an essay on the causes of the First World War
关于第一次世界大战起因的文章
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。
to try to do sth
1.(文艺上的)随笔,漫笔;小品文,短论
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
1.试;企图
1.a short piece of writing by a student on a particular subject
2.a short piece of writing on a particular subject that is published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
3.an attempt to do something
1.Such, at least, was the argument advanced by researchers from China's top think tank in an essay published Monday.
这至少是中国顶尖智库研究员在周一发表的一篇文章中提出的观点。
2.Sort of like in high school you were taught to do a compare and contrast essay, right?
有点像在高中，你们学写比较和对比的作文，是吧？
3.After reading the essay for the third time, she decided to call it a day.
她将论文读过第三遍以后，决定暂时停止。
4.The last paragraph needs to be dropped altogether. If the essay has done it's job, recaps like this are obvious and unnecessary.
最后一段也需要删掉。如果这篇文章已经说出作者想要告诉我们的，那么最后一段的重复过于做作和多余。
5.I was not in the mood, but he was so sincere that I did not have the heart to turn him down. Reluctantly, I took a look at the essay.
当时的心情委实不好，但见到他诚恳的样子，实在不忍心拒绝，心想，勉为其难给他看一下吧。
6.Pointing to a word the professor had circled in his essay, he said, "I can't read what you wrote about it in the margin, sir. "
他指着他的文章里教授画了一个圈的单词说，“我看不懂你在这个空白处写的是什么，先生。”
7.This essay mainly provides a method for the modeling system and it has redeeming feature for the model building of every mini system.
本论文主要对系统建模提供了一种方法，其中对于各个小系统的建模都有可取之处。
8.I can get this essay into a list, which just a few concerns me the time and date, but I do not want to, do not want to.
我可以让这篇散文变成一张清单，里面只是一些与我有关的时间日期，但我不想，也不愿。
9.If I cut the front essay, the opposite one is bound to suffer damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text without the subject.
只要你剪下了正面的文章，这背面的文章就要受到损伤，或是只剩下半块，或是缺了文章的题目。
10.and the point of the essay is not the subject, for any subject will suffice, but the charm of personality.
随笔的妙处并不在于题目（任何题目都可涉笔成趣），而在于个性的魅力。