the rudiments
 back to basics
If you get back to basics, you start to give your attention to the simplest and most important matters after ignoring them for a while: 开始注意最重要的方面;回归本始
This is all part of a new back-to-basics campaign to raise standards in schools.这一切都是为进一步提高学校的教学水平而倡导的回归本始的新运动的一部分。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Information and messages
advance notice
advance warning
advertisement
aide-mémoire
ammunition
bumper sticker
credential
flier
guideline
handout
info
infodemic
push notification
radiogram
readout
relabel
subtlety
telemetry
the gory detailsidiom
the real deal

basics | American Dictionary

basics
plural noun
us/ˈbeɪ·sɪks/
the central and most important principles of something:
Pablo has promised to teach me the basics of sailing.

basics | Business English

basics
noun[ plural ]
uk /ˈbeɪsɪks/us
things that people need to learn, know, or do before they can achieve something:
Success is achieved by focusing on the basics - quality, innovation, and customer care.
learn/master the basics (of sth)It shouldn't take long to learn the basics of the new software.
Building up the organization didn't happen overnight - it took years to get the basics right.
things that people need in order to be able to live comfortably, work effectively, etc.:
What proportion of your income do you spend on basics such as food and heating?
 get/go back to basics
to spend time and effort doing the simplest but most important things, especially after an unsuccessful period of time spent doing things that are more complicated but less important:
We need to get back to basics and start delivering on promises to customers.

Examples of basics

basics
The complexities of ballroom dance pedagogy created significant obstacles for students who wished to learn the basics quickly.
Money arguably determines the very basics of democracy.
The second chapter reviews the basics of organic chemistry and describes the origin and properties of the main classes of organic compounds.
In this ar ticle, the basics of optical field ionization that are relevant in analytical or numerical studies of intense laser-matter interactions are reviewed.
Section 4.1 presents a situated framework of design from the basics described in this paper.
We mention as references five major studies in the field, where account of these basics is to be found.
Although there is nothing desperately original about the basics of the exercises, they are well-dressed, with an historical twist.
Better to have done less advanced work, and had more time to consolidate the basics.
The contract covers the basics plus unlimited nursing care.
In the next section, therefore, we illustrate the basics of our approach using toy grammars in potentially excruciating detail.
Nervous system engulfment basics: what gets engulfed, why, and how?
On the other hand, once the basics are mastered, a lot may be accomplished speedily.
Screening depression in primary care: back to the basics with a new tool.
I find that quite rewarding really because it's the one time as a community nurse you're back doing the basics hands on.
I would say that they are the basics that all good private service providers get right, except that they often fail to as well.
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