名词短文；小品文；尝试；企图动词企图；试图网络散文；随笔；论文
及物动词
2. She made her first essays at cooking.
她初次尝试做菜。
3. This is a bold essay in the field of electrochemistry.
这是在电化学领域中的一个大胆尝试。
1. 论文：因为在学期里,学生们会被布置写很多报告(report),论文(essay)等等,特别是商科学生,如果没有真正参加过工作,对于人力资源(Human Resources),市场(Marketing)这些课程的论文又怎么能写出自己的真实体验呢?
1. （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.
essay什么意思
e.g. 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。
2. （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.
e.g. ...Thomas Malthus's essay on population.
托马斯·马尔萨斯有关人口的论文
3. 企图;尝试
If you essay something, you try to do it.
essay
e.g. 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。