element的词典解释

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）

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

1.成分;组成部分
The differentelements of something are the different parts it contains.

e.g. The exchange of prisoners of war was one of the key elements of the UN's peace plan.
交换战俘是联合国和平计划的一个重要部分。

2.要素；基本部分
A particularelement of a situation, activity, or process is an important quality or feature that it has or needs.

e.g. Fitness has now become an importantelement in our lives.
现在健康已经成为我们生活中的一个要素。

3.（社会或组织内部具有相同目标、信仰或习惯的）一群人，一组人，分子
When you talk aboutelements within a society or organization, you are referring to groups of people who have similar aims, beliefs, or habits.

e.g. ...criminal elements within the security forces.
安保中的犯罪分子
e.g. ...the hooliganelement.
流氓团伙

4.些许;一些
If something has anelement of a particular quality or emotion, it has a certain amount of this quality or emotion.

element的反义词

e.g. These reports clearly contain elements of propaganda.
这些报告明显带有一些宣传的意味。

5.（化学中的）元素
Anelement is a substance such as gold, oxygen, or carbon that consists of only one type of atom.

element是什么意思

6.（电炉、热水器等的）电热元件，电热丝
Theelement in an electric fire or water heater is the metal part which changes the electric current into heat.

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e.g. With its unique heatingelement it makes perfect coffee.
其独特的电热元件使它能够煮出非常美味的咖啡。

7.天气；（尤指）风雨
You can refer to the weather, especially wind and rain, asthe elements .

e.g. The area where most refugees are waiting is exposed to the elements.
大多数难民等待救济的地方都不能挡风遮雨。

8.自在;适得其所;如鱼得水
If you say that someone isin theirelement, you mean that they are in a situation they enjoy.

e.g. My stepmother was in herelement, organizing everything...
我的继母得心应手地料理着一切。
e.g. Maybe it's because they're so out of theirelement that they feel the need to talk.
可能是因为他们感到非常不自在，所以觉得有必要说说话。

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。

• 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

• ☆ 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。