- the rudiments (of something)
the most basic or essential facts of a particular subject, skill, etc. synonym basics基础;基本原理(或技能) I spent two months acquiring the rudiments of the language. 我花了两个月的时间学习这门语言的基础知识。
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin rudimentum, from rudis ‘unwrought’, on the pattern of elementum ‘element’.