| 释义 |
View usage for: (ɪsenʃəli) 1. adverbYou use essentially to emphasize a quality that someone or something has, and to say that it is their most important or basic quality. [formal, emphasis] Great writers, composers and scientists are essentially quite different from ordinarypeople. Essentially, vines and grapes need water, heat and light. Synonyms: fundamentally, radically, basically, primarily More Synonyms of essentially 2. adverb [ADVERB with verb]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. [formal, vagueness] His analysis of urban use of agricultural land has been proved essentially correct. Essentially, the West has only two options. The company won the contract by essentially saying it would do the job for free. More Synonyms of essentially essentially in British English (ɪˈsɛnʃəlɪ) adverbin a fundamental or basic way; in essence Examples of 'essentially' in a sentenceessentially In other languagesessentially British English: essentially ADVERB You use essentially to emphasize a quality that someone or something has, and to say that it is their most important or basic quality. It's been believed for centuries that great artists and scientists are essentially quite different from ordinary people. - American English: essentially
- Brazilian Portuguese: essencialmente
- Chinese: 本质上
- European Spanish: esencialmente
- French: essentiellement
- German: im Wesentlichen
- Italian: essenzialmente
- Japanese: 根本的に
- Korean: 본질적으로
- European Portuguese: essencialmente
- Latin American Spanish: esencialmente
Chinese translation of 'essentially'essentially (ɪˈsɛnʃəlɪ) (frm) adv - (= basically)
基本来(來)说(說) (jīběn lái shuō) - (= mainly)
大致上 (dàzhìshang)
the belief that geniuses are essentially quite different from ordinary people His analysis is essentially correct. Synonyms basically fundamentally in the main in substance Additional synonymsHe was a very gentle boy at heart. Synonyms fundamentally, essentially, basically, really, actually, in fact, truly, in reality, in truth, in essence, deep down, at bottom, au fond Definition for all practical purposes The deal would create, in effect, the world's biggest airline. Synonyms in fact, really, actually, essentially, virtually, effectively, in reality, in truth, as good as, in actual fact, to all intents and purposes, in all but name, in actuality, for practical purposes Are people intrinsically good or evil? Synonyms essentially, basically, fundamentally, constitutionally, as such, in itself, at heart, by definition, per se |