1 ADV-GRADED 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. 根本上;本质上 [formal, emphasis]
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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。
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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。
SYN fundamentally, radically, basically, primarily
2 ADV [ADVERB with verb] 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. 大体上;基本上 [formal, vagueness]
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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。
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Essentially, the West has only two options.
基本上,西方只有两种选择。
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The company won the contract by essentially saying it would do the job for free.
那家公司基本上是靠宣称免费进行那项工作才赢得了合同。
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