1·This essay is just not good enough.
这篇散文实在是不够好。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Not enough thought has gone into this essay.
这篇文章很肤浅。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·This essay will have to be completely rewritten.
这篇文章得全部重写。
—— 《牛津词典》
4·I must finish this essay today. I'm going out tomorrow.
我今天一定要完成这篇论文，因为我明天要出去。
—— 《牛津词典》
5·I have to finish this essay today. We have to hand them in tomorrow.
我今天得完成这篇论文，因为我们明天必须交。
—— 《牛津词典》
6·You're going to have to do a lot more work on this essay before it's presentable.
你的这篇文章还得多加润饰才能交得出手。
—— 《牛津词典》
7·This essay discusses some of these techniques.
这篇文章讨论了这些技巧。
8·This essay will present the following problems and state my opinions on how to address them.
本文将提出以下问题，我会就如何解决这些问题提出自己的看法。
9·This essay conveys the idea that as important as teaching knowledge is, it is as important if not more important for teachers to possess other qualities.
这篇文章表达的观点是，教师具备的其他素质的重要性不亚于教学知识。
10·I'm afraid this essay is a poor effort.
很抱歉，这篇文章写得不好。
—— 《牛津词典》