thesis
Word family adjectivetheticadverbtheticallynounthesis
the·sis /ˈθiːsɪs/ ●○○ AWL noun (plural theses /-siːz/) [countableC] 1 SECa long piece of writing about a particular subject that you do as part of an advanced university degree such as an MA or a PhD 论文,毕业论文,学位论文 Cynthia’s still working on her thesis. 辛西娅还在写论文。
graduate/master’s/doctoral thesis He wrote his doctoral thesis on contemporary French literature. 他写的博士论文是关于法国当代文学的。
2 formalIDEA an idea or opinion about something, that you discuss in a formal way and give examples for 论点 Their main thesis was that the rise in earnings was due to improvements in education. 他们的主要论点是收入增加得益于教育状况的改善。
3 American EnglishAmE in writing, the thesis is the sentence or group of sentences which state what the main idea of an essay is 〔文章的〕主题 a paragraph introducing your thesis statement 介绍文章主题的一个段落
Origin thesis (1300-1400) Latin Greek, “act of laying down”, from tithenai “to put, lay down”