副词
1. She''s essentially kind.
她本质上是善良的。
1. 本质上,本来:pause 中止;暂停 | essentially 本质上;本来 | gene因子;基因
2. 基本上,主要:available 可得到的,能得到的 | 5. essentially 基本上,主要 | completely 十分,完全地
3. 基本上:essential 必要的,必不可少的 n.本质,要点 | essentially 基本上 | establish 建立,设立;确立
1. 根本上;本质上
You use essentially to emphasize a quality that someone or something has, and to say that it is their most important or basic quality.
e.g. It''s been believed for centuries that great writers, composers and scientists are essentially quite different from ordinary people...
几个世纪以来人们一直相信伟大的作家、作曲家和科学家从根本上就与普通人大不相同。
e.g. Essentially, vines and grapes need water, heat and light.
最基本的是,葡萄藤和葡萄需要水、热和光。
2. 大体上;基本上
You use essentially to indicate that what you are saying is mainly true, although some parts of it are wrong or more complicated than has been stated.
e.g. His analysis of urban use of agricultural land has been proved essentially correct...
他有关城市占用农业用地的分析已被证明大体上是正确的。
e.g. Essentially, the West has only two options...
基本上,西方只有两种选择。
adv
1. in essence
at bottom or by one''s (or its) very nature
e.g. He is basically dishonest
the argument was essentially a technical one
for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person
Synonym: basicallyfundamentally