the simplest and most important facts, ideas, or things connected with something

I really must learn the basics of first aid. 我真的必须学习急救的基本知识。

The school can't even afford basics such as books and paper. 这所学校甚至连书、纸之类的基本物品也买不起。

Synonyms: essential first principles foundation (BASIC FACT)fundamentalsprinciple (IDEA)the rudiments

If you get back to basics, you start to give your attention to the simplest and most important matters after ignoring them for a while.

This is all part of a new back-to-basics campaign to raise standards in schools. 这一切都是为进一步提高学校的教学水平而倡导的回归本始的新运动的一部分。

We moved to the countryside in an attempt to get back to basics.

They've gone back to basics with their market research, interviewing people in the street and holding focus groups.

The company has spent a lot of time diversifying, but it really needs to get back to basics and focus on our core business.

We don't have funding for fancy schemes this year, so we're having to get back to basics.