| 釋義 |
essence /'esns; 'csns/ n 1 that which makes a thing what it is; the inner nature or most important quality of a thing: 本質(zhì); 要素; 精髓： Is the ~ of morality right intention? 道德的真髓在于心正嗎？ Caution is the ~ of that man's character. 浦慎是那人性格的本質(zhì). The two things are the same in outward form but different in ~. 那兩樣?xùn)|西在外表上相同，但在本質(zhì)上不同。 2 [C, U] extract obtained from a substance by taking out as much of the mass as possible, leaving all its important qualities in concentrated form: 精; 粹： meat ~s; 肉汁; ~ of peppermint. 薄荷精。 |