essay
US: /ˈɛˌseɪ/, /ɛˈseɪ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
essay /'esei/
- danh từ
- sự làm thử; sự làm cố gắng
- bài tiểu luận
- ngoại động từ
- thử làm; cố làm (gì...)
- thử, thử thách
- nội động từ
- cố gắng
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 ~ (on sth) a short piece of writing by a student as part of a course of study: an essay on the causes of the First World War
2 ~ (on sth) a short piece of writing on a particular subject, written in order to be published: The book contains a number of interesting essays on women in society.
3 ~ (in sth) (formal) an attempt to do sth: His first essay in politics was a complete disaster.
+ verb [VN] (literary) to try to do sth
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 article, composition, paper, theme, piece; thesis, dissertation, disquisition, tract:
Her essay is on the life cycle of the flea.
2 attempt, effort, try, endeavour, venture; Colloq shot, go:
This is his first essay into the financial world.
v.
3 try, attempt, endeavour, strive, make an effort, undertake, venture, tackle, test, go about, Colloq take a crack or whack or stab at, Slang have a go at, give (it or something) a shot, have a go or bash (at):
Let him essay to do better.
Collocation dictionary
QUANT.
collection
In 2001 she published a collection of essays.
VERB + ESSAY
do, write
Have you done your essay yet?
| give in, hand in
Essays handed in late will not be accepted.
ESSAY + NOUN
question, title, topic
You have to answer 3 out of 8 essay questions in the exam.
PREP.
in an/the ~
He made some very good points in his essay.
| ~ about/on
We've got to write an essay on the environment.
| ~ by
an essay by Montaigne
Concise English dictionary
essays|essayed|essaying'eseɪ
noun
+an analytic or interpretive literary composition
+a tentative attempt
verb
+make an effort or attempt
+put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
