element

英 ['elɪmənt] 美 ['elɪmənt]

• n. 要素；元素；（学科的）基本原则；(复数)恶劣天气；元件

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C](化学)元素

   a simple chemical, for example oxygen or gold

2. [C]成分,要素

   a quality which can be noticed

3. [C](社会的)分子

   a particular group of people

4. [P]基础,纲要; 原理

   the first or most simple things one has to learn about a subject

5. [S]些许

   a small amount of sth

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 要素（旧时认为土、空气、火和水是构成一切物质的四大要素）
2. 自然环境
3. 基础
4. 电热元件，电热丝
5. 适宜的环境
6. 成分
7. 原理，纲要
8. 基本部份，典型部份
9. 一组，一伙，一群
10. 少量，有点，有些
11. 天气
12. 【化】元素（如金、氧、碳）

英英释义

Noun:

1. an abstract part of something;

   "jealousy was a component of his character"
   "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"
   "the grammatical elements of a sentence"
   "a key factor in her success"
   "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"
   

2. an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system;

   "spare components for cars"
   "a component or constituent element of a system"
   

3. any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter

4. the most favorable environment for a plant or animal;

   "water is the element of fishes"
   

5. one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe;

   "the alchemists believed that there were four elements"
   

6. the situation in which you are happiest and most effective;

   "in your element"
   

7. a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Justice is an important element of good government.
   公正是仁政的要素.
2. Honesty, industry and kindness are elements of a good life.
   诚实、勤劳和善良是幸福生活的要素。
3. Water is composed of the elements hydrogen and oxygen.
   水是由氢元素和氧元素组成的。
4. You must understand the elements of mathematics before we can proceed further.
   你必须先弄懂数学基础知识，我们才能进一步学习。
5. These trees are exposed to (the fury of) the elements.
   这些树经受着风吹雨打.

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Carbon is an element, while carbon dioxide is a compound.
   碳是一种(化学)元素,而二氧化碳则是一种化合物。
2. Cells are the elements of the human body.
   细胞是人体的基本单位。
3. They are the undesirable elements among the employees.
   他们是雇员中的不良分子。
4. I admit that there is an element of truth in what you say.
   我承认在你说的里面有一点点是真的。
5. We learn the elements of arithmetic before the 7th grade.
   在七年级前我们学习算术的基础知识。
6. The elements of physics are difficult to grasp.
   物理原理是很难掌握的。

经典引文

• Clifford was never so much in his element as when conversing of art.

  出自： G. Gissing

• Early nineteenth century in character, he was..out of his element in this neo-Georgian era.

  出自：Truth

• We do not inhabit the same element as the Greeks.

  出自：British Journal of Aesthetics

词汇搭配

• trace element [化]痕量元素...
• out of one's element 处于不适宜的环境...
• independent element 独立成分
• project management elements 项目管理要素...
• rare-earth element 稀土元素
• in one's element 处于适宜的环境...
• absolute element 绝对元素
• arithmetic element 运算元素,算术元素,...
• detecting element 检测元件
• code element (电)码(单)元...
• thermal element 热元件,热敏元件...
• AND element "与"元件
• linear element 线性元件,线性元素...
• data element 数据元素
• identity element 单位元素
• sensing element 传感元件
• essential element 必需元素,主要元素...
• rare element 稀有元素
• heating element 发热元件,发热器...
• active element 有源元件,活性元素...

词义辨析

n. (名词)

element, component, constituent, factor, ingredient

• 这组词都可作“成分,要素”解。其区别是：
• 1.element指整体中的任何部分,有时指整体中那些重要、必需或基本的部分。
• 2.component指与其他部分组合起来发生电能的某一部分。
• 3.constituent通常指整体中必不可少的组成部分,它跟整体融合在一起而丧失了自身的独立性。
• 4.ingredient是个比较笼统的词,主要指混合物的成分。
• 5.factor指能使或有助于整体产生某种具体和明确的结果或使事物朝某个特定方向运动的因素或要素。

component，constituent，element，ingredient

• 这些名词均含“组成、成分、部分”之意。
• component指一个整体的组成部分。
• constituent常可与component换用，指某一整体不可少的部分或成分。
• element指一个整体必不可少或固有的部分，强调一个复杂整体中最基本、最简单的元件、元素或成分等。
• ingredient普通用词，含义笼统。既可指混在一起而本身没有变化的物质，如配料，又可指与别的物质混在一起，发生了变化的成分。

词源解说

• ☆ 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的element；最初源自古典拉丁语的elementem，意为基础的，第一原则。

近反义词

【近义词】

• basis