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treatise

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++trea·tise /ˈtriːtɪs, -tɪz/ noun [countable]  TCNa serious book or article about a particular subject 专著,专题论文treatise on a treatise on medical ethics 一部医学伦理专著
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treatiseMost of the critical treatises in the classical tradition are trite and commonplace.The watchmaker of my title is borrowed from a famous treatise by the eighteenth-century theologian William Paley.Those who lament that Berlin never wrote a great treatise miss the point.There he wrote philosophical treatises for which scholars remember him.treatise ona treatise on drugs and youth
Origin treatise (1300-1400) Anglo-French tretiz, from Old French traitier; → TREAT1
trea·tise nounChineseSyllable
serious book about Corpus article a or a


treatise
treatise /ˈtriːtəs, ˈtriːtɪs, -təz/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Anglo-French
 Origin: tretiz, from Old French traitier; treat1
a serious book or article about a particular subject
    treatise on
    a treatise on medical ethics


trea·tiseBrE /ˈtriːtɪs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtriːtɪs/ 🔊BrE /ˈtriːtɪz/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtriːtɪz/ 🔊 noun~ (on sth) (formal) a long and serious piece of writing on a particular subject (专题)论文