| 单词 | rudiments |
| 释义 | rudiments (once / 2804 pages) n The rudiments of something are the basics of it. The equation 2 + 2 = 4 is one of the rudiments of arithmetic. When you're talking about the rudiments, you're talking about the most simple elements of something. In any introductory course, you're going to learn the rudiments of a subject. For example, Psychology 101 will teach the rudiments of psychology. For very complex subjects — like nuclear physics — even the rudiments might be hard for the average person to understand. But if you don't master the rudiments first, you're not going to get very far. WORD FAMILYrudiment: rudimentary, rudiments+/rudimentary: rudimentarily USAGE EXAMPLESAnd, for all their unfamiliarity with geopolitics, they have grasped the rudiments of Russian capitalism. Economist(Oct 27, 2016) The volume’s Catawba Cobbler, reliant on pink wine, will be familiar, in its rudiments, to the frosé aficionado. The New Yorker(Sep 02, 2016) In the first minutes of “Homo Sapiens,” we see railroad tracks, a bicycle rack and the rudiments of a train station. New York Times(Jul 28, 2016) n a statement of fundamental facts or principles Syn|Hyper basics fact a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened |
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