| 词汇 | essence |
| 释义 | essence noun uk /ˈes.əns/ us /ˈes.əns/ essencenoun (IMPORTANCE)C2[ S or U ] the basic or most important idea or quality of something: 本质；实质；要素 The essence of his argument was that education should continue throughout life.他的观点的要旨是教育应该持续终生。 Yet change is the very essence of life.然而变迁恰恰是人生的本质。 in essenceC2formal relating to the most important characteristics or ideas of something: 本质上；实质上 In essence, both sides agree on the issue.从本质上说，双方在这个问题上的意见是一致的。 be of the essenceformal to be the most important thing: 极其重要；必不可少 In any of these discussions, of course, honesty is of the essence.当然，在探讨任何问题时都必须坦诚。 The essence of punk music was a revolt against both the sound and the system of popular music. The paintings capture the essence of working life at the turn of the last century. He captures the essence of French country life with colourful and pretty designs. The builders are paid by the hour so speed is of the essence. The medieval fair featuring school children from around the region attempted to recapture the essence of medieval life. Conditions and characteristics -ance -ibility ability adverse conditions age ambience appearance aspect good/bad karmaidiom have it in youidiom hood humanity presentation respect shape trait trappings unaffiliated undercurrent vibe essencenoun (SMELL/TASTE)[ C or U ] a strong liquid, usually from a plant or flower, that is used to add a flavour or smell to something: （通常取自植物或花的）香精，香料，精油 vanilla essence香草香精 essence of violets紫罗兰香精 Toiletry & perfumes aftershave agarbatti air freshener bath bomb bath salts binturong emery board musk nail scissors sanitary shave shower gel SPF swab toilet soap toothpick unscented washbag wax melt ylang-ylang You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Additives in food & drinks essence | American Dictionaryessence noun us/ˈes·əns/ essencenoun (IMPORTANCE)[ U ] the basic meaning or importance of something: The essence of punk was a revolt against both the sound and the system of popular music. in essence In essence means that what follows is a brief statement of the basic meaning of something: In essence, she’s saying that she may quit her job. essencenoun (SMELL/TASTE)[ C ] a chemical substance obtained from plants that has a strong smell or taste and can be used to flavor foods or provide a pleasant smell, such as in perfumes Examples of essenceessence If psychological essentialism is bad metaphysics, why should people act as if things had essences? The problem is solved naturally, without appealing to the existence of sensory-modality-specific essences or mechanisms. Clicks do not express meanings or essences but only intensity and connections. First, uncreated essences might exist as "beings of reason" - that is, in the divine intellect. Typical of late modernist thought, structural discourses in mathematics, literature, and the social sciences were on the lookout for hidden essences. In this interpretation, the roles and essences of wild and domestic animals, women and men, food and death, are more complex, interpenetrating and mutable. He rejects this account on two grounds: it cannot explain how we handle new properties, and it does not fit with our intuitions about essences. Coates is careful to avoid overgeneralization in framing her analysis; she notes that the gender binary she describes emerges from gender ideologies rather than essences. A metaphysically perfect system is one that actualizes the greatest number of possibilities of the greatest number of essences or forms. The cardinality would be !0 if personal types of essences vary atomistically, while the cardinality would be at least !1 if personal essences vary continuously. Why essences are essential in the psychology of concepts. The tectonic view of architecture promises to tie the development of theory back to the essences of construction and experience. Systems of categorisation rarely reflect internal essences, but more commonly reflect systems of belief. Not everyone, of course, is comfortable with references to essences, essential natures or, for that matter, analyses in terms of possible worlds. The world enters language in a dialectal relation between activities, between human actions; it comes out of myth as a harmonious display of essences. See all examples of essence These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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