essays

英 [eˈseɪz]

美 [eˈseɪz]

n.  (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
v.  企图; 试图
essay的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

The noun is pronounced /'eseɪ/. The verb is pronounced /e'seɪ/. 名词读作 /'eseɪ/。动词读作 /e'seɪ/。


• N-COUNT （学生就某门课程所写的）论说文，短文
  Anessayis a short piece of writing on one particular subject written by a student.
  1. 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。
• N-COUNT （关于某一方面的）论文，杂文，散文
  Anessayis a short piece of writing on one particular subject that is written by a writer for publication.
  1. ...Thomas Malthus's essay on population.
     托马斯·马尔萨斯有关人口的论文
• VERB 企图;尝试
  If youessaysomething, you try to do it.
  1. 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。
  2. Essayis also a noun.
     
  3. His first essay in running a company was a notoriously tough undertaking.
     众所周知，他第一次尝试经营公司时十分艰难。

双语例句

• Now we wait for them to turn in their essays
  现在我们等着他们交上作文。
• The similarity between these two essays is too great to be coincidental.
  这两篇文章雷同的地方很多，并非巧合所致。
• The essays are plain in language.
  这些论文言简意赅。
• This is the whole of my essays and joy!
  这就是我全部的散文和全部的快乐！
• Long essays, nay, whole books have been written on this.
  许多长篇大论的文章，不，应该说是整部整部的书都是关于这件事的。
• This volume of essays was designed to accompany an exhibition in Cologne
  这本文集是为配合在科隆举办的一场展览而出的。
• The essays that Parsons completed in the latter part of his life are of a piece with his earlier work.
  帕森斯后半生完成的文章和他的早期著作一脉相承。
• Our textbook includes eight stories, two short plays and two essays.
  我们的课本包括8篇故事，2篇短剧和2篇杂文。
• I like to read Lu Xun's satirical essays.
  我喜欢看鲁迅的讽刺杂文。
• Though the essays of the late Ming Dynasty are rather decadent, they are not entirely devoted to the wind and the moon.
  明末的小品虽然比较颓放，却并非全是吟风弄月。