element

element
noun

a part or aspect of something abstract, especially one that is essential or characteristic
（抽象事物的）基本组成部分，要素
the death had all the elements of a great tabloid story.
这一死亡事件具备小报新闻需要的一切要素。
there are four elements to the proposal.
这个提议有四个要素。
■a small but significant presence of a feeling or abstract quality
成分，性质
it was the element of danger he loved in flying.
他喜欢的是飞行中的那份危险。
■(elements)the rudiments of a branch of knowledge
基础；纲要；原理
legal training may include the elements of economics and political science.
法律培训可能会包括一些经济学和政治学原理。
■[usu. with modifier](常作 elements)a group of people of a particular kind within a larger group or organization
某群人或组织中的一组，一伙
extreme right-wing elements in the army.
军队中的极端右翼分子。
■(Mathematics & Logic)an entity that is a single member of a set
(数，逻)元，元素
(亦作 chemical element)each of more than one hundred substances that cannot be chemically interconverted or broken down into simpler substances and are primary constituents of matter. Each element is distinguished by its atomic number, i.e. the number of protons in the nuclei of its atoms
（化学）元素
■any of the four substances (earth, water, air, and fire) regarded as the fundamental constituents of the world in ancient and medieval philosophy
要素（古代及中世纪哲学认为构成世界的土、木、水、火四大要素之一）
■one of these substances considered as a person's or animal's natural environment
（人、动物的）自然环境
for the islanders, the sea is their kingdom, water their element.
对于海岛居民来说，海是他们的王国，水是他们的自然环境。
she was in her element with doctors and hospitals.
她在这种医院、医生构成的环境中如鱼得水。
■(the elements)the weather, especially strong winds, heavy rain, and other kinds of bad weather
（尤指强风、暴雨等恶劣）天气
there was no barrier against the elements.
没有阻挡这些自然力的东西。
■(elements)(in church use) the bread and wine of the Eucharist
（基督教圣餐中的）面包和酒
a part in an electric kettle, heater, or cooker which contains a wire through which an electric current is passed to provide heat
电热丝，电热元件

语源

Middle English (denoting fundamental constituents of the world or celestial objects): via Old French from Latin elementum 'principle, rudiment', translating Greek stoikheion 'step, component part'

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