elementary
adjective /ˌelɪˈmentri/
/ˌelɪˈmentri/
初级的;基础的 - an elementary English course
基础英语课程 - a book for elementary students
初学者课本 - at an elementary level
处于初级水平 - I'm taking classes in elementary Italian.
我在上意大利语基础课程。
- an elementary English course
基本的 - It's an elementary law of economics: the scarcer the commodity, the higher the price.
这是经济学的基本法则:商品越稀缺,价格越高。 - How could you make such an elementary mistake?
你怎么能犯这种根本性错误? - I made some rather elementary mistakes.
我犯了一些相当简单的错误。
- It's an elementary law of economics: the scarcer the commodity, the higher the price.
简单的;容易的 - elementary questions
简单的问题
- elementary questions
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘composed of the four elements, earth, air, fire, and water’): from Latin elementarius, from elementum ‘principle’, translating Greek stoikheion ‘step, component part’. Current senses date from the mid 16th cent.