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- primary or basic初级的; 基础的：
elemental features from which all other structures are compounded.
所有其他结构得以合成的基本特征。
1.1
- concerned with chemical elements or other basic components化学元素的; 基本成分的：
elemental analysis.
化学元素分析。
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- consisting of a single chemical element; not chemically combined由单一元素组成的; 非化合的。
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- related to or embodying the powers of nature自然力的：
a thunderstorm is the inevitable outcome of battling elemental forces.
雷暴是各种自然力相较量的不可避免的结果。
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- figurative (of a human emotion or action) having the primitive and inescapable character of a force of nature〈喻〉（人的感情或行为）可与自然力相比拟的; 粗犷的：
the urge for revenge was too elemental to be ignored.
复仇的冲动太强烈了, 决不能掉以轻心。
- a supernatural entity or force thought to be physically manifested by occult means以神秘方式呈现出来的超自然实体（或力量）; 神灵, 鬼怪。
派生词
elementalism
noun词源
late 15th cent.: from medieval Latin elementalis, from elementum 'principle, rudiment' （see ELEMENT）.