基本

1. foundation

♦ 人民是国家的~。 The people are the foundation of a nation.

2. basic; fundamental; elementary

♦ 他们之间存在着~分歧。 Fundamental differences exist between them.

♦ ~原则 basic principles

♦ ~观点 basic concept

♦ ~知识 elementary (or rudimentary) knowledge

3. main; essential

♦ 这个车间一个技术人员也没有, 不具备生产的~条件。 There's not one trained technician in the whole workshop, so it doesn't have the basic conditions necessary for production.

4. basically; in the main; on the whole; by and large

♦ 那项工程已~完工。 The project has been basically completed.

♦ 这部电影~上是好的。 This film is good on the whole.

♦ 情况~属实。 It has been found to be basically true.

~词汇 basic vocabulary; basic word-stock~法 basic law~费 minimum fare~工资 basic wage (or salary)~规则 ground rule; primitive rule~国策 basic policy of the country~粒子 [物]elementary particle~路线 basic line~矛盾 fundamental contradiction