essence
英 ['es(?)ns]
美['?sns]
- n. 本質(zhì)，實(shí)質(zhì)；精華；香精
- n. (Essence)人名；(英)埃森絲
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?essences;
中文詞源
essence 本質(zhì)
來(lái)自PIE*es, 是，存在，詞源同is ,am, entity.
英文詞源
- essence
- essence: [14] Essence and its derivative essential [14] are the English descendants of the Latin verb ‘to be’, esse (which came ultimately from the Indo-European base *es- ‘be’, source also of English is). From it was formed the abstract noun essentia ‘being, existence’, acquired by English through Old French essence. In the adjective essential, the sense ‘a(chǎn)bsolutely necessary’ developed via ‘inherent’ and ‘indispensable’ in the 16th century.
=> is - essence (n.)
- late 14c., essencia (respelled late 15c. on French model), from Latin essentia "being, essence," abstract noun formed (to translate Greek ousia "being, essence") from essent-, present participle stem of esse "to be," from PIE *es- "to be" (cognates: Sanskrit asmi, Hittite eimi, Old Church Slavonic jesmi, Lithuanian esmi, Gothic imi, Old English eom "I am;" see be).
Originally "substance of the Trinity;" the general sense of "basic element of anything" is first recorded in English 1650s, though this is the underlying notion of the first English use of essential. Meaning "ingredient which gives something its particular character" is from c. 1600, especially of distilled oils from plants (1650s), hence "fragrance, perfume" (17c.). In 19c. U.S., essence-peddler could mean "medical salesman" and "skunk."
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Though off-puttingly complicated in detail, local taxes are in essence simple.
- 雖然地稅在細(xì)節(jié)上復(fù)雜得要命，但在本質(zhì)上卻很簡(jiǎn)單。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Speed was of the essence in a project of this type.
- 對(duì)于這種項(xiàng)目來(lái)說(shuō)，速度至關(guān)重要。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Others claim that Ireland's very essence is expressed through the language.
- 其他人聲稱愛(ài)爾蘭最精髓的東西是通過(guò)語(yǔ)言表現(xiàn)出來(lái)的。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. Time is of the essence.
- 時(shí)間是至關(guān)重要的。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. The essence of dialectical thought is division.
- 辯證思維的核心就是二分法。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句