n.(名词)

1. 小品文，随笔，漫笔，散文，杂文；短论，评论，论说文；文章
2. 试验
3. 尝试，尝试的结果
4. 邮票的图案印刷样张
5. 标记
6. 试图，企图

v.(动词)

1. 试图，企图，尝试，作…尝试
2. 试验…的性质，试做，进行…分析

n.(名词)

1. [C]散文,随笔 a short piece of writing on a particular subject

Noun:

1. an analytic or interpretive literary composition

2. a tentative attempt

Verb:

1. make an effort or attempt;

   "He tried to shake off his fears"
   "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"
   "The police attempted to stop the thief"
   "He sought to improve himself"
   "She always seeks to do good in the world"
   

2. put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to;

   "This approach has been tried with good results"
   "Test this recipe"
   

The noun is pronounced /'eseɪ/. The verb is pronounced /e'seɪ/. 名词读作 /'eseɪ/。动词读作 /e'seɪ/。

1.（学生就某门课程所写的）论说文，短文
Anessay is a short piece of writing on one particular subject written by a student.

essay

e.g. We asked Jason to write anessay about his hometown and about his place in it.
我们让贾森写一篇有关他的家乡和他自己的家的短文。

2.（关于某一方面的）论文，杂文，散文
Anessay is a short piece of writing on one particular subject that is written by a writer for publication.

e.g. ...Thomas Malthus'sessay on population.
托马斯·马尔萨斯有关人口的论文

3.企图;尝试
If youessay something, you try to do it.

essay是什么意思

e.g. Sinclair essayed a smile but it could hardly have been rated as a success.
辛克莱想试着微笑一下，但根本没有笑出来。

1. 论文：因为在学期里,学生们会被布置写很多报告(report),论文(essay)等等,特别是商科学生,如果没有真正参加过工作,对于人力资源(Human Resources),市场(Marketing)这些课程的论文又怎么能写出自己的真实体验呢?

His first essay in politics was a complete disaster.

他初次涉足政坛便碰得头破血流。

an essay on the causes of the First World War

关于第一次世界大战起因的文章

We asked Jason to write an essay about his hometown and about his place in it.

我们让贾森写一篇有关他的家乡和他自己的家的短文。

...Thomas Malthus's essay on population.

托马斯·马尔萨斯有关人口的论文

Sinclair essayed a smile but it could hardly have been rated as a success.

辛克莱想试着微笑一下，但根本没有笑出来。

I can decide nothing until I have consulted my wife.

我没有跟太太商量过,什么都不能决定.

Here's the essay for you to look over.

这篇文章请你过目[过一下目].

The matter in your essay is excellent but the style is deplorable.

你的文章内容不错,但是文体很糟.

There is a large crop of mistakes in your essay.

你的文章中错误百出.

He was writing his essay when, all of a sudden, he was seized with giddiness.

他正在写论文, 突然一阵头晕.

After being touched up, the essay reads more smoothly.

稿子经过这样一改,念起来就顺口多了.

He's now revising the first draft of his essay.

他目前正修改他的文章初稿.

The essay is most penetrating and powerful.

这篇杂文极为深刻有力.

There is much food for thought in this essay.

这篇杂文中有不少发人深思的东西.

I inadvertently passed this essay by.

我漫不经心地把这篇散文忽略过去了.

This is a thoughtful essay.

这是一篇具有思想性的随笔.

She needs the discipline of having to write an essay every week.

她需要进行每周写一篇文章的训练.

Cut out the paragraph unnecessary for the essay.

删掉论文中不必要的段落.

The essay treats of the progress in cancer research.

这篇文章讲述了癌症研究的进展情况.

He threaded several causal ideas into a charming essay.

他把几段有关因果的概念穿插在一篇引人入胜的文章中.

I wrote tortuous essay for obscure journals.

我给一些无名杂志写一些拐弯抹角的文章.

Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.

由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分.

This essay needs polishing.

这篇文章还得顺一顺.

The essay was pithily written.

文章写得很简洁.

It's an essay heavy with surplus phrasing.

这是篇废话连篇的散文.

In writing an essay one must do a lot of pruning.

写文章要下一番剪裁的工夫.

This essay is so short that it can only scratch the surface of the topic.

这篇文章很短,只能对这一问题作肤浅的探讨.

The matter in your essay is good but the style is deplorable.

你文章的内容很好,但是体裁太糟糕了.

The points you make are fine, but the whole essay lacks coherence.

你提出的论点很好，但整篇文章缺乏呼应连贯。

Reading this essay was an elevating experience.

阅读这篇短文很有启发。

1. It's an essay heavy with surplus phrasing.
   这是篇废话连篇的散文。
2. This is a thoughtful essay.
   这是一篇具有思想性的随笔。

动词+～

• essay">understand the essay理解那篇散文
• essay">write an essay写一篇文章

形容词+～

• essay">literary essay散文
• essay">editorial essay社论

介词+～

• essay">reject from the essay从这篇散文中剔除
• essay">the title of the essay随笔的标题

• At this point an essay in collective action was tried.

  出自：A. Bevan

• She..No arts essay'd, but not to be admir'd.

  出自：Pope

composition，article，essay，paper，prose，thesis，theme，dissertation

这些名词均含“文章”或“论文”之意。

composition多指学校里老师给学生的作文练习。

article多指在报刊、杂志上发表的非文艺性的文章，包括新闻报导、学术论文等。

essay指任何一种非小说性的，篇幅不长、结构简练的文章，如论说文、报道、评论、讽刺性杂文等。

paper正式用词，多指在学术刊物上发表或在学术会议上宣读的专题论文，也指高等学校的学期论文，或学校里的作文练习。

prose专指散文。

thesis既可指毕业论文、学位论文，又可指一般的为阐述学术观点而写的论文。

theme一般指大学或高中生作为作业所写的篇幅有限、较完整论述某个观点的文章。也可指作品或谈话的主要论题。

dissertation书面语用词，指独立研究后所写的较为详细的专题文章；也可指学位论文。

• ☆ 16世纪90年代进入英语，直接源自中古法语的essai，意为尝试，企图；最初源自古典拉丁语的exigere：ex (出） + agere (称量），意为权衡，称重。