英 [ˈelɪmənt] 美 [ˈelɪmənt]
n. 基本部分，要素；元素；有点，少量；一群人；恶劣天气（the elements）；基本原理；适宜的环境；电热元件，电热丝；（基督教圣餐中的）面包和酒
【名】 （Element）（英）埃利门特，（德）埃勒门特（人名）
复数elements
element /ˈɛlɪmənt/ CET4 TEM4
可数名词 The different elements of something are the different parts it contains. 组成部分
The exchange of prisoners of war was one of the key elements of the UN's peace plan.
交换战俘是联合国和平计划的主要内容之一。
可数名词 A particular element of a situation, activity, or process is an important quality or feature that it has or needs. 要素; 特点
Physical fitness has now become an important element in our lives.
身体健康现已成为我们生活中的重要元素。
可数名词 When you talk about elements within a society or organization, you are referring to groups of people who have similar aims, beliefs, or habits. (具有相似目标、信仰或者习惯的) 群体; 分子
The government must weed out criminal elements from within the security forces.
政府必须剔除保安队伍内部的犯罪分子。
可数名词 If something has an element of a particular quality or emotion, it has a certain amount of this quality or emotion. 成分
These reports clearly contain elements of propaganda.
这些报告明显带有宣传的成分。
可数名词 An element is a substance such as gold, oxygen, or carbon that consists of only one type of atom. 元素
可数名词 The element in an electric or water heater is the metal part that changes the electric current into heat. 电阻丝
复数型名词 You can refer to the weather, especially wind and rain, as the elements. 天气 (尤指风雨)
The area where most refugees are waiting is exposed to the elements.
大部分难民滞留的地区暴露在风雨之中。
习语 If you say that someone is in their element, you mean that they are in a situation they enjoy. 如鱼得水
My stepmother was in her element, organizing everything.
我继母那时如鱼得水，安排着所有一切。
an abstract part of something
the grammatical elements of a sentence
同义词： component / constituent / factor / ingredient
any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter
同义词： chemical element
an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
a component or constituent element of a system
同义词： component / constituent
one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe
the alchemists believed that there were four elements
the most favorable environment for a plant or animal
water is the element of fishes
the situation in which you are happiest and most effective
in your element
a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
元素(element)是文档结构的基础，如P、table、div等。在CSS中，每个元素生成一个框，即盒模型，对文档的表现起作用。
工作要素工作要素(element)(element):工作中不能再继续分解的最小:工作中不能再继续分解的最小动作单位动作单位..
一、基本用语的认识： 元件(element)：亦即HTML基本语法中的标签(tag)。属性(attribute)：用以描述标签特性的属性。
elementary 基本的；初级的；[化学] 元素的
elemental 基本的；主要的；自然力的；四大要素的（土、水、气、火）
Cost was a key element in our decision.
价钱是我们决策时考虑的主要因素。
Diamond is the crystalline form of the element carbon.
钻石是碳元素的晶体结构。
The kettle needs a new element.
这个电壶需要一根新电热丝。
They had been interested in thorium -- a radioactive element that can fuel nuclear reactors but not be processed into weapons.
VOA : special.2010.10.15
But what's really shocking is when you compare this with this, it's based upon sonnet 57 because lanthanum is element 57.
但是真正令人震惊的是,当你比较这个和这个的时候，基于诗57来看7,而正好镧是57号元素。
固态化学导论课程节选 : 麻省理工公开课
And if that's true is everything in the string, starting at the first element and removing the last element, a palindrome?
如果是相同的话,是不是字符串中的所有从第一个元素开始,并且删除最后一个元素后？
计算机科学及编程导论课程节选 : 麻省理工公开课
He had a strong desire to control every element of the production and marketing of his films.
VOA : special.2009.05.31
World War Two ended. Enrico Fermi had been the first to use a neutron to produce the radioactive change of one element to another.
VOA : special.2009.06.14
Hooking a local tarpon or barracuda can certainly add an unexpectedly powerful element of propulsion.
The element was inscribed on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009.
No outdoor element is off bounds, with trees, benches, hills and roads all used in workouts.