2020-05-15

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  fundamental
/ˌfəndəˈmentl/

adjective
    forming a necessary base or core; of central importance.
        - "Some of my concerns are fairly fundamental to the voting process and the secrecy of voting."
    Synonyms: basic, underlying, core, foundational, rudimentary, elemental, elementary, basal, root, primary, prime, cardinal, first, principal, chief, key, central, vital, essential, important, indispensable, necessary, crucial, pivotal, critical, structural, organic, constitutional, inherent, intrinsic

noun
    a central or primary rule or principle on which something is based.
        - "Islam's fundamentals are based on some eternal truths that can easily cope with peripheral polarities."

Synonyms
    adjective
        - basic, underlying, core, foundational, rudimentary, elemental, elementary, basal, root, primary, prime, cardinal, first, principal, chief, key, central, vital, essential, important, indispensable, necessary, crucial, pivotal, critical, structural, organic, constitutional, inherent, intrinsic
        - primal, cardinal, key, central
        - rudimentary, underlying
        - profound

    noun
        - fundamental frequency

Examples
    - This fear is so fundamentalthat it overcame other basic Australian traits - compassion, a helping hand, a fair go.

    - It is our hope that their legacies will not be tarnished by an inconsistent stand on the conflict between science and religion, an issue of fundamental importance to all mankind.

    - it's fundamental to my work

    - After talks on the Treaty broke down in December, there was widespread pessimism that fundamental differences could not be overcome in the short term.

    - And I think that's a very fundamental difference and approach to government between the two parties.

    - The appearance of the Social Democrats Movement less than a year ago introduced a few points, which are fundamental to their attitude towards the country's political scene.

    - The beating between adjacent harmonics causes the brain to ‘hear’ the non-existent fundamental.

    - Le Terroir, the all-important combination of climate, soil, and grape variety that are fundamental to the creation of champagne, is considered unique.

    - This is a superficial examination as these decisions often turn on the precise facts of the case but regardless of the precise details this appears to represent a fundamental difference of approach.

    - I mean, I really think is one of the basic problems here, is there's a fundamental difference.

    - And having achieved his narrow victory, the famous flip-flop on fundamental issues was second nature to Vajpayee.

    - The contents offer a crucial test for theories describing the fundamental nature of m
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atter and energy.

    - The second harmonic from the external resonator could be synchronously scanned with the fundamental.

    - But the issue in California, because Hispanics are so integrated and so fundamental to the society of California, indeed the entire country.

    - So to the extent we're talking about natural plant communities developing, then that's just one of those processes which is fundamental to the National Parks system.

    - Stock options and corporate bonuses are no more fundamental to the achievement of scientific advance than were Soviet medals and patriotic exhortations.

    - Not since 1947, when the strategy for containing the Soviet Union was designed, have matters so fundamental to American grand strategy been up for grabs.

    - But for all the bravado of his pre-budget speech, there was arguably little that Brown could have said to resolve the fundamental contradiction at the heart of his vision for Britain.

    - of fundamental importance

    - However, the YWCA has moved a step beyond this traditional focus in addressing some of the fundamental issues affecting women's lives.

    - First, and foremost, they submit that there was a fundamental error in the approach adopted by the Inspector to the question whether or not use was as of right or by permission.

    - Building local social connections and informal support is fundamental to preventing child abuse and neglect and to building resilience in children and vulnerable families.

    - A lot has changed environ-mentally since then, he added, but fundamental issues and human nature have remained the same.

    - The public are entitled to play a meaningful role within the planning system and granting ‘third-party rights of appeal’ is fundamental to achieving this.

    - Homeyer's organic vision stems from his childhood love of ‘dirt and plants and growing things’ and is rooted in a fundamental respect of nature.

    - And yet, human interaction is fundamental to our existence and the ability to communicate with clarity and understanding is a vitally important skill.

    - For Democrats, it's an issue of fundamental importance and core values.

    - Does not this correspondence constitute the fundamental trait of our nature?

    - He becomes an of people, and this is a very basic fundamental error.

    - The standing wave with the longest wavelength is called the fundamental; the overtone number keeps count of the number of half-wavelengths.

[soraliu]

  misc

abbreviation
    miscellaneous.

[soraliu]

  mechanism
/ˈmekəˌnizəm/

noun
    a system of parts working together in a machine; a piece of machinery.
        - "The valve train consists of the valves and a mechanism that opens and closes them."
    Synonyms: machinery, workings, works, movement, action, gears, components

    a natural or established process by which something takes place or is brought about.
        - "It is also of significance in new drug development based on the mechanism of Chinese medicine."

    the doctrine that all natural phenomena, including life and thought, allow mechanical explanation by physics and chemistry.
        - "It is a different type of physics than that peddled by mechanism ."

Synonyms
    noun
        - procedure, process, system, operation, method, technique, means, medium, agency, channel
        - machine, piece of machinery, appliance, apparatus, device, instrument, contraption, gadget, gizmo
        - machinery, workings, works, movement, action, gears, components
        - mechanics

Examples
    - Our clock is a superb piece of engineering, and has a mechanism that is almost identical to Big Ben in London.

    - These two holes must be coordinated so the mechanism will properly fit together.

    - The Iraqi people must have an effective mechanism to bring complaints against soldiers who abuse their human rights.

    - It is also of significance in new drug development based on the mechanism of Chinese medicine.

    - Over his own grunts and snarls, he failed to hear the snap of the trigger mechanism.

    - The slight hiss is, to my ears, about the same as the tape mechanismin my van - maybe even a bit less.

    - Yet mechanism and postmodernism are linked by a common distrust of human subjectivity.

    - Much of this controversy stemmed from the argument of mechanism versus vitalism.

    - A lift mechanism for raising the tray carrier into the enclosure is also disclosed.

    - The site has a simple registration process and a mechanism to ensure that both the seller and buyer get a fair deal.

    - Staff were also seen checking the mechanism which worked the electronic security gates at the end of the drive.

    - The valve train consists of the valves and a mechanism that opens and closes them.

    - we have no mechanism for assessing the success of forwarded inquiries

    - his Irma La Douce is a musical based on the farce mechanism

    - It was based on antiquated natural history; he was unaffected by mechanism or Newtonianism.

    - Also known as splitting, there is some suggestion that this arises in early childhood as a coping mechanism.

    - a third motor powers the tape eject mechanism

    - He ducked at the sound of the trigger mechanism and dodged the gunfire completely.

    - Natural selection is a mechanism for generating an exceedingly high degree of improbability.

    - The conference also established the mechanism through which the Alliance would operate.

    - For Bergson, it is because the scientific pursuit is based on the principle of mechanism.

    - However, the underlying mechanism that brings about this restriction is less well understood.

    - As soon as they are about to hit the trigger mechanism, bang the coin-return button.

    - the immune system's mechanism for detecting pathogens

    - Children had to be able to tolerate and avoid touching the catheter and the pump mechanism.

    - It is a different type of physics than that peddled by mechanism.

    - A plebiscite process is a democratic mechanism to ensure that the people get to choose.

    - the mechanism by which genes build bodies

    - There is now no doubt that natural selection is a mechanism of evolutionary change.

    - the gunner injured his arm in the turret mechanism

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  collection
/kəˈlekSHən/

noun
    the action or process of collecting someone or something.
        - "Best practice recommends that all refuse left out for collection should be protected by a hard container, with a fitted lid firmly closed."

    a group of things or people.
        - "United Future is not so much a party as a collection of individuals."
    Synonyms: group, crowd, body, assemblage, gathering, throng, knot, cluster, multitude, bevy, party, band, horde, pack, flock, swarm, mob, gang, load, gaggle

Synonyms
    noun
        - hoard, pile, heap, stack, stock, store, stockpile, accumulation, reserve, supply, bank, pool, fund, mine, reservoir
        - anthology, selection, compendium, treasury, compilation, miscellany, potpourri
        - set, series, array, assortment
        - group, crowd, body, assemblage, gathering, throng, knot, cluster, multitude, bevy, party, band, horde, pack, flock, swarm, mob, gang, load, gaggle
        - offering, offertory, tithe
        - donations, contributions, gifts, subscription(s), alms
        - assemblage, aggregation, accumulation
        - collecting, assembling, aggregation
        - compendium
        - ingathering, appeal, solicitation

Examples
    - At Pimlico Race Course near Baltimore, jockeys took up a collection earmarked for the American Red Cross.

    - Village Tales, their second recording, is a collection of traditional folk songs from across China.

    - a rambling collection of houses

    - The collection, transportation and disposal of garbage have always been a headache for the local authorities.

    - We bought a cylindrical planter for collection later.

    - The avid hoarder is packing up her entire collection of 1,250 lamps and taking them with her.

    - The Orkney Vintage Club's Orkney Cavalcade 2005 saw a collection of old vehicles drive around the West Mainland.

    - To some extent the poems in his seventh collection continue in that vein, but in many of them the poet takes a somber turn as he muses over old age and death.

    - First, a call from the salesman to tell me the car had arrived and was in process of being ‘made ready’ for collection on Thursday.

    - United Future is not so much a party as a collection of individuals.

    - What the national police did was to assemble a collection of men from different units.

    - the collection of data

    - a preview of their autumn collection

    - Early in the history of the universe, one particular pool of gas and dust had begun to spin itself into the collection of bodies that we call the solar system.

    - The remaining seats are held by a collection of small parties and independents.

    - We hope you will co-operate with us in filling in your voting forms and having them ready for collection when our representative returns.

    - Best practice recommends that all refuse left out for collection should be protected by a hard container, with a fitted lid firmly closed.

    - a collection of stamps

    - Lynn gathers a collection of stapled pages together in her arms.

    - I still found this to be a great collection of the band's music, but I would warn fans to not expect too much from the second disc.

    - tax collection

    - He came within inches of a hat-trick and saving his side from defeat at the hands of the greatest collection of footballers ever assembled on one team.

    - Rothenstein has assembled a great collection of musical visuals, drawings, paintings, sheet music covers and synaesthetic visions.

    - The club tracksuits were distributed on Saturday week last and are available for collection for those who did not yet collect their order.

    - But the council has warned that households who have not had their bins emptied because of the weather will have to wait another seven days for collection.

    - paintings from the permanent collection

    - To create each song in the collection, a traditional melody was carefully selected for each poem chosen in the final draft.

    - In fact Gregory went home to Aberdeen and took a collection outside the church doors for money to build his observatory.

    - collection of essays

    - collection of taxes

[soraliu]

  collection
/kəˈlekSHən/

采集
(Cǎijí)

Definitions of collection
[ English -> 简体中文 ]

noun
    采集
        collection, gathering
    集
        set, collection, volume, anthology, part
    搜集
        collect, collection, gathering, collecting, gather
    征收
        collection, levy, expropriation, imposition
    汇集
        collection, compilation
    珍藏
        collection
    汇编
        compilation, collection
    托收
        collection
    采
        collection, picking, gathering
    集子
        collection, anthology, collected works
    汇
        collection, collected things, class
    丛书
        series of books, collection
    丛
        cluster, clump, thicket, grove, collection, collection of books
    丛刊
        collection, series of books
    萃
        collection

collection
    采集, 收藏品, 集