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单词 basic
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basic1

/ˈbeɪsɪk /
adjective
1Forming an essential foundation or starting point; fundamental: certain basic rules must be obeyed the laying down of arms is basic to the agreement...
  • Readers' support is no doubt very basic to the survival of any periodical.
  • Cheap labor and materials are basic to postwar industry and finances.
  • Access to information is basic to the democratic way of life.

Synonyms

fundamental, rudimentary, primary, principal, cardinal, chief, elementary, elemental, root;
central, pivotal, critical, key, focal, salient, staple;
essential, quintessential, bare-bones, stripped down, cut down, vital, necessary, indispensable, foundational, intrinsic, underlying, ingrained
1.1Offering or constituting the minimum required without elaboration or luxury: the food was good, if a bit basic...
  • The following list is a minimum basic guide as to what you will need.
  • What are the basic minimum requirements for one to set up a restaurant and do these so called restaurants meet the standards?
  • Forest dwelling hunter-gatherer communities are never very large, but they need a basic minimum area for subsistence.

Synonyms

lowest, bottom, starting, ground, undermost;
without commission
plain, simple, unsophisticated, straightforward, adequate, unadorned, undecorated, unornamented, without frills;
spartan, sparse, stark, severe, austere, limited, meagre, rudimentary, patchy, sketchy, minimal;
modest, ordinary, unpretentious, unostentatious, unfussy, homely, homespun;
rough, rough and ready, rough-hewn, crude, makeshift;
restrained, muted
informal bog-standard
1.2Common to or required by everyone; primary and ineradicable or inalienable: basic human rights...
  • The meeting would help to raise awareness that everyone should enjoy the basic human right of freedom of choice in marriage, she said.
  • Being a week of Remembrance, we all need to observe that everyone has the basic human right to freedom of speech.
  • And the shortest road to equality is to provide for everyone's basic human needs free of charge.
2 Chemistry Having the properties of a base, or containing a base; having a pH above 7: these salts yield basic solutions comparable in strength with the mineral alkalis...
  • In the presence of a basic solution, litmus will lose hydronium ions and turn blue.
  • Compounds that react with water to form hydroxide ions are called basic anhydrides.
  • Blue litmus paper turns red in acidic solution, and red litmus paper turns blue in basic solution.
Often contrasted with acidic and alkaline.
2.1 Geology (Of rock, especially lava) relatively poor in silica: a coarse-grained, basic, plutonic rock...
  • The Liva Member includes parts of the formation composed of basic lavas and tuffs with only minor interbedded sediments.
  • Enstatite occurs in plutonic basic and ultrabasic rocks such as peridotite and norite, and also in some high-grade metamorphic rocks.
  • Quarzitic gneiss, low-grade metamorphic basic rocks, phyllites and dark chert can be abundant in some layers.
2.2 Metallurgy Relating to or denoting steel-making processes involving lime-rich refractories and slags.The refractories for casting a basic substance are used for ladles, tundishes, vacuum degasing furnaces, mixers, and the like....
  • The lining must resist high temperature, oxidized basic slag and liquid metal.
  • Refractory bricks for steel production include Basic refractory bricks and High-Alumina refractory bricks.
noun (basics) informal
1The essential facts or principles of a subject or skill: I learnt the basics of programming on a course teachers are going back to basics to encourage pupils to learn English...
  • But once the bubble has burst they turn back to basics and begin studying exactly what companies and their profits are up to.
  • More importantly though, it reminded me to get back to basics as far as parenting skills go, and dig out some of the books out of the boxes.
  • And surely they're old enough to learn the basics of critical thinking skills and skeptical analysis.

Synonyms

fundamentals, essentials, rudiments, principles, first principles, foundations, preliminaries, groundwork;
essence, basis, core, kernel, nub, marrow, meat, crux, bedrock;
facts, hard facts, practicalities, realities;
Latin sine qua non
informal nitty-gritty, brass tacks, nuts and bolts, ABC
1.1Essential food and other supplies: people are facing a shortage of basics like flour...
  • Many people appear to be saving their spare cash after paying out more for basics such as food, transport and health.
  • On other occasions, the candidate had promised a nation where people do not have to choose between basics, such as food and medicine.
  • Aid agencies on the ground continued to warn that millions across the region were without the basics of food and clean water.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from base1 + -ic.

BASIC2

/ˈbeɪsɪk /
noun [mass noun]
A simple high-level computer programming language that uses familiar English words, designed for beginners and formerly used widely.

Origin

1960s: acronym from Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.

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