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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. 这个周末我必须写一篇论文。 - 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. 他在文章里提出了一些很好的论点。
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationa2Essays 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of essays- anthology
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a short piece of writing on a particular subject, written in order to be published （用来刊登的）论说文，小品文 - essay (by somebody)
a collection of essays by prominent African American writers 杰出的非裔美国作家的散文集 - essay on somebody/something
The book contains a number of interesting essays on women in society. 本书有多篇关于社会女性的有趣文章。 - essay about somebody/something
Pierce contributes a long essay about John F. Kennedy. 皮尔斯贡献了一篇关于约翰·f。肯尼迪。 - in an essay
I discuss this in a forthcoming essay. 我将在一篇即将发表的文章中讨论这个问题。
Extra ExamplesA 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 这一卷中收集的十五篇文章 ‘An Essay on the Principle of Population’ by Thomas Malthus 托马斯·马尔萨斯的《论人口原理》 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
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- write
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- be entitled something
- be titled something
- address something
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- question
- title
- topic
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- in an/the essay
- essay about
- essay on
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- essay (by somebody)
- essay (in something) (formal)
an attempt to do something 企图；尝试
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’.