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thesis

/thee-sis/US // ˈθi sɪs //UK // (ˈθiːsɪs) //

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural the·ses [thee-seez]. /ˈθi siz/.

    • : a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections: He vigorously defended his thesis on the causes of war.
    • : a subject for a composition or essay.
    • : a dissertation on a particular subject in which one has done original research, as one presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree.
    • : Music. the downward stroke in conducting; downbeat.Compare arsis.
    • : Prosody. a part of a metrical foot that does not bear the ictus or stress. the part of a metrical foot that bears the ictus.Compare arsis.
    • : Philosophy. See under Hegelian dialectic.

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Examples

  • “The Saudis have been proving the thesis of the film — they do in fact have an army,” said Thor Halvorssen, founder and chief executive of the nonprofit Human Rights Foundation, which funded the movie.

  • It’s a hypothesis that Bush pursued in her master’s thesis, and last year she began attending virtual Goth parties in a final round of field work before defending her doctoral thesis later this year.

  • While this partnership was planned prior to the coronavirus outbreak, co-founder Jordana Kier said the pandemic instantly proved out the expansion thesis.

  • They’ve had to defend that thesis for a very, very long time in front of a variety of different customers and different people.

  • Over the past decade, In-Q-Tel has been one of the most active investors in the commercial space sector, with a broad investment thesis that touches many aspects of the sector.

  • In “Back Home,” Gil also revisits the nostalgia for the South explored in his Johns Hopkins thesis, “Circle of Stone.”

  • At least father and son were in alignment on this central thesis: acting “gay”—bad; being thought of as gay—bad.

  • Her doctoral thesis, says Ramin Takloo at the University of Illinois, was simply outstanding.

  • Marshall McLuhan long ago argued the now accepted thesis that different mediums have different influences on thinking.

  • He wrote his Master's thesis on the underrepresentation of young people in Congress.

  • And indeed for most young men a college thesis is but an exercise for sharpening the wits, rarely dangerous in its later effects.

  • It will be for the reader to determine whether the main thesis of the book has gained or lost by the new evidence.

  • But the word thesis, when applied to Systems, does not mean the 'position' of single notes, but of groups of notes.

  • This conclusion, it need hardly be said, is in entire agreement with the main thesis of the preceding pages.

  • Sundry outlying Indians, with ammunition to waste, took belly and knee rests and strengthened the thesis to the contrary.