| 词组 | essay |
| 释义 | essay /ˈeseɪ/ noun a short piece of writing about a subjectadjectives/nouns + essayan English/history/politics etc essay Have you done your economics essay yet?a 10,000-word/20-page etc essay Students have to write a 3,000-word essay on a subject of their choice.a critical essay (=that judges how good a book, writer etc is) The book contains critical essays by Kael, Graham Greene and others.an academic essay Mature students often need practice writing academic essays.a literary essay In a literary essay, you should explore the meaning and construction of the text.verbswrite/do an essay I’m writing an essay about Alexander Fleming.give in/hand in an essay also submit an essay formal Make sure that you hand in your essay on time.mark an essay BrE grade an essay AmE I still have a pile of essays to mark this evening.read an essay Did you read her essay on ‘The Waste Land’?an essay discusses/examines/explores sth This essay discusses the causes of the Spanish Civil War.sb argues sth in an essay In his essay, he argues that true equality is impossible.an essay is entitled sth She wrote an essay entitled ‘The Theory of Democracy’.essay + nounsan essay question We practised essay questions from previous exam papers.an essay title You will find a list of essay titles on the noticeboard.an essay topic Students will be given six essay topics, from which they must choose two.prepositionsan essay on/about sth We had to write an essay on the causes of the Russian Revolution. | What is your essay about?in an essay She mentions this research in her essay.phrasesa collection of essays She published a collection of essays on philosophy.THESAURUS: essay paper an essay written by a someone who has studied a subject as part of their research. Paper is also used about an essay that you have to write for a class at school, especially in American English: The professor has published over forty scientific papers on diseases of tropical crops. | At the beginning of the school year we had to write a paper about our interests. dissertation a long essay written as part of a university degree: In the third year of their course, students have to write a 10,000-word dissertation on a topic that has been approved by their tutor. thesis a very long essay that is part of an advanced university degree such as a master’s degree or a doctorate: He wrote his doctoral thesis on the literature of the English romantic movement. |
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