喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture the first few blocks at the bottom of a stack — the pieces everything else is built out of, and the ones you meet first. Because they come first, they are also the easy ones, which is why the same word can name a beginner's course, a school for young children, and a joking way of saying 'that was obvious'.

可以想成：一疊積木最底下的那幾塊——既是其他東西的組成單位，也是你最先碰到的。因為在最前面，它們同時也是最簡單的；這…更多收起可以想成：一疊積木最底下的那幾塊——既是其他東西的組成單位，也是你最先碰到的。因為在最前面，它們同時也是最簡單的；這個「基本＝最先＝最容易」的三合一，就是為什麼同一個字可以用在入門課程、美國的小學，還有一句半開玩笑的「這還用說」。

From the picture

學習的最初階段

把「最基本」放進學習的時間軸：既然是構成的基礎，自然被排在課程的最前面。

introductory level · adjective · B1

Relating to the first and easiest part of a subject that you study.

初級的 / 入門的

「這還用說」的玩笑話

把「基本到不用解釋」這一層拿來當俏皮話用，重點已經在語氣上，不在意思上。

elementary, my dear watson · adjective · B1

Used in a joking way, in the phrase 'Elementary, my dear Watson', to say that something is very easy to understand or solve.

這太簡單了（幽默說法）

Also in this word

simple, basic · adjective · B1

Simple and basic; dealing with the most basic parts of something.

基本的 / 基礎的

原始詞典資料13 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

elementaryadj/ˌɛlɪˈmɛntəɹi/

  • 1

    Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.

  • 2

    Very simple.

  • 3

    Relating to an elementary school.

  • 4

    sciencesFundamental: serving as a building block for more complicated structures or processes.

    • It is clear, therefore, that idealism contradicts the most elementary scientific knowledge and is contrary to all progress, whether social or intellectual.
    • The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.
  • 5

    natural-sciencesphysical-sciencesphysicsFundamental: serving as a building block for more complicated structures or processes.

  • 6

    chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesFundamental: serving as a building block for more complicated structures or processes.

  • 7

    mathematicssciencesFundamental: serving as a building block for more complicated structures or processes.

  • 8

    mathematicssciencesFundamental: serving as a building block for more complicated structures or processes.

另外 3 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    mathematicssciencesStraightforward, employing only basic techniques; not requiring substantial knowledge (of some particular domain, object, etc.).

  • 10

    mathematicsnumber-theorysciencesStraightforward, employing only basic techniques; not requiring substantial knowledge (of some particular domain, object, etc.).

  • 11

    archaicSublunary; not celestial; belonging to the sublunary sphere, to which the four classical elements (earth, air, fire and water) were confined; composed of or pertaining to these four elements.

elementarynoun/ˌɛlɪˈmɛntəɹi/

  • 1

    human-sciencesmysticismmythologyA supernatural being associated with the elements.

    • The demon (or elementary) of the South-West wind was particularly dreaded, as being the gini of fever and madness.
    • […] the spiritual man is either translated like Enoch and Elias to the higher state, or falls down lower than an elementary again […]

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。