element是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a part of something -- 部分；部件；要素

  • List the elements that make up a perfect dinner party. 列舉出盡善盡美的晚宴所有的構成要素。

  • The movie had all the elements of a good thriller. 這部電影具備了一部精彩的驚慄片的一切要素。

  • We weren't even taught the elements of (= basic information about) physics at school. 學校連基本的物理知識都沒有教給我們。

• 1 a small amount of an emotion or quality -- 少量；有點，有些

  • There was certainly an element of truth in what she said. 她說的話當然也有些是真的。

  • Don't you think there's an element of jealousy in all of this? 你不覺得所有這一切都是妒嫉在隱隱作祟?

  • We walked quietly up to the door to preserve the element of surprise. 我們輕手輕腳地走近門口，想製造一個驚喜。

• 2 a simple substance that cannot be reduced to smaller chemical parts -- 元素

  • Aluminium is an element. 鋁是一種元素。

• 3 earth, air, fire, and water from which people in the past believed everything else was made -- 四大元素（舊時人們認爲構成一切事物的土、風、火、水）

• 4 the weather, usually bad weather -- 天氣，（通常指）惡劣天氣

  • We decided to brave the elements and go for a walk (= go for a walk despite the bad weather). 我們決定冒著風雨去散步。

• 5 the part of an electrical device that produces heat -- 電熱元件；電熱絲

  • a heating element 電熱元件

  • The kettle needs a new element. 電水壺該換新的電熱絲了。

  • a gas element 煤氣爐

  • an electric element 電熱爐火圈