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 el·e·men·tal /ˌɛləˈmɛntḷ/
 (a.)元素的,要素的,自然力的

 el·e·men·tal /ˌɛləˈmɛntḷ/ 形容詞
 元素的,要素的,基本的

 elemental
 基本

 elemental
 基本

 El·e·men·tal a.
 1. Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; as, elemental air. “Elemental strife.”
 2. Pertaining to rudiments or first principles; rudimentary; elementary. “The elemental rules of erudition.”
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 elemental
      adj 1: being or resembling a force of nature; "elemental violence"
      2: being the ultimate or elemental constituents of anything;
         "the elemental stuff of...out of which the many forms of
         life have been molded"- Jack London; "the ultimate
         ingredients of matter"; "his proposal is elegantly simple"
         [syn: ultimate]
      3: relating to or being an element; "elemental sulphur"
      4: relating to severe atmospheric conditions; "a race against
         hail or cold rains or some other elemental catastrophe"-
         J.K.Howard