n.[C]

1. 论题，命题；论点
   He argued his thesis well.

   他把自己的论点阐述得很清楚。

2. 论文；毕业（或学位）论文[（+on/in）]
   a thesis for the doctorate

   博士论文

3. 【音】下拍
4. 抑音节

n.

1. a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved.
   ▸(in Hegelian philosophy) a proposition forming the first stage in the process of dialectical reasoning. Compare with antithesis, synthesis.
2. a long essay or dissertation involving personal research, written as part of a university degree.
3. /also ˈθɛsɪs/ Prosody  an unstressed syllable or part of a metrical foot in Greek or Latin verse. Often contrasted with arsis.