核心畫面

Picture the bottom layer of a building — the part nobody looks at, holding everything above it. This word points at that layer. From there it says two closely linked things: that something belongs to the deepest level, and that if you take it away the whole thing stops standing.

可以想成:一棟建築最底下的那一層——平常沒人在看,卻撐著上面所有東西。這個字指的就是那一層。從這個畫面出發,它會說兩更多收起可以想成:一棟建築最底下的那一層——平常沒人在看,卻撐著上面所有東西。這個字指的就是那一層。從這個畫面出發,它會說兩件很靠近的事:一是「這屬於最底層」,二是「拿掉它,上面整個就垮了」。

原始詞典資料6 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。

fundamentalnoun/ˌfʌn.dəˈmɛn.təl/

  • 1

    A basic truth, elementary concept, principle, rule, or law. An individual fundamental will often serve as a building block used to form a complex idea.

    • Personal leadership is a fundamental of successful government.
  • 2

    A collection of essential component ideas that are often grouped together to serve as the foundational basis of a complex idea.

    • one of the fundamentals of linear algebra
    • When any one offers me a compleat Catalogue of his Fundamentals, he does not unreaſonably demand me to quit mine for nothing[…]
  • 3

    natural-sciencesphysical-sciencesphysicsThe lowest frequency of a periodic waveform.

  • 4

    entertainmentlifestylemusicThe lowest partial of a complex tone.

fundamentaladj/ˌfʌn.dəˈmɛn.təl/

  • 1

    Related to a foundation, base, or basis; serving as a foundation.

  • 2

    Essential; extremely important.

    • a fundamental truth; a fundamental axiom; a fundamental element; fundamental principle; fundamental law
    • A need for belonging seems fundamental to humans.

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