| 单词 | essentially |
| 释义 | essentially (once / 353 pages) adv Notice the tie between essentially and the word "essence," referring to the very core of something. As an adverb, then, essentially refers to something's nature. In spite of your faults, you're essentially a good person. The word essentia came from the Lower Latin, referring to something's inherent qualities. If you're convinced that there's not much difference between two things, you might say that they are essentially the same. Nietzsche once made the essentially sexist comment, "Man wishes woman to be peaceable, but in fact she is essentially warlike, like the cat.” WORD FAMILYessential: essentiality, essentially, essentialness, essentials, inessential, nonessential, unessential+/essence: essences, essential/essentiality: essentialities/inessential: inessentiality, inessentially, inessentials/nonessential: nonessentials/unessential: unessentially USAGE EXAMPLESThe first two questions are about national strategy; the third will essentially be a fight over government funding. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) It is being completed essentially on time and within its budget, unlike many previous such projects. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Football is essentially a spectacle of car crashes. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) adv in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature the argument was essentially a technical one Syn basically, fundamentally |
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