essay

【发音】

美 /'ɛse/ 英 /'eseɪ/

【翻译】

1. n. 短文， 散文， 小品文

   英释:a short piece of writing about a particular subject by a student as part of a course of study

【记忆】

ess(存在) ＋ (s)ay(说) → 把想说的话用写的形式保存下来 → 散文

【短语】

1. essay test : n. 申论方式测验

【例句】

1. We asked Jason to write an essay about his hometown.

   我们让杰森写一篇关于他家乡的短文。

【真题例句】

1. (2015.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...The author was not much surprised when his school teacher marked his essay as "flawless"...

2. (2015.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...my mother and her red pen showed me how deeply flawed a flawless essay could be...

3. (2015.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Perhaps the point of writing the flawless essay was not to give up...

4. (2015.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...I was to write the best essay I could...

5. (2015.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Once the essay was flawless...

【同、近义词】

1. n.散文；试图；随笔

   attempt/prose/

2. vt.尝试；对…做试验

   sample/have a try/

【同根词】

1. n

   essayist : 随笔作家，散文家；评论家