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serious and very important; affecting the most central and important parts of something 十分重大的；根本的 the fundamental principles of scientific method 科學方法的基本原則 You have a fundamental right to privacy. 你有基本的隐私權。 a fundamental question/problem/issue 基本問題/難題/議題 a question of fundamental importance 首要問題 This principle is absolutely fundamental. 這項原則絕對重要。 There is a fundamental difference between the two points of view. 這兩個觀點有根本區别。 A fundamental change in the organization of health services was required. 公共醫療在組織上需要一個根本性的變革。
Extra ExamplesI think they made a very fundamental mistake. 我認爲他們犯了一個根本性的錯誤。 An open system of criminal justice is a fundamental requirement of any democratic society. 開放的刑事審判制度是任何民主社會必不可少的。 Living without war is a fundamental freedom. 在沒有戰爭的情況下生活是最基本的自由。 The fundamental dilemma remains: in a tolerant society, should we tolerate intolerance? 基本的矛盾仍未消除：在寬容的社會裏，我們應不應該容忍狹隘 ?
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central; forming the necessary basis of something 基礎的；基本的 - fundamental to something
Hard work is fundamental to success. 勤奮工作是成功的基礎。 - fundamental for something
Low interest rates are fundamental for growth. 低利率對增長極其重要。
Extra ExamplesWe consider these freedoms fundamental to democracy. 我們認爲這些自由權利是民主的基礎。 Improved funding is fundamental to the success of the project. 獲得更多的資金對這一項目的成敗至關重要。
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physics 物理 forming the source or base from which everything else is made; not able to be divided any further 基本的；不能再分的 a fundamental particle 基本粒子
Word Originlate Middle English: from French fondamental, or late Latin fundamentalis, from Latin fundamentum, from fundare ‘to found’.