A monograph is a short book, or a long serious article, that stays with one subject and looks at it in detail. A scholar might write a monograph on one poet, one bird, one law, or one small piece of history.

A monograph專著 is a short book, or a long serious article是一本短書,或一篇嚴肅的長篇文章, that stays with one subject and looks at it in detail只專注在一個主題上,深入探討它. A scholar might write a monograph on one poet, one bird, one law, or one small piece of history學者可能會針對一位詩人、一種鳥、一條法律,或一小段歷史,寫一篇monograph

It is not a school textbook that tries to cover everything, and it is not a light magazine piece. You meet the word in universities, libraries, and academic catalogues; almost nobody uses it in the street.

It它 is not a school textbook that tries to cover everything不是那種想要涵蓋所有東西的學校教科書, and it is not a light magazine piece也不是輕鬆的雜誌文章. You meet the word你會遇到這個字 in universities, libraries, and academic catalogues在大學、圖書館和學術目錄裡; almost nobody uses it in the street幾乎沒有人會在路上用它

There is also a rarer verb, to monograph something, meaning to write that kind of study about it, but the noun is the form you will actually see. Though actually, people sometimes stretch the word and call any long paper a monograph, even when it is only one article in a journal.

There is also a rarer verb, to monograph something也有一個比較少見的動詞to monograph something, meaning to write that kind of study about it意思是針對某個東西寫那樣的研究, but the noun is the form you will actually see但你實際上會看到的是名詞形式. Though actually不過, people sometimes stretch the word and call any long paper a monograph有時候人們會把這個字用得更廣,把任何長篇文章都叫做monograph, even when it is only one article in a journal就算它只是期刊裡的一篇文章

The tidy idea is still: one writer, one subject, written out with care.

The tidy idea is still整潔的核心概念還是: one writer, one subject, written out with care一位作者、一個主題,用心寫出來