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单词 elementary
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elementary

adjective
 
/ˌelɪˈmentri/
/ˌelɪˈmentri/
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  1.  
    in or connected with the first stages of a course of study
    • an elementary English course
    • a book for elementary students
    • at an elementary level
    • I'm taking classes in elementary Italian.
    compare primary, secondary
  2.  
    of the most basic kind
    • It's an elementary law of economics: the scarcer the commodity, the higher the price.
    • How could you make such an elementary mistake?
    • I made some rather elementary mistakes.
  3.  
    very simple and easy
    • elementary questions
  4. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘composed of the four elements, earth, air, fire, and water’): from Latin elementarius, from elementum ‘principle’, translating Greek stoikheion ‘step, component part’. Current senses date from the mid 16th cent.
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