essential
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ɪ'senʃ(ə)lɪˈsenʃlɪ'senʃl]
- 美式音标 [ɪˈsen.ʃəl]
- 国际音标 [i'senʃəl]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 基本的;必要的;本质的;精华的
- n. 本质;要素;要点;必需品
词源解说
- 14世纪中期进入英语,直接源自后期拉丁语的essentialis,意为和本质相关的。
词根记忆
- es + sent(感觉) + ial(…的)→必要的感觉→必要的
- ess(存在) + ential→存在的基础→必要的
- ess(存在) + ential→存在的东西→要素;实质,本质
用法辨析
- essential用作形容词指事物赖以存在或与他物相区别的“最基本的”东西。一般与to或for连用,表示“对…是要紧的”。
- essential用于“It is/was essential+that-clause”结构时, that从句要用虚拟语气。
adj. (形容词)
英汉例句
- They lay on all essential services.
他们提供一切必要的服务。 - We can live without clothes, but food and drink are essential.
没有衣服我们可以生存,但是食物和水是维持生命所必不可少的。 - Food is essential for life.
生命离不开食物。 - It is essential for us to know all the facts.
对我们来说,了解所有的事实是必要的。 - It is essential that you should come home early.
你有必要早点回家。 - The information and advice are boiled down to bare essentials.
各种资料与建议缩短为极简单的要点。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ~+ n.
用作表语: S+be+~
S+be+~+ prep .-phrase
It is/was+~+for sb+to- v
It is/was+~+that-clause
用作名词 (n.)
词组短语
- essential character 本质特征
- essential elements 要素
- essential goods 主要货物;必需品
- essential harmony 基本和谐
- essential to good health 对于健康十分必要
- essential to the growth of crops 对庄稼的生长是必不可少的
- grasp the essentials 抓住本质
用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词
~+介词
用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
英英字典
- necessary or needed
- a basic thing that you cannot live without
- Something that is essential is extremely important or absolutely necessary to a particular subject, situation, or activity.
- The essentials are the things that are absolutely necessary for the situation you are in or for the task you are doing.
- The essential aspects of something are its most basic or important aspects.
- The essentials are the most important principles, ideas, or facts of a particular subject.
剑桥英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 要素
On essential factors in the brand building of agricultural products.
2、关于农产品品牌建设要素。医药科学
- 必需
Both signals are generally believed to be essential for B cell proliferation as well as for Ig secretion.
一般认为这两种信号是B细胞激活并产生免疫球蛋白(Immunoglobulin,Ig)所必需的。 - (疾病)自发的,原发的,特发的
- 实质
The top experience in carnival, the perfect combination of imagination and practice, the establishing and presenting of the individual identity,formed the essential content of the Super Girl.
而狂欢的颠峰体验、想象与实践的完美结合、自主身份的确立和张扬构成了超女的实质内涵。艺术学
- 实质
The essential motive of this paper is to further such regard.
本次研究的实质,即是对这种精神关照的进一步探索和思考。 - (在乐曲的和声构成方面)必要的
- 必要的
- 本质的
- 本质的
- 必需的
- 实质的
- 提炼的
- 必要的;自发的
- 特发的;基本的
- 本质的