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essentially
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🇺🇸 /ɛsˈɛnʃʌli/
essentially 是副词，表示“本质上、实质上”，用于指出某事物的核心性质或实际情况。
💡 记忆钩子
把复杂事物的外表一层层剥开，留下最核心的部分：essentially 就是在说“归根结底是这样”。
📝 学习建议
- 先掌握“本质上、实质上”这一核心义，不要把 essentially 误解成“必要地”；“必要地”通常对应 necessarily。
📖 中文释义
adv
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core 本质上；实质上📖 表示去掉表面差异后，某事物在核心性质上仍然是某种东西，或某件事归根结底就是这样。它常用来把复杂的细节概括成一个最重要的判断。💡 常见模式是 essentially + 形容词或名词，例如 essentially different、essentially the same；也可以说某人或某物 essentially does something。它适合用于解释和概括，通常比口语中的 simply 更正式一些。这里强调“本质或实际情况”，不要用来表示程度很高。Although the two designs look different, they are essentially the same.虽然这两种设计看起来不同，但它们本质上是一样的。The job is essentially about helping people solve problems.这份工作的本质就是帮助人们解决问题。
more essentially
comparative
most essentially
superlative
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 1 组
in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature; ;
同义词集:
basically
fundamentally
essentially
He is basically dishonest
the argument was essentially a technical one
for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person
🌳 词源
由 essential 加副词后缀 -ly 构成，字面上与“本质地”有关。
Late Latin essentiālisbor.
English essential
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English essentially
From essential + -ly.
🔄 变式
more essentially
compar
most essentially
superl
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