required reading
required reading — idiom
1. Books, articles, reports, or other written materials that people are expected to
Books, articles, reports, or other written materials that people are expected to read because they contain important or necessary information — for example, texts assigned for a university course, or influential works in a professional field.
Dr. Park put three journal articles on the required reading list for her spring economics seminar.
collocation: required reading list
For journalism students, the Associated Press Stylebook is widely seen as required reading.
pattern: be seen as required reading
The course syllabus listed ten novels as required reading for the final exam.
This government report on national health policies should be required reading for every hospital administrator.
The Watanabe family book club treats Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's latest essays as required reading for their autumn discussion.
- essential reading
more general; can refer to any highly recommended text, not only mandatory ones
- set text
British English term for a book assigned for study in a school or exam
- prescribed reading
slightly more formal; often used in official course or exam contexts
- optional reading
reading that students may choose to do but are not required to complete
文法句型
be required reading for [audience]
be considered required reading
required reading list
用法筆記
Often used figuratively to stress how influential or informative a piece of writing is, even outside a formal academic context.