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. 列举出尽善尽美的晚宴所有的构成要素。

  • The movie had all the elements of a good thriller. 这部电影具备了一部精彩的惊险片的一切要素。

  • We weren't even taught the elements of (= basic information about) physics at school. 学校连基本的物理知识都没有教给我们。

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

  • There was certainly an element of truth in what she said. 她说的话当然也有些是真的。

  • Don't you think there's an element of jealousy in all of this? 你不觉得所有这一切都是妒嫉在隐隐作祟?

  • We walked quietly up to the door to preserve the element of surprise. 我们轻手轻脚地走近门口，想制造一个惊喜。

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

  • Aluminium is an element. 铝是一种元素。

• 3 earth, air, fire, and water from which people in the past believed everything else was made -- 四大元素（旧时人们认为构成一切事物的土、风、火、水）

• 4 the weather, usually bad weather -- 天气，（通常指）恶劣天气

  • We decided to brave the elements and go for a walk (= go for a walk despite the bad weather). 我们决定顶风冒雨去散步。

• 5 the part of an electrical device that produces heat -- 电热原件；电热丝

  • a heating element 电热元件

  • The kettle needs a new element. 电水壶该换新的电热丝了。

  • a gas element 煤气灶

  • an electric element 电热灶火圈