essaying

英 [eˈseɪɪŋ] 美 [eˈseɪɪŋ]

v.  企图; 试图
essay的现在分词

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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/。

  1. 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.
    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。
  2. 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.
    1. ...Thomas Malthus's essay on population.
      托马斯·马尔萨斯有关人口的论文
  3. VERB 企图;尝试
    If you essay something, 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. Essay is 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。
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双语例句

  1. It was Napoleon, the immense somnambulist of this dream which had crumbled, essaying once more to advance.
    那人便是拿破仑，梦游中的巨人，他还想往前走，去追寻那崩塌了的幻境。
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