英 [ɪˈsenʃəli] 美 [ɪˈsenʃəli]
adv. 本质上，根本上；大体上，基本上
essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəlɪ/
副词 You use essentially to emphasize a quality that someone or something has, and to say that it is their most important or basic quality. 本质上
It's been believed for centuries that great writers, composers, and scientists are essentially quite different from ordinary people.
几个世纪以来人们都认为伟大的作家、作曲家和科学家本质上与常人大不相同。
副词 You use essentially to indicate that what you are saying is mainly true, although some parts of it are wrong or more complicated than has been stated. 基本上
His analysis of urban use of agricultural land has been proved essentially correct.
他的城市对农用土地使用的分析已经被证明基本上正确。
at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature
the argument was essentially a technical one
同义词： basically / fundamentally / in essence / au fond
(在乐曲的和声构成方面)必要的
(疾病)自发的，原发的，特发的
(氨基酸对有机体生长)必需的
...躬自省，每当我们在谈论某一事物的“本质”时，我们总是那样地言之凿凿，对它的存在深信不疑；每当我们用“本质上”(essentially)一词来修饰我们论述的观点时，我们又感到那么地有力量。
... essentialgoods主要货物；必需品 essentially本质上；本来 essence本质，实质；精华；香精 ...
实质上 » Essentially 然后我们来到了长颈鹿馆，它是动物园里最高的动物，它有一双大眼睛，很漂亮。
... buzz n. (愉快、兴奋或成就的)强烈情感 essentially adv. 本质上;基本上 gigantic adj. 巨大的;庞大的 ...
essential 基本的；必要的；本质的；精华的
本质上；本来
He was, essentially, a teacher, not a manager.
他本质上来说是个教师而不是经理。
The course is essentially theoretical in orientation.
该课程的目标基本上是理论性的。
He was essentially a man of the theatre.
他基本上是个戏剧人。
Againthis is Purdue's Eric Calais "The city of Port au Prince, the capital of Haiti, is essentially built on that fault,"
VOA : standard.2010.01.13
Of course in the reversible case, you're always pushing against an external pressure, which is essentially equal to the internal pressure.
当然在可逆的情况下，外压力，总是，等于内部压力。
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So essentially it's something that has to come from within the community, with the support, but it really is an evolution.
所以，从本质上来说，人权观念的改变,必须是在帮助下的群体自发觉悟，而且是一种发展。
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The iPad, essentially a larger version of Apple's iPhone, can be used to send emails, watch movies or play games.
VOA : standard.2010.05.28
Andrei Koztunof of the New Eurasia Foundation in Moscow says both countries essentially agreed not to make it a major issue.
VOA : standard.2010.07.09
There's only three standing - well, four, with Dennis Kucinich but essentially, there are three standing.
Austin, essentially, reaps the benefits of being a deep blue, Democratic island in a red-state sea.
Citizenship has been an essentially passive legal status involving few demands beyond obeying the law.