(in an American school or college) a long piece of written work that a student does on a subject that is part of a course of study （美国学校或大学的）学期论文 I have a term paper due Wednesday. 我的学期报告星期三到期。 - term paper on something
I wrote a term paper on eating disorders. 我写了一篇关于饮食失调的学期论文。