柯林斯詞典essay /??se?/ (essays) 1. N-COUNT An essay is a short piece of writing on a particular subject written by a student. (學生寫的) 短文 We asked Jason to write an essay about his hometown. 我們讓杰森寫一篇關(guān)于他家鄉(xiāng)的短文。2. N-COUNT An essay is a short piece of writing on a particular subject that is written by a writer for publication. (作家寫的) 文章 ...Thomas Malthus's essay on population. …托馬斯·馬爾薩斯關(guān)于人口的文章。 返回 essay劍橋詞典a short piece of writing on a particular subject , especially one done by students as part of the work for a course （尤指學生寫的作為課程作業(yè)的）短文；論說文；小品文，散文 For homework I want you to write an essay on endangered species . 我想讓你們寫一篇關(guān)于瀕危物種的文章作為作業(yè)。 Mr Jones thought my history essay was terrific . 瓊斯先生認為我的歷史作業(yè)論文寫得好極了。 例句 I want to finish off this essay before I go to bed .His essay was full of spelling errors .Have you given that essay in yet ?Have you handed in your history essay yet ?I'd like to discuss the first point in your essay. 返回 essay