element

要素（舊時認為土、空氣、火和水是構成一切物質的四大要素）

自然環境

基礎

電熱元件，電熱絲

適宜的環境

成分

原理，綱要

基本部份，典型部份

一組，一夥，一群

少量，有點，有些

天氣

Noun:

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"

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"

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

the most favorable environment for a plant or animal;

"water is the element of fishes"

one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe;

"the alchemists believed that there were four elements"

the situation in which you are happiest and most effective;

"in your element"

a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone

用作名詞 (n.)

Justice is an importantelementof good government. 公正是仁政的要素.

Honesty, industry and kindness areelementsof a good life. 誠實、勤勞和善良是幸福生活的要素。

Water is composed of theelementshydrogen and oxygen. 水是由氫元素和氧元素組成的。

You must understand theelementsof mathematics before we can proceed further. 你必須先弄懂數學基礎知識，我們才能進一步學習。

These trees are exposed to (the fury of) the elements. 這些樹經受著風吹雨打.

Carbon is anelement, while carbon dioxide is a compound. 碳是一種(化學)元素，而二氧化碳則是一種化合物。

Cells are theelementsof the human body. 細胞是人體的基本單位。

They are the undesirableelementsamong the employees. 他們是僱員中的不良分子。

I admit that there is anelementof truth in what you say. 我承認在你說的裡面有一點點是真的。

We learn theelementsof arithmetic before the 7th grade. 在七年級前我們學習算術的基礎知識。

Theelementsof physics are difficult to grasp. 物理原理是很難掌握的。

n.(名詞)

• element, component, constituent, factor, ingredient

• 這組詞都可作“成分，要素”解。其區別是：

• 1.element指整體中的任何部分，有時指整體中那些重要、必需或基本的部分。

• 2.component指與其他部分組合起來發生電能的某一部分。

• 3.constituent通常指整體中必不可少的組成部分，它跟整體融合在一起而喪失了自身的獨立性。

• 4.ingredient是個比較籠統的詞，主要指混合物的成分。

• 5.factor指能使或有助於整體產生某種具體和明確的結果或使事物朝某個特定方向運動的因素或要素。

• component constituent element ingredient

• 這些名詞均含“組成、成分、部分”之意。

component指一個整體的組成部分

constituent常可與component換用，指某一整體不可少的部分或成分。

element指一個整體必不可少或固有的部分，強調一個複雜整體中最基本、最簡單的元件、元素或成分等。

ingredient普通用詞，含義籠統。既可指混在一起而本身沒有變化的物質，如配料，又可指與別的物質混在一起，發生了變化的成分。

• trace element[化]痕量元素...

• out of one's element處於不適宜的環境...

• independent element獨立成分

• project management elements項目管理要素...

• rare-earth element稀土元素

• in one's element處於適宜的環境...

• absolute element絕對元素

• arithmetic element運算元素，算術元素,...

• detecting element檢測元件

• code element(電)碼(單)元...

• AND element"與"元件

徠• linear element線性元件，線性元素...

• data element數據元素

• identity element單位元素

• sensing element感測元件

• essential element必需元素，主要元素...

• rare element稀有元素

• heating element發熱元件，發熱器...

• active element有源元件，活性元素...

• basis

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1300年左右進入英語，直接源自古法語的elemnet；最初源自古典拉丁語的elemnetem，意為基礎的，第一原則

• 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