essence: the most basic and important quality of sth?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?最基本、最重要的特質(zhì)——“精髓”、“內(nèi)核”、“本質(zhì)”

【同義詞】essence/ nature/ core/ soul

【例句】1. The essence of education is to teach students how to think critically.

2. The essence of Macau is poker chips and entertainment.
澳門的“支柱”? ? ? ?賭場游戲桌上的籌碼

3. The essence of various cryptocurrencies is blockchain technology.
加密貨幣——虛擬貨幣

4. The essence of writing is clarity of thought.
? ? The essence of writing is clear thinking.
當(dāng)我們討論……，其實是在討論……——探究這個事情的實質(zhì)、本質(zhì)是什么

【作業(yè)】

1.搭配? ??

**The freedom to pick your leaders is the essence of a democracy.?

**[phrase] of the essence: of the greatest importance? ? 最重要的
Time/Speed is of the essence when dealing with a medical emergency.

2.翻譯

（1）創(chuàng)業(yè)公司的精髓是快速增長（可規(guī)模化）。

The essence of a start-up is rapid growth/ scalability.?

scalability: the degree to which a computer system is able to grow and become more powerful as the number of people using it increases

(2)造句

1.場景：talking about science

句子：Knowledge is the goal and product of science, but not its essence. The essence of science is to doubt without adequate proof.

2.場景：journalism interviewing

句子：After a few questions, I found myself still unable to get to the essence of what I wanted the interviewee to say.