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

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    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. 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。
  2. The Brookings Institution has assembled a collection of essays from foreign affairs experts.
    布鲁金斯研究所将一批外交专家撰写的文章结集出版。
  3. This collection of essays is edited by Ellen Knight
    这本文集是由埃伦·奈特编选的。
  4. The essays could do with a flash of wit or humor.
    这些散文需要一些出其不意的风趣或幽默。
  5. He was marking essays in his small study.
    他正在他那间小书房里批阅文章。
  6. 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。
  7. 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。
  8. A good deal of my time is taken up with reading critical essays and reviews
    我的大部分时间都用在阅读评论文章上了。
  9. Now we wait for them to turn in their essays
    现在我们等着他们交上作文。
  10. I can type your essays for you
    我可以帮你把文章打出来。
  11. This collection is made up of three parts: poems, essays and short stories.
    这本集子是由诗、散文和短篇小说三部分组合而成的。
  12. The students have submitted their essays to their tutors.
    学生把论文递交给导师。
  13. I like essays with an acrid flavour.
    我喜欢风格泼辣的文章。
  14. 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。
  15. 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。
  16. 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。
  17. The essays are plain in language.
    这些论文言简意赅。
  18. The essays give a Chinese point of view on China.
    这些文章表达了一个中国人对中国的看法。
  19. This American author uses vivid descriptions in his essays.
    这位美国作家在他的散文中采用了生动的描绘手法。
  20. When I learnt some new knowledge from the books or the essays, I had a satisfy feeling.
    当我学到了一些新知识的书或文章，我有一个满足的感觉。
  21. I am so happy that I had someone like Amy to help me with my essays.
    我是如此开心，以至于有人像艾米帮助我和我的论文。
  22. I read some of his political essays.
    我读了他的一些政论性杂文。
  23. Their essays invade academic journals as well as little magazines, sometimes edging poetry and fiction out of sight.
    他们的论文大量拥入学术刊物和一些小杂志，有时把诗和小说都挤没了。
  24. What's more, I usually read a book or some essays.
    更重要的是，我经常阅读一本书或一些文章。
  25. Thank you for sharing the essays with me.
    谢谢你和我分享这篇文章。
  26. His colleagues and former students compiled and published his essays in honor of his thirty years'service with the university.
    为了对他在这所大学工作了30年表示敬意，他的同事和过去的学生汇编并出版了他的论文。
  27. I like to read Lu Xun's satirical essays.
    我喜欢看鲁迅的讽刺杂文。
  28. This is the whole of my essays and joy!
    这就是我全部的散文和全部的快乐！
  29. I never know there are so many essays and poems keeping in my PC.
    我从没知道有那么多散文和诗放在我的PC。
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