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Definition of thesis in English:

thesis

nounPlural theses ˈθiːsɪsˈθisɪs
  • 1A statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved.

    论题,命题;论点

    his central thesis is that psychological life is not part of the material world

    他的中心论点是精神生活不是物质世界的一部分。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The central thesis boils down to: if humans find it complex, it must be designed by something more intelligent than humans.
    • Although ingeniously and entertainingly argued with a wealth of detail, the thesis is not conclusively proven.
    • My impression of your central thesis is that, contrary to how we may view ourselves as a society, we are in fact a lot more uptight about sex than we'd like to believe.
    • The central thesis was simple: mannerly behaviour is a barometer of civilisation.
    • He seeks to prove no partisan theses; he just wants us to know what happened.
    • But the essential content of his thesis is maintained: socialism has been removed from the historical agenda.
    • You willfully ignore my central thesis: that there has been a change in the motivations underpinning US foreign policy.
    • The method Keegan uses to prove his thesis is also interesting.
    • It is her thesis that theory and practice are linked in classical Chinese medicine by the archive of accumulated medical lore.
    • While it might seem like an eternity for your thesis to be proven, its fruition is often well worth the wait.
    • But the central thesis of the work was that these leaders generally make decisions based on imprecise readings of the past.
    • Instead, his central thesis is that the religious extremism which gives rise to some forms of terrorism is born out of political repression.
    • One of the principal theses of Isaiah Berlin, the English philosopher, was that most of the cardinal values to which human beings aspire clash.
    • This thesis is not yet proved; but its resolution appears feasible in the foreseeable future.
    • Unfortunately, even the core data he uses to prove his thesis explain less than he claims.
    • Nor can I accept the thesis that his long statement was a police concoction.
    • It certainly failed to convince me of its central thesis: that much of modern humour, especially modern American humour, is Jewish in origin.
    • The thesis you put forward equating leftist parties has the same credibility as the joke about Hitler and Stalin.
    • For all the narrative time-shifting and interweaving threads, it is brilliantly readable and its central thesis is compelling.
    • You feel Mamet is proving a thesis about the white American male and his channelling of sexual insecurity into racial hatred.
    • Her thesis is merely that free will and determinism are incompatible.
    • And nothing proves my thesis more than comparing Spielberg's movies to the deluge that comes after him.
    Synonyms
    theory, contention, argument, line of argument, proposal, proposition, premise, assumption, presumption, hypothesis, postulation, surmise, supposition
    belief, idea, notion, opinion, view
    theme, subject, topic, text, matter
    theorem
    1. 1.1 (in Hegelian philosophy) a proposition forming the first stage in the process of dialectical reasoning.
      (黑格尔哲学用语)正题(辩证法三段式中的第一阶段)。比较ANTITHESIS,SYNTHESIS
      Compare with antithesis, synthesis
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The synthesis is a previously unrecognized direction that contains elements of both the thesis and antithesis.
      • Hegel never used the words 'thesis, antithesis, synthesis', as we all know.
  • 2A long essay or dissertation involving personal research, written by a candidate for a university degree.

    论文;毕业(或学位)论文

    a doctoral thesis

    博士论文。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This work was based on his doctoral thesis and is written in the form of a discussion between a teacher and a group of students.
    • Many scientists, including people writing doctoral theses, had access to the bones, and they were laboriously studied.
    • They can continue classes or use the research as their master's theses and doctoral dissertations.
    • This synthesis is based on public domain data, including published papers, theses and dissertations.
    • If you are a graduate student, you may be moving toward completing your master's thesis or doctoral dissertation.
    • Today, most universities require their students to submit electronic theses and dissertations for their graduation.
    • Unpublished manuscripts, theses, and dissertations were also excluded.
    • The thesis was on the theory of probability, and in it he developed the main results of the theory in a rigorous but elementary way.
    • Kloosterman presented his doctoral thesis to the University of Leiden in 1924.
    • He has recently completed a doctoral thesis at the University of Exeter.
    • The book is a compilation of doctoral candidates' dissertations and theses.
    • It is taught in American literature courses and has been incorporated into master's theses and doctoral dissertations.
    • The significance of this finding is that each and every one of these websites are of the type declared to be illegal by the government for they sell completed theses, dissertations and term papers to students.
    • The compiler also welcomes information about relevant publications that the staff may have missed, including books, theses, and dissertations.
    • Another chapter is devoted entirely to writing a doctoral thesis.
    • These essays grew out of my Columbia University master's thesis on Hopkins, written in 1942.
    • The writer is an environmental lawyer from Sydney who is currently based in Jakarta writing a doctoral thesis on environmental law in Indonesia.
    • Perhaps when I get around to writing my doctoral thesis it will be on The Humour of Tolstoy and Pratchett: A Comparative Study.
    • The thesis or dissertation is your original research written with the guidance of a group of faculty known as your committee.
    • Then, under the supervision of theological scholar Paul Tillich from Harvard University, she wrote a doctoral thesis.
    • In traditional paper-based university libraries, higher degree theses and research articles are viewed and treated very differently.
    Synonyms
    dissertation, essay, paper, treatise, disquisition, composition, monograph, study, piece of writing
    North American theme
  • 3Prosody
    An unstressed syllable or part of a metrical foot in Greek or Latin verse.

    〔诗韵〕扬音节。常与ARSIS 相对

    Often contrasted with arsis
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Such verses often have a pause after the thesis of the second foot also.
    • A foot consists of arsis (one long syllable, usually) followed by thesis (another long syllable, or possibly two short ones making up the same amount of time).

Origin

Late Middle English (in sense 3): via late Latin from Greek, literally 'placing, a proposition', from the root of tithenai 'to place'.

Definition of thesis in US English:

thesis

nounˈTHēsisˈθisɪs
  • 1A statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved.

    论题,命题;论点

    his central thesis is that psychological life is not part of the material world

    他的中心论点是精神生活不是物质世界的一部分。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Although ingeniously and entertainingly argued with a wealth of detail, the thesis is not conclusively proven.
    • But the central thesis of the work was that these leaders generally make decisions based on imprecise readings of the past.
    • Nor can I accept the thesis that his long statement was a police concoction.
    • For all the narrative time-shifting and interweaving threads, it is brilliantly readable and its central thesis is compelling.
    • The central thesis was simple: mannerly behaviour is a barometer of civilisation.
    • Instead, his central thesis is that the religious extremism which gives rise to some forms of terrorism is born out of political repression.
    • He seeks to prove no partisan theses; he just wants us to know what happened.
    • The thesis you put forward equating leftist parties has the same credibility as the joke about Hitler and Stalin.
    • The central thesis boils down to: if humans find it complex, it must be designed by something more intelligent than humans.
    • One of the principal theses of Isaiah Berlin, the English philosopher, was that most of the cardinal values to which human beings aspire clash.
    • My impression of your central thesis is that, contrary to how we may view ourselves as a society, we are in fact a lot more uptight about sex than we'd like to believe.
    • Unfortunately, even the core data he uses to prove his thesis explain less than he claims.
    • It is her thesis that theory and practice are linked in classical Chinese medicine by the archive of accumulated medical lore.
    • While it might seem like an eternity for your thesis to be proven, its fruition is often well worth the wait.
    • It certainly failed to convince me of its central thesis: that much of modern humour, especially modern American humour, is Jewish in origin.
    • But the essential content of his thesis is maintained: socialism has been removed from the historical agenda.
    • And nothing proves my thesis more than comparing Spielberg's movies to the deluge that comes after him.
    • You willfully ignore my central thesis: that there has been a change in the motivations underpinning US foreign policy.
    • Her thesis is merely that free will and determinism are incompatible.
    • This thesis is not yet proved; but its resolution appears feasible in the foreseeable future.
    • You feel Mamet is proving a thesis about the white American male and his channelling of sexual insecurity into racial hatred.
    • The method Keegan uses to prove his thesis is also interesting.
    Synonyms
    theory, contention, argument, line of argument, proposal, proposition, premise, assumption, presumption, hypothesis, postulation, surmise, supposition
    1. 1.1 (in Hegelian philosophy) a proposition forming the first stage in the process of dialectical reasoning.
      (黑格尔哲学用语)正题(辩证法三段式中的第一阶段)。比较ANTITHESIS,SYNTHESIS
      Compare with antithesis, synthesis
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Hegel never used the words 'thesis, antithesis, synthesis', as we all know.
      • The synthesis is a previously unrecognized direction that contains elements of both the thesis and antithesis.
  • 2A long essay or dissertation involving personal research, written by a candidate for a college degree.

    论文;毕业(或学位)论文

    a doctoral thesis

    博士论文。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The compiler also welcomes information about relevant publications that the staff may have missed, including books, theses, and dissertations.
    • Another chapter is devoted entirely to writing a doctoral thesis.
    • Unpublished manuscripts, theses, and dissertations were also excluded.
    • Kloosterman presented his doctoral thesis to the University of Leiden in 1924.
    • They can continue classes or use the research as their master's theses and doctoral dissertations.
    • The thesis was on the theory of probability, and in it he developed the main results of the theory in a rigorous but elementary way.
    • Then, under the supervision of theological scholar Paul Tillich from Harvard University, she wrote a doctoral thesis.
    • Today, most universities require their students to submit electronic theses and dissertations for their graduation.
    • If you are a graduate student, you may be moving toward completing your master's thesis or doctoral dissertation.
    • The significance of this finding is that each and every one of these websites are of the type declared to be illegal by the government for they sell completed theses, dissertations and term papers to students.
    • The thesis or dissertation is your original research written with the guidance of a group of faculty known as your committee.
    • The writer is an environmental lawyer from Sydney who is currently based in Jakarta writing a doctoral thesis on environmental law in Indonesia.
    • He has recently completed a doctoral thesis at the University of Exeter.
    • These essays grew out of my Columbia University master's thesis on Hopkins, written in 1942.
    • This work was based on his doctoral thesis and is written in the form of a discussion between a teacher and a group of students.
    • Many scientists, including people writing doctoral theses, had access to the bones, and they were laboriously studied.
    • This synthesis is based on public domain data, including published papers, theses and dissertations.
    • It is taught in American literature courses and has been incorporated into master's theses and doctoral dissertations.
    • Perhaps when I get around to writing my doctoral thesis it will be on The Humour of Tolstoy and Pratchett: A Comparative Study.
    • The book is a compilation of doctoral candidates' dissertations and theses.
    • In traditional paper-based university libraries, higher degree theses and research articles are viewed and treated very differently.
    Synonyms
    dissertation, essay, paper, treatise, disquisition, composition, monograph, study, piece of writing
  • 3Prosody
    An unstressed syllable or part of a metrical foot in Greek or Latin verse.

    〔诗韵〕扬音节。常与ARSIS 相对

    Often contrasted with arsis
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A foot consists of arsis (one long syllable, usually) followed by thesis (another long syllable, or possibly two short ones making up the same amount of time).
    • Such verses often have a pause after the thesis of the second foot also.

Origin

Late Middle English (in thesis (sense 3)): via late Latin from Greek, literally ‘placing, a proposition’, from the root of tithenai ‘to place’.

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