the·sis
noun/ˈθiːsɪs/
/ˈθiːsɪs/
(plural theses
/ˈθiːsiːz/
/ˈθiːsiːz/
)- thesis (on something) a long piece of writing completed by a student as part of a university degree, based on their own research
论文；毕业论文；学位论文 - Students must submit a thesis on an agreed subject within four years.
学生必须在四年内就通过的题目上交一篇毕业论文。
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationb2- He presented this thesis for his PhD.
他提交了他的博士论文。 - a thesis for a master's degree
硕士学位论文 - He's doing a doctoral thesis on the early works of Shostakovich.
他正在写关于肖斯塔科维奇早期作品的博士论文。 - Many departments require their students to do a thesis defense.
很多系要求学生进行论文答辩。 - She completed an MSc by thesis.
她以学位论文的方式完成了理科硕士学位。 - her thesis adviser at MIT
她在麻省理工学院的论文导师
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- doctoral
- honors
- MA
- …
- do
- work on
- write
- …
- project
- research
- topic
- …
- in a/the thesis
- thesis about
- thesis on
- …
- Students must submit a thesis on an agreed subject within four years.
- thesis (that…) a statement or an opinion that is discussed in a logical way and presented with evidence in order to prove that it is true
命题；论题 - The basic thesis of the book is fairly simple.
该书的基本论题相当简单。 - These latest findings support the thesis that sexuality is determined by nature rather than choice.
这些最新发现证实了性取向取决于自然而非选择这一论点。
Collocations Scientific researchScientific researchTheory- formulate/advance a theory/hypothesis
- build/construct/create/develop a simple/theoretical/mathematical model
- develop/establish/provide/use a theoretical/conceptual framework
- advance/argue/develop the thesis that…
- explore an idea/a concept/a hypothesis
- make a prediction/an inference
- base a prediction/your calculations on something
- investigate/evaluate/accept/challenge/reject a theory/hypothesis/model
- design an experiment/a questionnaire/a study/a test
- do research/an experiment/an analysis
- make observations/measurements/calculations
- carry out/conduct/perform an experiment/a test/a longitudinal study/observations/clinical trials
- run an experiment/a simulation/clinical trials
- repeat an experiment/a test/an analysis
- replicate a study/the results/the findings
- observe/study/examine/investigate/assess a pattern/a process/a behaviour
- fund/support the research/project/study
- seek/provide/get/secure funding for research
- collect/gather/extract data/information
- yield data/evidence/similar findings/the same results
- analyse/examine the data/soil samples/a specimen
- consider/compare/interpret the results/findings
- fit the data/model
- confirm/support/verify a prediction/a hypothesis/the results/the findings
- prove a conjecture/hypothesis/theorem
- draw/make/reach the same conclusions
- read/review the records/literature
- describe/report an experiment/a study
- present/publish/summarize the results/findings
- present/publish/read/review/cite a paper in a scientific journal
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc1, Scientific researchc1- The results of the experiment support his central thesis.
实验结果支持他的中心论点。 - Most people rejected this thesis at the time because it presumed evolution rather than creation.
当时大多数人拒绝了这个论点，因为它假设的是进化而不是创造。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- basic
- central
- fundamental
- …
- prove
- support
- disprove
- …
- thesis about
- The basic thesis of the book is fairly simple.
Word Originlate Middle English (originally referring to an unstressed syllable in Greek or Latin verse): via late Latin from Greek, literally ‘placing, a proposition’, from the root of tithenai ‘to place’.