basic ingredient

基本解释

The basic ingredients in glass, including silica sand and soda ash, are found almost everywhere.
玻璃的基本原料，包括硅砂和纯碱，几乎可以在任何地方找到。
Obviously I was having a little fun with that recipe, but I’m not kidding; those are the basic ingredients for at least 75% of the commercials I hear!
很显然，对于这个“食谱”我幽默了一小下下，但我可不是在开玩笑：那些就是我所听到过的75%以上的广告的基本配料。
Such an environment would have to contain the basic ingredients of life—including water, organic carbon and a source of energy to sustain the microbes' metabolism.
这样的火星环境也许包含了一些基本的生命要素——包括水，有机碳和维持微生物新陈代谢的能量源。

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The fact of the matter is that these three basic ingredients are the same three things that go into making a super brand.
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