中文翻译与英英解释

n.
1. (文艺上的)随笔，漫笔；小品文，短论〔理论性强的学术论文叫 treatise, dissertation〕。
2.尝试，企图 (at); 试验。
3.(未被接受的)邮票[纸币]的图案印刷样张。
vt.
试；企图。
n.
-ist
随笔[小品文等]作者。

a tentative attempt

an analytic or interpretive literary composition

make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world"
同义词：try, seek, attempt, assay,

put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"
同义词：test, prove, try, try out, examine,

例句与用法

This essay is grammatically smooth and readable .
这篇作文写得还顺。

We carry this essay with his permission .
我们发表此文得到他的同意。

The essay is most penetrating and powerful .
这篇杂文极为深刻有力。

His essay is a valentine to london .
他那篇散文是为怀念伦敦而写的。

I have twenty essays to mark tonight .
今晚我有二十篇文章要评分数。

As criticism, this essay misfires .
这篇文章作为批评来讲没有打中要害。

I really sweated over my last essay .
我写上一篇文章可费了劲了。

The essay is ungrammatical and incoherent .
文章写得文理不通。

Cut out the paragraph unnecessary for the essay ..
删掉论文中不必要的段落。

The essay seems to start unsatisfactorily .
文章开头有点秃。