| 单词 | essential |
| 释义 | essential (once / 107 pages) 1adjn 2adj 3adj Essential means very basic or necessary. A good frying pan is one of a short list of kitchen essentials every cook must have. To prevent fires, it's essential to turn off appliances before leaving the house. The adjective essential is often followed by to or that: It is essential to wash your hands. It is essential that you dry them after. This adjective is from Middle English essencial, from Late Latin essentialis, from Latin essentia "the basic nature of a thing, its essence" plus the Latin suffix -alis "relating to." WORD FAMILYessential: essentiality, essentially, essentialness, essentials, inessential, nonessential, unessential+/essence: essences, essential/essentiality: essentialities/inessential: inessentiality, inessentially, inessentials/nonessential: nonessentials/unessential: unessentially USAGE EXAMPLES“I’m very close with my kids and my parents, but there’s still that essential unknowingness, and maybe that’s about how we’re all alone,” she said. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The intertwining of madness and genius remains an essential part of his posthumous legend, and Lowell himself saw the two as related. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) High-school football was important, but being healthy for Ohio State was essential. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1adj basic and fundamental the essential feature Syn|Ant crucial, important of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis basal, primaryof primary importance biogenicessential for maintaining the fundamental life processes constituent, constitutional, constitutive, organicconstitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) musthighly recommended no-frillscharacterized by the absence of inessential features staplenecessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities substantial, substantivehaving a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable virtualexisting in essence or effect though not in actual fact life-sustaining, vitalperforming an essential function in the living body indispensablenot to be dispensed with; essential unexpendablenot suitable to be expended important, of importof great significance or value intrinsic, intrinsicalbelonging to a thing by its very nature necessaryabsolutely essential primaryof first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary inessential, unessential not basic or fundamental accessorialnonessential but helpful adscititioussupplemental; not part of the real or essential nature of a thing incidental, nonessentialnot of prime or central importance dispensablecapable of being dispensed with or done without expendablesuitable to be expended unimportantnot important extrinsicnot forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside unnecessary, unneedednot necessary secondarybeing of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate 2adj absolutely necessary; vitally necessary essential tools and materials funds essential to the completion of the project Syn indispensable necessary absolutely essential 3adj of the greatest importance Syn all important, all-important, crucial, of the essence important, of import of great significance or value 4n anything indispensable 2the essentials of the good life Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper necessary, necessity, requirement, requisite inessential, nonessential anything that is not essential desideratum something desired as a necessity musta necessary or essential thing need, wantanything that is necessary but lacking thing a separate and self-contained entity adj being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc 3essential oil adj defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established Syn|Ant substantive adjective, procedural relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law |
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