| 单词 | dissertation |
| 释义 | dissertation (once / 2476 pages) n A dissertation is a long piece of writing that uses research to bring to light an original idea. Don't go to grad school unless you're prepared to write, say, a 300-page dissertation on some topic. In everyday speech, we sometimes accuse people of delivering dissertations when they overload us with dull information. If you're annoyed with a long memo from your office manager about keeping the kitchen clean, you could mutter to a coworker, “How’d you like that dissertation Felix posted about rinsing out our mugs?” WORD FAMILYdissertation: dissertations+/dissertate: dissertated, dissertates, dissertating, dissertation USAGE EXAMPLES“One of them just finished her dissertation on women rescuers and perpetrators in Rwanda. She wrote to me and said, ‘This is all about Marion.’ New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) His doctoral dissertation in 1998 on oil transport networks drips with contempt for market forces. Economist(Dec 15, 2016) A doctoral dissertation at the University of California at Santa Barbara uses “feminist methodologies” to understand how Girl Scout cookie sales “reproduce hegemonic gender roles.” Washington Post(Nov 18, 2016) n a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree Syn|Hyper thesis treatise a formal exposition |
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