英语词汇“essay”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

essay

释义

essay¹ nounessay² verb

essayes‧say1 /ˈeseɪ/ S3 noun [countable]

WORD ORIGINessay1

Origin:

1400-1500 Old French essai, from Late Latin exagium ‘act of weighing’

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

An essay differs in form from a poem.
But you should begin a history essay long before you are faced with actually writing it.
Exercises were devised to help students test their comprehension of the materials either by essay or by solving concrete problems.
It sounded fascinating so I decided to find the book to write this essay.
Secondary sources for A level essays will probably be the work of historians.
These moral essays advanced other theories in harmony with sentimental comedy.
This original paperback includes stories, essays and poems that celebrate motherhood.
Winship's essay also draws attention to the increasing fragmentation of the body within recent commercial photography.

THESAURUS► essay

a piece of writing written by a student as part of a course of study: · We had to write an essay about the environment.· Have you handed in your essay yet?

► 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.

WORD SETS► Education

absenteeism, nounacademic, adjectiveacademy, nounadult education, nounalma mater, nounassessment, nounassessor, nounassignment, nounaudiovisual, adjectiveAV, binder, nounbiology, nounblackboard, nounbursary, nounbusiness studies, nounCAL, nounCALL, nouncareer counselor, nouncareers officer, nouncase study, nounCDT, nouncert., certificate, nouncertificated, adjectivechalkboard, nouncharm school, nounchemistry set, nouncivics, nounclass, nounclassicist, nounclassmate, nouncloze test, nouncoach, nouncoeducation, nouncollege, nouncollegiate, adjectivecommon room, nouncomprehension, nouncomprehensive, adjectivecomputer-literate, adjectivecomputer science, nouncontinuing education, nouncorrespondence course, nouncoursebook, nouncoursework, nouncrash course, nouncredit, nouncrib, verbcross, nouncurriculum, nounD, noundiploma, noundirect method, nounDirector of Studies, noundissect, verbdistance learning, noundistinction, noundo, verbdropout, noundyslexia, nounedify, verbedifying, adjectiveeducate, verbeducational, adjectiveeducationalist, nouneducator, nounEFL, nounELT, nounESL, nounESOL, nounESP, nounessay, nounevening class, nounexam, nounexamination, nounexamine, verbexercise, nounexercise book, nounexternal, adjectiveextracurricular, adjectiveF, fail, nounfellowship, nounfield, nounfield day, nounfield trip, nounfieldwork, nounflashcard, nounflip chart, nounflunk, verbfree period, nounfresher, nounfreshman, nounfurther education, nounglobe, noungoverness, noungrade, verbgraded, adjectivegrade point average, noungrind, nounheuristic, adjectivehistory, nounimmersion, nounineducable, adjectiveinfirmary, nounintake, nounintelligence quotient, nouninterdisciplinary, adjectiveintroductory, adjectiveinvigilate, verbIQ, nounjanitor, nounlearning curve, nounlesson, nounletter, nounletter, verbliberal arts, nounlibrarian, nounlibrary, nounlife science, nounmainstream, adjectivemasterclass, nounmatron, nounmedia studies, nounmnemonic, nounmoderate, verbmoderator, nounmodular, adjectivemodule, nounmultiple choice, adjectivenight school, nounnumerate, adjectiveopen house, nounoral, nounoverqualified, adjectivepapier mâché, nounpass, verbpass, nounpastoral, adjectivepedagogical, adjectivepedagogue, nounpedagogy, nounphonics, nounphrasebook, nounphysical education, nounpicture book, nounplacement, nounplaytime, nounpoli sci, nounpolitical science, nounpolitics, nounprincipal, nounprize day, nounproblem, nounproctor, nounprogrammed learning, nounprotégé, nounquad, nounqualification, nounqualify, verbquick, adjectiverector, nounre-educate, verbrefectory, nounreference, nounreference library, nounrequirement, nounresearch, nounresearch, verbresit, verbresource, nounresult, nounresume, nounretake, verbretake, nounreunion, nounreview, verbrevise, verbrevision, nounrole-play, nounrote, nounscholar, nounscholarship, nounscholastic, adjectiveschool, nounscience, nounscript, nounself-taught, adjectiveset, verbspeciality, nounspelling bee, nounstandard, adjectivestate school, nounstudent body, nounstudent government, nounstudent loan, nounstudent teaching, nounstudent union, nounstudy, verbstudy hall, nounsub, nounsummer holidays, nounsummer vacation, nounsuperintendent, nounteacher, nounteaching, nountechie, nounterm, nounterm paper, nounTESL, nounTESOL, nountext, nountextbook, nountick, nountick, verbtimetable, nountimetable, verbtranscript, nountrimester, nountruancy, nountuition, nountutor, nountutor, verbunderclassman, noununit, noununseen, nounvisual aid, nounvocational, adjectivewhiteboard, nounworkbook, nounworksheet, nounX, nounyearbook, noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meanings 1 & 2verbs► write/do an essay

· I’ve got a 3,000 word essay to write before Friday.

► give in/hand in an essay

· Half the class failed to hand in their essay on time.

► mark an essay

British English, grade an essay American English:· I went home knowing that I still had a pile of essays to mark.

► read an essay

· Did you read her essay on ‘The Waste Land’?

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + essay► an English/history/politics etc essay

· He got a good grade for his English essay.

► a critical essay

(=one that judges how good a book, writer etc is)· The anthology 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.

essay + NOUN► an essay question

· We practised essay questions from previous exam papers.

► an essay title

· You will find a list of essay titles on the notice board.

► an essay topic

· Students will be given six essay topics, from which they must choose two.

phrases► a collection of essays

· She published a collection of essays on philosophy.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a football/music/essay etc competition

· There’s a music competition in the town on June 12th.

► an exam essay/script

(=that someone has written during an exam)· I’ve brought in some old exam scripts for us to look at.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► critical

· Over 500 critical essays cover directors as diverse as Peter Bogdanovich and Tom Shadyac.· She has written more than 30 books of fiction, poetry and critical essays.· She is the author of more than thirty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays.· To what extent should Heaney's poetry be described and assessed in terms drawn from his own critical essays?

► famous

· But Robert, on that evening, was dipping back to a famous essay by the great Cambridge economist.

► introductory

· In his introductory essay, Vincent Scully maintains that Kahn would be disappointed by contemporary architecture and the work of his followers.

► literary

· We argue strongly that practice in writing should not be confined to the literary essay.· In a literary essay, however, you should be cautious about leaving out the actor in a passive sentence.

► long

· The catalogue is 300 pages long with eight essays, as well as artists' biographies.

► recent

· Take one of your recent essays and rewrite the introduction according to the pattern suggested.· As the current editor of Granta, Ian Jack, pointed out in a recent essay for Conde

► short

· The photographs are excellent, clustered with captions after an explanatory essay, or in some cases a series of short essays.· The book is a haunting, 96-page anthology of poems and short essays.· Write a short essay explaining your reasons.· In the 1920s Pearson resumed his acting career but also began publishing short stories, essays, and journalism.· For most short coursework essays, this may well be enough.

VERB► begin

· But you should begin a history essay long before you are faced with actually writing it.· Amelia began to feel better-the essay she wrote on car mechanics, a course requirement, won first prize.

► contain

· Last week's Ha'aretz newspaper contained an extraordinary essay, all the more remarkable for being published in the current climate.· The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue containing two excellent essays by Rosemary Betterton and Angela McRobbie.· A more quintessentially Formalist approach to narrative is contained in Shklovsky's essay on Tristram Shandy.· The 400 page catalogue from Prestel Verlag contains essays by twenty-five leading archaeologists and ethnographers.

► include

· The catalogue includes an essay by Robert Motherwell and extracts from Cornell's own diaries.· Susskind Eikhl might include my essay in the anthology he was planning.· They cover three detailed studies and include an extensive essay comprising 40 percent of the assessment.· This original paperback includes stories, essays and poems that celebrate motherhood.· This may include essays, seminar papers, seminar presentations, projects, case studies, laboratory work, performances or exhibitions.· Both of these issues include an informative booklet essay.

► publish

· A few years later Albert Camus persuaded Gallimard to publish her essays, notebooks and letters.· If I could publish nine more essays, I would become a member of the Writers' Club.· In the 1920s Pearson resumed his acting career but also began publishing short stories, essays, and journalism.

► read

· The next day, she is reading another essay when he comes home from work.· Ann Tabachnikov often asked students to read in class the essays they had written at home.· News stories often read like editorials or essays.

► write

· He reluctantly agreed to write the essay and then did not.· Their friendship had been sealed in second grade when the entire class was asked to write essays on their fathers.· It views writing essays not as a series of isolated events but as the dynamic process of developing a skill.· Then write an essay that proved they understood it and explained how they reached their conclusions.· It sounded fascinating so I decided to find the book to write this essay.· And DeloresDelores rambled, but she wrote the most elaborate essay her teacher had yet seen her produce.· BNo wonder Berlin wrote essays rather than complete books.· Allen says she will give the deli to the person who writes the best essay or poem or song.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► collected works/poems/essays/edition

Box sets collect music into greatest hits, anthologies, chronologies, complete collected works, best-of and worst-of packages.
He took down a copy of Wordsworth's collected poems.
His collected works, he said, probably fill four foot ten of shelf space.
Its author Tom Holt began, if I remember right, by publishing his collected poems at the age of 12.
Mr Zhivkov's 44-volume collected works has disappeared from Sofia's bookshops since he was removed.
My collected works rendered the Horsehead Nebula, goofy space cruisers, robots, and Saturn.
They were first printed by William Caxton in 1475; the collected works were first illustrated by William Thynne in 1532.

1a short piece of writing about a particular subject by a student as part of a course of studyessay on/about

an essay on Bernard Shaw2a short piece of writing giving someone’s ideas about politics, society etcessay on

Rousseau’s ‘Essay on the Origin of Languages’3formal an attempt to do somethingCOLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2verbswrite/do an essay· I’ve got a 3,000 word essay to write before Friday.give in/hand in an essay· Half the class failed to hand in their essay on time.mark an essay British English, grade an essay American English:· I went home knowing that I still had a pile of essays to mark.read an essay· Did you read her essay on ‘The Waste Land’?ADJECTIVES/NOUN + essayan English/history/politics etc essay· He got a good grade for his English essay.a critical essay (=one that judges how good a book, writer etc is)· The anthology 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.essay + NOUNan essay question· We practised essay questions from previous exam papers.an essay title· You will find a list of essay titles on the notice board.an essay topic· Students will be given six essay topics, from which they must choose two.phrasesa collection of essays· She published a collection of essays on philosophy.THESAURUSessay a piece of writing written by a student as part of a course of study: · We had to write an essay about the environment.· Have you handed in your essay yet?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.

essay¹ nounessay² verb

essayes‧say2 /eˈseɪ/ verb [transitive]

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