In the 1930s,when only one in 10 Americans had a degree from a four-year college, an admissions committee was content to ask for a sample of applicants'chool papers to assess their writing ability
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
In the old days, applicants only had to submit a sample of their school papers to show their writing ability
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
But many papers lack interest in reporting something positive like peace, love and generosity.
出自-2012年6月聽力原文
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紙
Paper is a material that you write on or wrap things with. The pages of this book are made of paper.
例句
He wrote his name down on a piece of paper for me...
他把他的名字寫在一張紙上交給我。
She sat at the table with pen and paper.
她拿著紙筆坐在桌旁。
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（一份）報紙
A paper is a newspaper.
例句
I might get a paper in the village...
我或許能在村子里找到一份報紙。
I'll cook and you read the paper.
我做飯，你看報紙。
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（總稱）報紙
You can refer to newspapers in general as the paper or the papers .
例句
You can't believe everything you read in the paper...
報紙上看到的東西不能全信。
There's been a lot in the papers about the problems facing stepchildren.
報紙上有很多關于繼子女所面臨的問題的報道。
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N-PLURAL
材料；資料；文件
Your papers are sheets of paper with writing or information on them, which you might keep in a safe place at home.
例句
Her papers included unpublished articles and correspondence.
她的資料包括未發表的文章和信件。
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N-PLURAL
（證明身份的）證件
Your papers are official documents, for example your passport or identity card, which prove who you are or which give you official permission to do something.
例句
A young Moroccan stopped by police refused to show his papers...
一位被警察攔下的摩洛哥青年拒絕出示他的證件。
They have arrested four people who were trying to leave the country with forged papers.
他們已經逮捕了4名企圖利用偽造證件離境的人。
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論文
A paper is a long, formal piece of writing about an academic subject.
例句
He just published a paper in the journal Nature analyzing the fires.
他剛剛在《自然》雜志上發表了一篇分析火災的論文。
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學生論文
A paper is an essay written by a student.
例句
...the ten common errors that appear most frequently in student papers.
學生論文中最常見的10個錯誤
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試卷；考卷
A paper is a part of a written examination in which you answer a number of questions in a particular period of time.
例句
We sat each paper in the Hall...
我們每一場考試都是在大廳里考的。
She finished the exam paper.
她答完了考卷。
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（政府或委員會發表的關于重大問題的）文件，報告
A paper prepared by a government or a committee is a report on a question they have been considering or a set of proposals for changes in the law.
例句
...a new government paper on European policy.
有關歐洲政策的新政府文件
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ADJ
書面的；賬面的
Paper agreements, qualifications, or profits are ones that are stated by official documents to exist, although they may not really be effective or useful.
例句
They expressed deep mistrust of the paper promises...
他們對書面承諾表現出極度的不信任。
We're looking for people who have experience rather than paper qualifications.
我們要找有經驗的人，而不是有文憑的人。
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VERB
給…貼墻紙
If you paper a wall, you put wallpaper on it.
例句
We papered all four bedrooms...
我們把4個臥室都貼了墻紙。
We have papered this bedroom in softest grey...
我們給這個臥室貼上了極柔和的灰色壁紙。
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PHRASE
以書面形式；在紙上
If you put your thoughts down on paper, you write them down.
例句
It is important to get something down on paper...
把一些東西寫在紙上很重要。
It was the first time I had put it all down on paper. I found it helped.
這是我第一次把所有的東西都寫在紙上，我覺得這有幫助。
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PHRASE
在字面上；理論上
If something seems to be the case on paper, it seems to be the case from what you read or hear about it, but it may not really be the case.
例句
On paper, I am the healthiest man alive, yet I feel permanently unwell.
理論上，我是活著的最健康的人，但是我總感覺不舒服。
The family is estimated to have been worth, on paper at least, more than ￡1.1billion.
據估計，這個家族理論上至少擁有11億英鎊以上的財富。
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PHRASE
毫無價值；一紙空文
If you say that a promise, an agreement, or a guarantee is not worth the paper it's written on, you mean that although it has been written down and seems to be official, it is in fact worthless because what has been promised will not be done.