articleA nonfictional literary composition that forms an independent part of a publication， as of a newspaper or 文章：已形成出版物独立部分的一种非小说写实文章，如报刊或杂志上的A formal written composition intended to be published， presented， or read aloud; a scholarly essay or 学术论文：一篇写好的正式著作，为了出版、讲演或宣读；学术文章或论文A piece of written work for school; a report or 报告，论文：为学校所写的功课；报告或论文
有时候这些单词的区别要看他的英文意思才能更好的理解，以下解释仅做参考:article=a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine 文章;论文 composition=1，a piece of music of poetry that you have written作品（谱写的乐曲或创作的诗歌）2=a short piece of writing done as an education exercise写作练习；作文 essay=a short pece of writing on a particalar subject，written especially as part of a course of study 论说文;散文;随笔writings=all the books and other things that someone has written著作theme=an idea which is repeated a number of times in a work of art or literature（艺术或文学作品的）主题美国人也用paper来说论文，像我们毕业是的毕业论文，我们都说是paper
article[英] [ˈɑ:tɪkl][美] [ˈɑ:rtɪkl]物品; （报章杂志中的）文章，论文; 条款; [语]冠词;使受协议条款的约束; 以协议（或契约）约束; 订约将…收为学徒（或徒弟）; 定约雇用;[例句]According to an article in The Economist the drug could have side 《经济学家》杂志上的一篇文章讲到这种药可能有副作用。[复数]articles
