The noun is pronounced /'eseɪ/. The verb is pronounced /e'seɪ/. 名词读作 /'eseɪ/。动词读作 /e'seɪ/。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](学生就某门课程所写的)论说文,短文 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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](关于某一方面的)论文,杂文,散文 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
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[VERB 动词]企图;尝试 If you
essay something, you try to do it.
[V n]
[usu N in n]
[FORMAL 正式]
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。
Essay is also a noun.