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单词 dissertation
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Definition of dissertation in English:

dissertation

noun ˌdɪsəˈteɪʃ(ə)nˌdɪsərˈteɪʃ(ə)n
  • A long essay on a particular subject, especially one written for a university degree or diploma.

    a dissertation on the novels of the Brontë sisters
    he had considered writing his doctoral dissertation on Kant
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His university dissertation was on the role of Jews in the black civil rights movements in the US.
    • At the end there are 11 items for discussion, much as one finds in university dissertations.
    • However, when it was time for him to write his dissertation, he could not go far from his own culture.
    • It may be that you have to write a dissertation of around 10,000 to 15,000 words for your degree.
    • I did most of my dissertation away from the university, for which I am grateful.
    • She continues to teach at the site and is considering writing her dissertation on this topic.
    • Then she went to Harvard because it would allow her to write her dissertation as a black lesbian.
    • Not only had she lured him into writing her dissertation, now she was punishing him for doing it.
    • It is taught in American literature courses and has been incorporated into master's theses and doctoral dissertations.
    • It would also be helpful for doctoral and master's degree candidates who want to study how other successful dissertations and theses have been presented.
    • By the early 1980s, open classrooms had already become a footnote in doctoral dissertations.
    • I don't have all the answers, but these are questions I ask every day as I write my dissertation.
    • Why not study the literature on terrorism and write a dissertation on its implications for organizations?
    • In the first chapter, Hadley introduces the topic and provides a masterly and useful survey of books and doctoral dissertations on the subject over the last fifty years.
    • In many ways Nash was simply doing, admittedly at a very high level, what we were supposed to be doing when we wrote our dissertations.
    • As the time to write a dissertation approached, Fisher had still not chosen his life work.
    • He makes his living writing term papers and dissertations before he gets recruited by a spy agency and sent all over the world by them.
    • She has to write a dissertation on patients' rights for her course in medical law and ethics, at King's College London.
    • She is prolific, with dozens of titles to her credit and several doctoral dissertations and academic titles written on her work.
    • I am writing about how World War Two affected the lives of women in Britain for my university dissertation.
    Synonyms
    essay, thesis, treatise, paper, study, composition, discourse, disquisition, tract, monograph
    critique, exposition, criticism, appraisal, assessment, discussion

Derivatives

  • dissertational

  • adjective
    • Novelty of a dissertational work and its theme should be closely connected.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Under the existing law the dissertational councils can be created only in the institutions, which provide postgraduate study in different fields.

Origin

Early 17th century (in the sense 'discussion, debate'): from Latin dissertatio(n-), from dissertare 'continue to discuss', from disserere 'examine, discuss'.

 
 

Definition of dissertation in US English:

dissertation

nounˌdɪsərˈteɪʃ(ə)nˌdisərˈtāSH(ə)n
  • A long essay on a particular subject, especially one written as a requirement for the Doctor of Philosophy degree.

    Joe wrote his doctoral dissertation on Thucydides
    figurative she went on then into a dissertation on her family's love of Ireland
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I am writing about how World War Two affected the lives of women in Britain for my university dissertation.
    • I did most of my dissertation away from the university, for which I am grateful.
    • She continues to teach at the site and is considering writing her dissertation on this topic.
    • By the early 1980s, open classrooms had already become a footnote in doctoral dissertations.
    • Then she went to Harvard because it would allow her to write her dissertation as a black lesbian.
    • She has to write a dissertation on patients' rights for her course in medical law and ethics, at King's College London.
    • I don't have all the answers, but these are questions I ask every day as I write my dissertation.
    • It is taught in American literature courses and has been incorporated into master's theses and doctoral dissertations.
    • He makes his living writing term papers and dissertations before he gets recruited by a spy agency and sent all over the world by them.
    • In many ways Nash was simply doing, admittedly at a very high level, what we were supposed to be doing when we wrote our dissertations.
    • In the first chapter, Hadley introduces the topic and provides a masterly and useful survey of books and doctoral dissertations on the subject over the last fifty years.
    • As the time to write a dissertation approached, Fisher had still not chosen his life work.
    • She is prolific, with dozens of titles to her credit and several doctoral dissertations and academic titles written on her work.
    • It would also be helpful for doctoral and master's degree candidates who want to study how other successful dissertations and theses have been presented.
    • Why not study the literature on terrorism and write a dissertation on its implications for organizations?
    • However, when it was time for him to write his dissertation, he could not go far from his own culture.
    • His university dissertation was on the role of Jews in the black civil rights movements in the US.
    • Not only had she lured him into writing her dissertation, now she was punishing him for doing it.
    • At the end there are 11 items for discussion, much as one finds in university dissertations.
    • It may be that you have to write a dissertation of around 10,000 to 15,000 words for your degree.
    Synonyms
    essay, thesis, treatise, paper, study, composition, discourse, disquisition, tract, monograph

Origin

Early 17th century (in the sense ‘discussion, debate’): from Latin dissertatio(n-), from dissertare ‘continue to discuss’, from disserere ‘examine, discuss’.

 
 
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