- 1. foundation; base
- ♦ 千头万绪抓~。 Faced with a great variety of problems, one must concentrate on what is of basic importance.
- 2. basic; fundamental; essential; cardinal
- ♦ ~原因 basic reason; root cause
- ♦ ~原则 cardinal principle
- ♦ 一件带~性的大事 a major measure of fundamental importance
- 3. (usu. used in the negative) at all; simply
- ♦ 我~就不赞成你的主张。 I don't agree with you at all.
- 4. radically; thoroughly
- ♦ 问题已经得到~解决。 The problem has been settled once and for all.