作而被误解的企图。 13. Donald essayed a smile.唐纳德试着笑了一下。 14. We have to write a 1000-word essay on tourism for homework.我们的家庭作业要写一篇1000字的短文,谈谈旅游业。 15. Your assignment is to write a 500-word essay on one of Shakespeare's sonnets.你们的作业是,就莎士比亚任何一首十四行诗,写一篇500词的短文。 16. The book is a collection of his previously unpublished essays on/about a variety of topics.这本书是一部文集,收录了他此前未发表、涵盖诸多主题的随笔。 17. "He at first essayed [=tried, attempted] a career as a writer."他最初试图当一名作家。 18. There is no hint as to which of the approaches essayed in this book will prove most useful.关于书中的可尝试的方法中哪一种最有效这一点,没有任何暗示。 19. "He essayed [=tried, attempted] to restore an emphasis on classical languages."他尝试着让人们重新重视古典语言的重要性。