a short piece of writing on a particular subject
论说文;散文,随笔,小品文。
〈正式〉 企图;尝试
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a misjudged essay in job preservation .被人误判的保留工作的尝试。
a trial design of a postage stamp yet to be accepted
尚未采用的邮票设计图案。
[with obj.]
〈正式〉 试图;作…尝试
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Donald essayed a smile .唐纳德试着笑了一下。
"late 15th cent. (as a verb in the sense ‘test the quality of’): alteration of