essays
n. 散文( essay的名词复数 ); (作为课程作业,学生写的)文章; 企图; (用来刊登的)论说文
An essay is a short piece of writing on one particular subject written by a student.
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。
An essay is a short piece of writing on one particular subject that is written by a writer for publication.
...Thomas Malthus's essay on population.
托马斯·马尔萨斯有关人口的论文
If you essay something, you try to do it.
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。
This volume of essays was designed to accompany an exhibition in Cologne.
这本文集是为配合在科隆举办的一场展览而出的。
Long essays, nay, whole books have been written on this.
许多长篇大论的文章,不,应该说是整部整部的书都是关于这件事的。
The essays could do with a flash of wit or humor.
这些散文需要一些出其不意的风趣或幽默。
These cavils aside, most of the essays are very good indeed.
这些吹毛求疵的批评暂且不论,多数论文的确是很不错的。
Time has winnowed out certain of the essays as superior.
历经岁月淘洗,某些文章终成经典。