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Definition of essence in English: essencenoun ˈɛs(ə)nsˈɛsəns mass noun1The intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, which determines its character. 本质，实质；要素 conflict is the essence of drama 冲突是戏剧的要素。 Example sentencesExamples - The work of both artists is fuelled by a need to communicate the metaphysical essence of our existence.
- Analogies can obfuscate, but in their own way they can distill a matter to its essence.
- She says the lack of time which GPs have to treat their patients is destroying the very essence of what it means to be a family doctor.
- The photographer is there to capture the true essence of the wedding day.
- It would succeed in destroying the very essence of what this village is about, its rich countryside heritage.
- They ended up capturing the true essence of the two of them.
- They were also worried that broadcasting the music through microphones would destroy the beauty and essence of the music.
- The essence of chemistry is understanding and applying chemical reactions.
- The chief aim of this inquiry has been to shed light on the nature and essence of the disagreement between the two.
- To me they epitomize the essence of femininity.
- And then sometimes, history is graced by an individual who comes and changes the very essence of humanity.
- We cared for our guests because not to do so would betray the most profound essence of our humanity.
- Such frivolous distinctions do not constitute the essence of religion.
- It is obvious that he does not understand the true essence of sport, or human nature.
- Her portrayal of the sexy evangelist Reno Sweeney was outstanding, catching the very essence of this character.
- The time has come for architecture and planning to reflect the essence of democracy.
- The raucous, inscrutable essence of democracy could almost be glimpsed in this maelstrom.
- Indeed, sometimes the real essence of truth is only to be discovered in the narrative form.
- Usually the design process involves taking messy reality and isolating its abstract essence.
- He had grasped the real essence of working class power.
Synonyms quintessence, soul, spirit, ethos, nature, life, lifeblood, core, heart, centre, crux, nub, nucleus, kernel, marrow, meat, pith, gist, substance, principle, central part, fundamental quality, basic quality, essential part, intrinsic nature, sum and substance, reality, actuality Philosophy quiddity, esse informal nitty-gritty - 1.1Philosophy count noun A property or group of properties of something without which it would not exist or be what it is.
〔哲〕本质 Locke's scepticism about our ability to penetrate to the real essences of things Example sentencesExamples - Do essences (or properties in general) exist in the physical world?
- The unnamed philosopher was indeed Locke, according to whom real essences made a thing what it was; it consisted of an item's internal structure.
- As he later puts it, the study of categories is a study of essences, based in essential insights about the types of meanings and correlative types of things.
- That is, items in all the categories are definable, so items in all the categories have essences - just as there is an essence of man, there is also an essence of white and an essence of musical.
- Whereas the immediate explanation of the actuality of Aristotle's substances lay in what they were essentially, that was not the case with Avicenna's essences, for their status was that of the merely possible.
2An extract or concentrate obtained from a plant or other matter and used for flavouring or scent. 香精，香料 香草精。 Example sentencesExamples - The Arabs recognized and refined these processes in the early Middle Ages, using them to make elixirs, perfumes, and medicines by extracting the essences from fruits and flowers.
- It includes a variety flavoured with rose essence and sugar.
- When cool, mix the gelatine into the mixture slowly with the vanilla essence.
- The secrets to the supple skin and healthy hair found on the islands: native plant and herb essences.
- Beat the butter, sugar, ground almonds and almond essence together.
- Stir in a few drops of peppermint essence.
- It's also rather delicious when you replace the vanilla essence with peppermint.
- Put some crushed ice into a food processor and add the guava juice, lime juice, blackcurrant syrup and rum essence.
- Lightly whip the cream and fold this in, along with the vanilla essence.
- Cream butter and vanilla essence in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy.
- Last week she made a chocolate cake and sloshed a huge quantity of vanilla essence into it straight from the bottle.
- The addition of two drops of vanilla essence in the glasses masked the flavour of both the beverages.
- When choosing natural fragrances and products, look for ones with pure plant essences or essential oils (as listed on the label).
- Add vanilla essence and serve in a pancake with chocolate sauce and cream.
- Whip the evaporated milk until frothy and then add the jelly, cheese, vanilla essence and lemon juice.
- Add a few drops of almond essence to taste.
- Put one teaspoon of vanilla essence in the yolk and two teaspoons of baking powder into the egg white.
Synonyms extract, concentrate, concentration, quintessence, distillate, elixir, abstraction, decoction, juice, tincture, solution, suspension, dilution scent, perfume
PhrasesBasically and without regard for peripheral details; fundamentally. 本质上，基本上，实质上 in detail the class system is complex but in essence it is simple 具体地说社会等级制度很复杂，但实际上很简单。 Example sentencesExamples - They say that the mind works, in essence, like an enormously complicated algorithm.
- It doesn't matter who you are or what you are, in essence we all carry the same powerful feeling.
- It has been convincingly argued that nostalgia is, in essence, a state of depression.
- Both types of wedding are, in essence, variations on the traditional fairytale ending.
- Football, in essence, is competitive and it is important for the health of the game that it remains so.
- The rest were in essence apolitical, which made their attitude even more alarming.
- But, in essence there is now something bigger and more important than just being here.
- It may sound crude, but that is, in essence, the choice women are repeatedly asked to make.
- Because in essence, power is getting other people to accept your interpretation of things.
- To wish it were otherwise is in essence to wish that we were not physical beings at all.
- The geniuses that we so often read about and hear about are in essence no different from us.
- I have changed my mind, for better or worse, because in essence this is a diary even though I don't want it to be.
Synonyms basically, fundamentally, elementally, essentially, at bottom, at heart, primarily, principally, chiefly, firstly, predominantly, substantially, in substance, materially
Critically important. 极其重要的，关键的 time will be of the essence during negotiations 时间在谈判中极其重要。 Example sentencesExamples - Time is of the essence, especially when you're live on air.
- The meeting was hastily arranged because time was of the essence.
- I'm a great believer that once you decide what to do, speed is of the essence.
- For the critically ill or injured time may be of the essence.
- But with such a worrying deadline, speed is of the essence for the company.
- Time is of the essence because of the enormity of the state's pollution problems.
- I suppose I don't need to say that speed is of the essence here, but I will anyway.
- In a lot of what we did speed was of the essence, but we didn't really understand the concept of time.
- Obviously speed is of the essence in this case if such an application is to be made.
- Doesn't the Government realise that time is of the essence?
Synonyms vital, essential, indispensable, crucial, key, necessary, needed, required, called for, requisite, important, all-important, vitally important, of the utmost importance, of great consequence, critical, life-and-death, imperative, mandatory, compulsory, obligatory, urgent, pressing, burning, compelling, acute, paramount, pre-eminent, high-priority, significant, consequential
OriginLate Middle English: via Old French from Latin essentia, from esse 'be'. Essence comes via Old French from Latin essentia, from esse ‘to be’. An early meaning was ‘being, existence’. In alchemy it was used in the phrase fifth essence or quintessence. Alchemists believed this substance to be latent in all bodies and thus to be extractable by distillation: this probably led to essence's use for ‘an extract obtained from a plant with therapeutic qualities’, reinforced by the sense ‘indispensable quality or constituent’.
Rhymesacquiescence, adolescence, arborescence, coalescence, convalescence, deliquescence, effervescence, evanescence, excrescence, florescence, fluorescence, incandescence, iridescence, juvenescence, luminescence, obsolescence, opalescence, phosphorescence, pubescence, putrescence, quiescence, quintessence Definition of essence in US English: essencenounˈɛsənsˈesəns 1The intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, that determines its character. 本质，实质；要素 conflict is the essence of drama 冲突是戏剧的要素。 Example sentencesExamples - It is obvious that he does not understand the true essence of sport, or human nature.
- Her portrayal of the sexy evangelist Reno Sweeney was outstanding, catching the very essence of this character.
- They ended up capturing the true essence of the two of them.
- Such frivolous distinctions do not constitute the essence of religion.
- To me they epitomize the essence of femininity.
- The chief aim of this inquiry has been to shed light on the nature and essence of the disagreement between the two.
- The photographer is there to capture the true essence of the wedding day.
- They were also worried that broadcasting the music through microphones would destroy the beauty and essence of the music.
- He had grasped the real essence of working class power.
- The time has come for architecture and planning to reflect the essence of democracy.
- Analogies can obfuscate, but in their own way they can distill a matter to its essence.
- And then sometimes, history is graced by an individual who comes and changes the very essence of humanity.
- We cared for our guests because not to do so would betray the most profound essence of our humanity.
- She says the lack of time which GPs have to treat their patients is destroying the very essence of what it means to be a family doctor.
- The work of both artists is fuelled by a need to communicate the metaphysical essence of our existence.
- Usually the design process involves taking messy reality and isolating its abstract essence.
- The essence of chemistry is understanding and applying chemical reactions.
- Indeed, sometimes the real essence of truth is only to be discovered in the narrative form.
- The raucous, inscrutable essence of democracy could almost be glimpsed in this maelstrom.
- It would succeed in destroying the very essence of what this village is about, its rich countryside heritage.
Synonyms quintessence, soul, spirit, ethos, nature, life, lifeblood, core, heart, centre, crux, nub, nucleus, kernel, marrow, meat, pith, gist, substance, principle, central part, fundamental quality, basic quality, essential part, intrinsic nature, sum and substance, reality, actuality - 1.1Philosophy A property or group of properties of something without which it would not exist or be what it is.
〔哲〕本质 Example sentencesExamples - Whereas the immediate explanation of the actuality of Aristotle's substances lay in what they were essentially, that was not the case with Avicenna's essences, for their status was that of the merely possible.
- The unnamed philosopher was indeed Locke, according to whom real essences made a thing what it was; it consisted of an item's internal structure.
- As he later puts it, the study of categories is a study of essences, based in essential insights about the types of meanings and correlative types of things.
- Do essences (or properties in general) exist in the physical world?
- That is, items in all the categories are definable, so items in all the categories have essences - just as there is an essence of man, there is also an essence of white and an essence of musical.
- 1.2 An extract or concentrate obtained from a particular plant or other matter and used for flavoring or scent.
香精，香料 Example sentencesExamples - It's also rather delicious when you replace the vanilla essence with peppermint.
- The secrets to the supple skin and healthy hair found on the islands: native plant and herb essences.
- When choosing natural fragrances and products, look for ones with pure plant essences or essential oils (as listed on the label).
- Add vanilla essence and serve in a pancake with chocolate sauce and cream.
- Cream butter and vanilla essence in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy.
- It includes a variety flavoured with rose essence and sugar.
- Stir in a few drops of peppermint essence.
- Lightly whip the cream and fold this in, along with the vanilla essence.
- Put some crushed ice into a food processor and add the guava juice, lime juice, blackcurrant syrup and rum essence.
- When cool, mix the gelatine into the mixture slowly with the vanilla essence.
- Last week she made a chocolate cake and sloshed a huge quantity of vanilla essence into it straight from the bottle.
- The addition of two drops of vanilla essence in the glasses masked the flavour of both the beverages.
- Whip the evaporated milk until frothy and then add the jelly, cheese, vanilla essence and lemon juice.
- Add a few drops of almond essence to taste.
- Beat the butter, sugar, ground almonds and almond essence together.
- The Arabs recognized and refined these processes in the early Middle Ages, using them to make elixirs, perfumes, and medicines by extracting the essences from fruits and flowers.
- Put one teaspoon of vanilla essence in the yolk and two teaspoons of baking powder into the egg white.
Synonyms extract, concentrate, concentration, quintessence, distillate, elixir, abstraction, decoction, juice, tincture, solution, suspension, dilution
PhrasesBasically and without regard for peripheral details; fundamentally. 本质上，基本上，实质上 in detail the class system is complex but in essence it is simple 具体地说社会等级制度很复杂，但实际上很简单。 Example sentencesExamples - It has been convincingly argued that nostalgia is, in essence, a state of depression.
- Football, in essence, is competitive and it is important for the health of the game that it remains so.
- Because in essence, power is getting other people to accept your interpretation of things.
- I have changed my mind, for better or worse, because in essence this is a diary even though I don't want it to be.
- Both types of wedding are, in essence, variations on the traditional fairytale ending.
- But, in essence there is now something bigger and more important than just being here.
- The geniuses that we so often read about and hear about are in essence no different from us.
- It doesn't matter who you are or what you are, in essence we all carry the same powerful feeling.
- The rest were in essence apolitical, which made their attitude even more alarming.
- It may sound crude, but that is, in essence, the choice women are repeatedly asked to make.
- To wish it were otherwise is in essence to wish that we were not physical beings at all.
- They say that the mind works, in essence, like an enormously complicated algorithm.
Synonyms basically, fundamentally, elementally, essentially, at bottom, at heart, primarily, principally, chiefly, firstly, predominantly, substantially, in substance, materially
Critically important. 极其重要的，关键的 time will be of the essence 时间在谈判中极其重要。 Example sentencesExamples - For the critically ill or injured time may be of the essence.
- Time is of the essence, especially when you're live on air.
- Obviously speed is of the essence in this case if such an application is to be made.
- I suppose I don't need to say that speed is of the essence here, but I will anyway.
- But with such a worrying deadline, speed is of the essence for the company.
- In a lot of what we did speed was of the essence, but we didn't really understand the concept of time.
- The meeting was hastily arranged because time was of the essence.
- Time is of the essence because of the enormity of the state's pollution problems.
- I'm a great believer that once you decide what to do, speed is of the essence.
- Doesn't the Government realise that time is of the essence?
Synonyms vital, essential, indispensable, crucial, key, necessary, needed, required, called for, requisite, important, all-important, vitally important, of the utmost importance, of great consequence, critical, life-and-death, imperative, mandatory, compulsory, obligatory, urgent, pressing, burning, compelling, acute, paramount, pre-eminent, high-priority, significant, consequential
OriginLate Middle English: via Old French from Latin essentia, from esse ‘be’. |