1、title, topic, subject, themetheme：“ 主题，论题，题目；活动的主题“，文学或艺术方面的论述而选取的主体（想表达的主旨意思），如诗的思想，主张，乐曲的主旋律或绘画的基调，它与 subject, topic 的区别在于它有时暗示在立意，形式，效果等方面进行了比较。如 an overworked theme（老生常谈的题目）指立意上与别的作品相比并无新意。This is a one-man show of paintings whose theme was the vulgarity of modern life.这是一个以现代生活的庸俗为主题的个人画展。The g
2、raduates wrote a number of essays whose theme was mans will-power.研究生们写了以人类的意志力为主题的一系列论文。title：“标题，题目“，指书，绘画，剧作等创作作品的名称；还可讲作“头衔，称呼，权利“。短语：an essay under the topic of 题为. 的文章。例如：It was the books eye-catching title that helped me make up my mind to buy it.正是这醒目的书名才使我下决心买下这本书。This is a picture that req
3、uires no title; I think everyone knows what the author really wants to show.这是一幅无需任何标题的图画，我相信人人知道作者想展示什么。topic：“话题，题目，主题，论题“，指人们普遍感兴趣或对之持有不同观点，因而可供讨论的题目，也指为了对之进行独特而有创意的论述而选择的话题，可指整篇作品的主旨，也可指某个章节，段落乃至单句包含的要点。The topic of your article is very good, but your spelling and style must be improved.你文章的题目很好
4、，但拼写及风格必须改进。I cannot remember in a very long conversation what topic has been touched upon and what has not.我不记得在拖得很长的谈话中什么话题涉及到了，什么没有涉及。subject：“对象，题目，主题“，在这组词中词义最广，最不确切，泛指在某一范围内的主题，以及取舍并处理某种材料的指导原则，涉及面广，概括性强，一般包括若干 topic。例如：When someone rang at the door, he was doing research on the subject matter which would be under discussion in his next days philosophy class.有人按门铃的时候，他还在为第二天哲学课所讨论的主题寻找资料。He chose “A Reform in Teaching Methods“ as the subject of his lecture.他选择“教学方法的改革“ 作为讲话的题目。
