| 释义 | 
		- n.短文;小品文;尝试;企图
 - v.企图;试图
 - 网络散文;随笔;论文
 
 复数:essays  现在分词:essaying  过去分词:essayed   n. paper,thesis,dissertation,composition,article 1.  | ~ (on sth) (作为课程作业,学生写的)文章,短文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 关于第一次世界大战起因的文章  |  
 2.  | ~ (on sth) (用来刊登的)论说文,小品文a short piece of writing on a particular subject, written in order to be published  |  
 3.  | ~ (in sth) 企图;尝试an attempt to do sth  |  
  | His first essay in politics was a complete disaster. 他初次涉足政坛便碰得头破血流。  |  
 1.  | ~ sth 企图;试图to try to do sth  |  
 n.  | 1. a short analytical, descriptive, or interpretive piece of literary or journalistic prose dealing with a specific topic, especially from a personal and unsystematic viewpoint 2. a short piece of written work set as an assignment for a student 3. an artistic or journalistic work resembling a written essay but in another medium 4. an attempt to accomplish something 5. a test or trial of something 6. a short piece of writing by a student on a particular subject 7. a short piece of writing on a particular subject that is published in a book, magazine, or newspaper 1. a short analytical, descriptive, or interpretive piece of literary or journalistic prose dealing with a specific topic, especially from a personal and unsystematic viewpoint 2. a short piece of written work set as an assignment for a student 3. an artistic or journalistic work resembling a written essay but in another medium 4. an attempt to accomplish something 5. a test or trial of something 6. a short piece of writing by a student on a particular subject 7. a short piece of writing on a particular subject that is published in a book, magazine, or newspaper  |  v.  | 1. to try out or attempt something  |  
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