Thesis
['θiːsɪs] or ['θisɪs]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A position or proposition which a person advances and offers to maintain, or which is actually maintained by argument.
(n.) Hence, an essay or dissertation written upon specific or definite theme; especially, an essay presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree.
(n.) An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.
(n.) The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; -- the opposite of arsis.
(n.) The depression of the voice in pronouncing the syllables of a word.
(n.) The part of the foot upon which such a depression falls.
整理:萨莎
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Proposition, position, dictum, doctrine.[2]. Theme, subject, topic, text.[3]. Essay, dissertation, composition.
德威特編輯
解釋/意思:
n. a position or that which is set down or advanced for argument: a subject for a scholastic exercise: an essay on a theme:—pl. Theses (thē′sēz).—adj. Thet′ic.—adv. Thet′ically.
手打:尼尔
例句/造句/用法:
- I am not at all displeased that the thesis and dedication with which we were threatened are blown over, for I dislike much all sorts of mummery. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- We may observe how nearly Plato approaches Aristotle's famous thesis, that 'good actions produce good habits. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Some details are needed to make them sound less like a thesis and more like a practical programme. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The fact that assumption plays a large part in our mental attitude toward practical affairs should make us wary of contesting the legitimacy of scientific hypo theses. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
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