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in the most important ways, without considering things that are less important synonym essentially大体上;基本上 I think we are basically saying the same thing. 我想我们基本上说的是同一件事。 There have been some problems but basically it's a good system. 虽然出现过一些问题,但这基本上仍不失为一个好系统。 The growth in productivity basically means companies are getting more work out of fewer people. 生产率的增长基本上意味着公司从更少的人身上获得更多的工作。 Yes, that's basically correct. 对,基本正确。 The two approaches are basically very similar. 两种方法其实差不多。
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used when you are giving your opinion or stating what is important about a situation 总的说来;从根本上说 Basically, there's not a lot we can do about it. 总的说来,我们能做的有限。 He basically just sits there and does nothing all day. 他根本就是一天到晚坐在那儿无所事事。 Well, basically I did not believe anything he told me. 嗯,基本上我不相信他告诉我的任何事。 And that's it, basically. 说穿了,就是这么回事。