basics

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ba·sics /ˈbeɪsɪks/ ●○○ noun [plural]  1  BASICIMPORTANTthe most important and necessary facts about something, from which other possibilities and ideas may develop 基础；基本原则basics of the basics of French grammar 法语语法基础 Here are some of the basics you will need to know. 这里有些基本原则你需要掌握。2  things that everyone needs in order to live or to deal with a particular situation 基本需要 basics like food and education 粮食和教育等基本需求3  back to basics used to describe a return to teaching or doing the most important or simplest things 回归到基本的教育[做法]，返璞归真 A lot of parents want schools to get back to basics. 许多家长希望学校回归基础教育。

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basics• What are the basics of your business?• Several chapters cover the basics of clean room technology, e.g., lithography, etching and layer deposition techniques.• You need to learn the basics before you can start writing your own music.• You can do fancier things later on, after you've learned the basics.• I still haven't mastered the basics of English grammar.• If you repeat the basics faithfully, your business will prosper.• You have to understand the basics before you can move on to more advanced work.• Unless we get back to basics in teaching, the standard of literacy will fall.

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basics
ba‧sics /ˈbeɪsɪks/ noun [plural]
1. the most important and necessary facts about something, from which other possibilities and ideas may develop
    basics of
    the basics of French grammar
    Here are some of the basics you will need to know.
2. things that everyone needs in order to live or to deal with a particular situation:
    basics like food and education
3. back to basics used to describe a return to teaching or doing the most important or simplest things:
    A lot of parents want schools to get back to basics.

basicsBrE /ˈbeɪsɪks/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbeɪsɪks/ 🔊 noun [plural] ~ (of sth) the most important and necessary facts, skills, ideas, etc. from which other things develop 基本因素（或原理、原则、规律等）◆the basics of computer programming计算机编程概要the simplest and most important things that people need in a particular situation 基本设施；基本需要◆Some schools lack money for basics like books and pencils. 有些学校缺少资金购买书本、铅笔之类的基本用具。🔊🔊●go/get back to ˈbasicsto think about the simple or most important ideas within a subject or an activity instead of new ideas or complicated details 回归本原；返璞归真