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element

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Related topics: Elements, Earth sciences
el·e·ment /ˈeləmənt/ ●●● S2 W1 AWL noun [countableC]
1  part 部分PART one part or feature of a whole system, plan, piece of work etc, especially one that is basic or important 基本部分；要素
element of
Honesty is a vital element of her success.
誠實是她取得成功的一個重要因素。
element in
the primary element in the country’s economy
該國經濟的主要部分
important/key/essential/vital etc element
Besides ability, the other essential element in political success is luck.
政治上的成功除能力以外，另一個必不可少的因素便是運氣。
Business and management elements are built into the course.
本課程加入了商務和管理方面的内容。
2  element of surprise/truth/risk/doubt etc PARTan amount, usually small, of a quality or feeling 幾分驚奇/真實/風險/懷疑等
There is an element of truth in your argument.
你的論點有些道理。
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element of surprise/truth/risk/doubt etc• There is an element of truth in all of these.• It contains a major element of truth, even if it is not precisely the truth which its originators intended.• Web browsers, once limited to displaying text and graphics and downloading files, have created an entirely new element of risk.• I like the element of risk.• What I do is count on the element of surprise.• If Weaver had been watching as Liz Spalding had been smuggled into the house, then the element of surprise was lost.• The element of risk gave it an added excitement.• There were elements of truth in this critique, Jim supposed.
3. chemistry 化學HCE a simple chemical substance such as carbon or oxygen that consists of atoms of only one kind 元素 → compound1(1)
4  people 人群GROUP OF PEOPLE a group of people who form part of a larger group, especially when the rest of the group does not approve of them 〔尤指遭團體中其他人非議的〕一夥人 → faction
the hard-line communist elements in the party
黨内的強硬派
5  the elements [plural]DN the weather, especially bad weather 天氣〔尤指壞天氣〕
sailors battling against the elements
與惡劣天氣搏鬥的水手
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the elements• The market is evidence of a struggle against the elements.• This is claimed to ensure that all the elements dissolve fully and equally.• Among the elements necessary to virtually all contemporary epidemics, in addition to the sufferers themselves, are sympathetic physicians.• If you venture out in all weathers, you need a compact camera that can brave the elements, too.• The tent was their only protection from the elements.• Then we should have some algorithm for generating the elements of this complementary set.• There is a real change in the elements.• And to add to the horrors of the scene, the elements of heaven marshalled their forces...• Even the express was beginning to show signs of vulnerability to the elements.
6. heating 加熱DFU the part of a piece of electrical equipment that produces heat 電熱元件
7  the elements of something BASICthe most simple things that you have to learn first about a subject 某事物的基礎[原理，綱要]
She doesn’t even know the basic elements of politeness.
她甚至連基本的禮貌都不懂。
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the elements of something• All the elements of theft must be proved before a conviction may be secured for this offence.• Words are the elements of the code that stand most directly for segments of reality in all its range and variety.• And in fact there are also topics to be drawn from the elements of the story - such as youth unemployment or divorce.• Then we should have some algorithm for generating the elements of this complementary set.• Managers can act as if the elements of a decision process or an organization are tightly coupled.• These then are some of the elements of Green's amalgam.• Moreover, once the elements of theft are satisfied, it does not matter that the victim has no civil law remedy.• By studying the structure of the elements of language Saussure dispenses with the tie between meaning and the exercise of formal rules.• His imaginative stories use the elements of poetry -- rhythm, rhyme, alliteration.
8. earth/air/fire/water 土/空氣/火/水HE one of the four substances (earth, air, fire, and water) from which people used to believe that everything was made 元素〔舊時人們認爲土、空氣、火、水是構成一切物質的四大元素〕
9  be in your element ENJOY/LIKE DOING somethingto be in a situation that you enjoy, because you are good at it 適得其所，得心應手
Graham was in his element, building a fire and cooking the steaks.
格雷厄姆生火、做牛排，幹得得心應手。
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be in your element• All in all, he was in his element.• Now he is in his element.• He smiled at the ease of it; one minute the fish was dying, the next it was in its element.• The ravens are in their element.• While the fighting took place in open country, the Legionnaires and Regulares were in their element.• On the soccer field is where Christina really feels like she is in her element.• They are in their element, and they want to stay.• Wetland plants will be in their element, so long as they are given generous mulches to keep the moisture in.• She would be in her element.
10  be out of your element RELAXEDto be in a situation that makes you uncomfortable or unhappy 不自在，處於不舒服的環境
She was out of her element in this dull little town.
生活在這個沉悶的小鎮裏她很不適應。
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be out of your element• Anyone watching would have known immediately that he was out of his element.• Miller is completely out of her element in this sci-fi role.
n COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
an important element
This one fact is the most important element of the theory.
a major element (=very important)
Private study is a major element of the students’ timetable.
a key element (=very important and necessary)
Trust is a key element in any relationship.
a crucial/critical element (=extremely important and necessary)
The most crucial element of our economic system is the law of supply and demand.
a vital/essential element (=necessary so that something can happen or exist)
Her determination is a vital element of her success.
the main element (=most important)
The reform programme has three main elements.
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element• There's always been an element of competition between me and my brother.• The position that you select is an element of your normative political knowledge-your value judgments.• There is more than just an element of truth in this conception.• The Treaty defined the demarcation of powers between the federation and the constituent republics as a component element of the new Constitution.• The chief had been warned that there were criminal elements within the Security Police.• The committee agreed on the need to get rid of the hooligan element amongst football supporters.• We've reached the stage where public image is the most important element in the Presidency.• I see helping the community as one of the key elements of my work.• The planning proposals have three main elements.• And like enthalpies of formation, the standard free energies of formation of elements in their standard states are zero.• Instead of a single plot, there are several elements in the story.• However, a further ten shared elements show whales to be closely related to hippopotami.• By contrast, it is impossible to align the elements of organization design at the beginning of a period of behavior-driven change.• Vegetables are a vital element of the human diet.• They seem to be trying to get rid of all left-wing elements in the party.
important/key/essential/vital etc element• Conspicuous consumption became, for more groups, an important element in leisure culture.• It is an essential element of the primal piety, the archaic spirituality, that pentecostal worship brings to the surface.• Language was an important element in adjustment.• Its key element was a relaxation of the past two years' tight monetary controls in an effort to halt recession.• Off-line training time, then, becomes one of the most important elements in initially selling neural network technology.• So this week we highlight the key elements of a typical mortgage endowment policy statement.• Terry Murphy and his colleagues continued to work hard at getting each of the key elements in their exchange strategy right.• The key element, however, is not the ardor of the reformers.
Origin element
(1300-1400) Old French Latin elementum

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