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 elements
 原理,基礎

 elements
 元件 元素

 elements
      n : violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of
          the four elements); "they felt the full fury of the
          elements"

 Elements
    In its primary sense, as denoting the first principles or
    constituents of things, it is used in 2 Pet. 3:10: "The elements
    shall be dissolved." In a secondary sense it denotes the first
    principles of any art or science. In this sense it is used in
    Gal. 4:3, 9; Col. 2:8, 20, where the expressions, "elements of
    the world," "week and beggarly elements," denote that state of
    religious knowledge existing among the Jews before the coming of
    Christ, the rudiments of religious teaching. They are "of the
    world," because they are made up of types which appeal to the
    senses. They are "weak," because insufficient; and "beggarly,"
    or "poor," because they are dry and barren, not being
    accompanied by an outpouring of spiritual gifts and graces, as
    the gospel is.