| 单词 | elements |
| 释义 | elements (once / 167 pages) n When you expose furniture to the elements — the harsh forces of the weather such as wind and rain — it often fades and begins to look worn. The phrase, the elements, has been used to describe the severe forces of weather since the 1500s and occurs with language that brings to mind the war between man and nature. If you brave the elements, you go out and do things regardless of the harsh weather. Rock climbers, with gear that can withstand the elements, sometimes have to battle the elements in order to reach the summit. In a less aggressive context, the elements in the field of chemistry refer to the substances on the periodic table, including metals such as gold and copper and as gases such as hydrogen and helium. WORD FAMILYelement: elemental, elementary, elements+/elemental: elementally/elementary: elementarily USAGE EXAMPLESAs with all stories, it contained elements of truth, and, as with all stories, it was incomplete. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) Israel’s current government is “driven by its most extreme elements.” Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) They include “burdensome” school lunch standards, tobacco regulations, laws that set higher wages for contractors and elements of the Paris climate-change agreement. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) n violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements) they felt the full fury of the elements Hyper atmospheric condition, conditions, weather, weather condition the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation |
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