| 单词 | basis |
| 释义 | basis /bay"sis/, n. , pl. bases /-seez/. 1. the bottom or base of anything; the part on which something stands or rests. 2. anything upon which something is based; fundamental principle; groundwork. 3. the principal constituent; fundamental ingredient. 4. a basic fact, amount, standard, etc., used in making computations, reaching conclusions, or the like: The nurse is paid on an hourly basis. He was chosen on the basis of his college grades. 5. Math. a set of linearly independent elements of a given vector space having the property that every element of the space can be written as a linear combination of the elements of the set. [1525-35; < L < Gk básis step, place one stands on, pedestal, equiv. to ba-, base of baínein to walk, step (akin to COME) + -sis -SIS; cf. BASE1] Syn. 1, 2. See base1. |
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