es·say

noun

/ˈeseɪ/

a short piece of writing by a student as part of a course of study（作为课程作业，学生写的）文章，短文
- I have to write an essay this weekend.这个周末我得写一篇作文。
- essay on something an essay on the causes of the First World War关于第一次世界大战起因的文章
- essay about somebody/something Have you done your essay about Napoleon yet?你写完关于拿破仑的文章了吗？
- in an essay He made some very good points in his essay.他在文章中提出了一些非常好的观点。
Extra Examples
- Essays handed in late will not be accepted.迟交的文章不予接收。
- Have you done your essay yet?你的文章写了吗？
- He concludes the essay by calling for a corrective.他在文章结尾呼吁采取纠正措施。
- I finished my essay about 10 o'clock last night!我昨晚十点钟才写完文章！
- Lunch was the only time she could finish her essay assignment.她只能借午餐时间完成论文作业。
- We have to write an essay on the environment.我们得写一篇有关环境的文章。
- You have to answer 3 out of 8 essay questions in the exam.这次考试有8 道详答题，选3 道作答。
- the teenage winner of an essay contest征文比赛的获胜少年
- We have to write an essay on the causes of the First World War.我们得写一篇关于第一次世界大战起因的文章。
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Oxford Collocations Dictionary
… of essays
- anthology
- collection
- selection
- …
verb + essay
- do
- write
- finish
- …
essay + verb
- be entitled something
- be titled something
- address something
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essay + noun
- question
- title
- topic
- …
preposition
- in an/the essay
- essay about
- essay on
- …
a short piece of writing on a particular subject, written in order to be published（用于发表的）论说文，小品文
- essay (by somebody) a collection of essays by prominent African American writers著名非裔美国作家散文集
- essay on somebody/something The book contains a number of interesting essays on women in society.这本书中有几篇写社会生活中女性的有趣文章。
- essay about somebody/something Pierce contributes a long essay about John F. Kennedy.皮尔斯发表了一篇关于约翰·肯尼迪的长文。
- in an essay I discuss this in a forthcoming essay.我将在下一篇文章中对此进行论述。
Extra Examples
- A version of this essay was presented at the Astronomical Society.在天文学会曾宣读过这篇文章的一个译本。
- In 2001 she published a collection of essays.2001 年她出版了一本散文集。
- The essays explore Einstein's personal development.这些文章探究了爱因斯坦成长的经历。
- the fifteen essays collected in this volume本书收录十五篇论文
- ‘An Essay on the Principle of Population’ by Thomas Malthus托马斯·马尔萨斯《关于人口原理的论文》
- an essay entitled ‘Memory’题为《记忆》的文章
- This essay provides a comprehensive overview of the subject.此文全面概述了这一主题。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
… of essays
- anthology
- collection
- selection
- …
verb + essay
- do
- write
- finish
- …
essay + verb
- be entitled something
- be titled something
- address something
- …
essay + noun
- question
- title
- topic
- …
preposition
- in an/the essay
- essay about
- essay on
- …
essay (in something) (formal) an attempt to do something尝试；企图
- His first essay in politics was a complete disaster.他初次涉足政坛便碰得头破血流。

Word Originlate 15th cent. (as a verb in the sense ‘test the quality of’): alteration of assay, by association with Old French essayer, based on late Latin exagium ‘weighing’, from the base of exigere ‘ascertain, weigh’; the noun (late 16th cent.) is from Old French essai ‘trial’.