英 [ˈelɪmənts] 美 [ˈelɪmənts; ˈeləmənts]
n. 要素；元素；（群体或社会中的）一伙；（恶劣的）天气；基本原理（element 的复数）
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。
violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements)
they felt the full fury of the elements
元素(elements)是GStreamer中最重要的概念，你可以把一组元素链接到一起组成一个链，然后让数据流依次通过这个链中的每个元素。
这里要提到定七中一个非常重要的要素(Elements)：撞车。定七之所以无法确定谁是你对家，即是因为对家是由你暗报的那个7决定的，如果报的是1个黑桃7，那么有黑桃7的那个玩家是你...
... climate气候 elements自然力量(风、雨) temperature气温 ...
基础；原理
basis / foundation / theory / mechanism / base
These elements can be combined in a multitude of different ways.
这些因素可以通过无数不同的方式进行组合。
Callahan posits that chemical elements radiate electromagnetic signals.
卡拉汉假定化学元素放射电磁信号。
He taught me the elements of map-reading.
他教我看地图的基本方法。
These states are inscribing by themselves, are proposing by themselves,elements they feel deem the attention of the international community.
VOA : special.2010.12.01
Somebody rose and asked him if he had considered putting the elements in alphabetical order. They were very cruel.
有人起来问他,是否考虑过将这些元素,按字母顺序排列，他们非常冷酷。
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So it might be something like that, a tiny little something that one would set down like a couple of elements.
所以创作的支点可能是类似这些的，很小很小的事情，作者会把它们列出来,就像一系列元素一样。
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The United States government said it will use "all elements" of its national power to deal with Iran.
VOA : special.2009.02.07
It contains forms of hydrogen and oxygen that can mark, or label, these elements within body water.
VOA : special.2011.07.27
To those hardy enough to survive here, it offered a life ruled only by the elements.
The art of these churches encompasses elements which demonstrate the relation between Eastern and Western Christian Art.
While working on the carriages, Italian immigrants began to paint them with simple lines and decorative elements.