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基本释义
  • a. 第一的,最初的,原始的
英英解释
  •  2个形容词解释

    1. serving as an essential component
      [同] fundamental, key, cardinal, central, primal
      [例]
      • a cardinal rule
      • the central cause of the problem
      • an example that was fundamental to the argument
      • computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure
    2. having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
      [同] aboriginal, primaeval, primal, primeval, primordial
      [例]
      • aboriginal forests
      • primal eras before the appearance of life on earth
      • the forest primeval
      • primordial matter
      • primordial forms of life