essence是什么意思_essence怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;"the gist of the prosecutor"s argument"
"the heart and soul of the Republican Party"
"the nub of the story"

any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted

the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor

中英词源

essence 本质

来自PIE*es, 是，存在，词源同is ,am, entity.

essence: essence: [14] Essence and its derivative essential [14] are the English descendants of the Latin verb ‘to be’, esse (which came ultimately from the Indo-European base *es- ‘be’, source also of English is). From it was formed the abstract noun essentia ‘being, existence’, acquired by English through Old French essence. In the adjective essential, the sense ‘absolutely necessary’ developed via ‘inherent’ and ‘indispensable’ in the 16th century.
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essence (n.): late 14c., essencia (respelled late 15c. on French model), from Latin essentia "being, essence," abstract noun formed (to translate Greek ousia "being, essence") from essent-, present participle stem of esse "to be," from PIE *es- "to be" (cognates: Sanskrit asmi, Hittite eimi, Old Church Slavonic jesmi, Lithuanian esmi, Gothic imi, Old English eom "I am;" see be).

Originally "substance of the Trinity;" the general sense of "basic element of anything" is first recorded in English 1650s, though this is the underlying notion of the first English use of essential. Meaning "ingredient which gives something its particular character" is from c. 1600, especially of distilled oils from plants (1650s), hence "fragrance, perfume" (17c.). In 19c. U.S., essence-peddler could mean "medical salesman" and "skunk."

词态变化

复数 essences;

权威造句

1. Though off-puttingly complicated in detail, local taxes are in essence simple.: 虽然地税在细节上复杂得要命，但在本质上却很简单。

2. Speed was of the essence in a project of this type.: 对于这种项目来说，速度至关重要。

3. Others claim that Ireland"s very essence is expressed through the language.: 其他人声称爱尔兰最精髓的东西是通过语言表现出来的。

4. Time is of the essence.: 时间是至关重要的。

5. The essence of dialectical thought is division.: 辩证思维的核心就是二分法。

近反义词

extract

nature

perfume

point

相似短语

in essence 实质上，从本质上讲

of the essence 必要的,必不可少的;实质上

be of the essence 绝对不可少，关键的

essence exhaustion 精极

essence of chicken 鸡精

strawberry essence 草莓精，草莓香精，草莓油香精

watermelon essence 西瓜香精

apple essence 【机】戊酸异酯

synthetic essence 合成香精

rose essence 玫瑰香精

单词分析

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