element /ˈɛlɪmənt/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT The different elements of something are the different parts it contains. 组成部分

  例：

  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。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A particular element of a situation, activity, or process is an important quality or feature that it has or needs. 要素; 特点

  例：

  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。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT 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

  例：

  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。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT If something has an element of a particular quality or emotion, it has a certain amount of this quality or emotion. 成分

  例：

  These reports clearly contain elements of propaganda.

  这些报告明显带有宣传的成分。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT An element is a substance such as gold, oxygen, or carbon that consists of only one type of atom. 元素

• 6. 

  N-COUNT The element in an electric or water heater is the metal part that changes the electric current into heat. 电阻丝

• 7. 

  N-PLURAL You can refer to the weather, especially wind and rain, as the elements. 天气 (尤指风雨)

  例：

  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。

• 8. 

  PHRASE If you say that someone is in their element, you mean that they are in a situation they enjoy. 如鱼得水

  例：

  My stepmother was in her element, organizing everything.

  我继母那时如鱼得水，安排着所有一切。