形 first，primary，chief，principal；量 （货币单位）yuan, the monetary unit of China；名 the Yuan Dynasty，a coin of fixed value and weight，element，origin ；

[例句] 他傲慢无礼地朝元先生冲过来，面露怒容。 He came insolently towards Mr. Won, his features set in a scowl.

[例句] 苏黎世的金价下挫2美元，以385.50元开盘。 Gold declined $2 in Zurich to open at 385.50.

element，elementary substance，[数] [化] element ；

[例句] 斯蒂芬和我打算给那些爱情歌曲注入流行元素。 Stephen and I are going to jazz up the love songs.

[例句] 水果、蔬菜和全谷物富含钾元素。 Fruits, vegetables, and wholegrains are rich in potassium.

（自为一组的单位） unit，unit element，[计] cell，location ；

[例句] 这些单元让孩子们接触到有关某一特定问题的多种观点。 These units exposed children to many viewpoints of a given issue.

[例句] 该课程在结构上以单元划分。 The course is modular in structure.

[电工] element，component，part，cell，organ ；

[例句] 如果汽车采用更多塑料元件，寿命会更长一些。 If you build more plastics into cars, the car lasts longer.

[例句] 其独特的电热元件使它能够煮出非常美味的咖啡。 With its unique heating element it makes perfect coffee.

head of a state，chief executive，ruler，emir （埃米尔， 某些伊斯兰[回教]国家的元首），caudillo ；

[例句] 现任元首，兰尼埃三世亲王于1949年5月9日继位。 The present ruler, Prince Rainier III, succeeded to the throne on 9 May 1949.

[例句] 他只不过是个走狗，忠实执行元首的命令。 He was little more than a cipher who faithfully carried out the Fuehrer's commands.

American dollar，U.S. dollar，buck，greenback，dollar；

[例句] 3亿美元远远不够。 Three hundred million dollars will be nothing like enough.

[例句] 我把1亿美元藏到了一个永远没人会找到的地方。 I have $100m hidden away where no one will ever find it.

vowel ；

[例句] 如果把所有的元音列在前面，字母表可能会更为合理一些。 The alphabet might be more rational if all the vowels came first.

[例句] 单词my和thigh中的元音并不难发。 The vowel in words like "my" and "thigh" is not very difficult.

vitality，vigour，archaeus，[中医] Promordial Qi，jism ；

[例句] 这些公司需要短暂休整才能恢复元气。 Firms need a breathing space if they are to recover.

[例句] 经历了这场特大洪水,当地人民元气大伤,很难恢复. The floods were a cataclysm from which the local people never recovered.

meta language，mealanguage ；

[例句] 全文以矛盾辩证法为元语言展开解释. Thus the paper is written in the meta - language of contradictory dialectic explanation.

[例句] 因为SGML是 一种正式地描述一种语言的方法, 所以它以 元语言 而知名. Because SGML is a means to describe a language formally, it is known as a meta - language.

New Year's Day，New Year's，New Year's day ；

[例句] 元旦是全英国的公众假日。 New Year's Day is a public holiday throughout Britain.

[例句] 元旦期间餐馆关门停业。 The restaurant was closed over the New Year.

senior statesman，founding member (of a political organization, etc.)，grand old man，father；名 founding father，patriarch ；

[例句] 高尔夫球的元老 an elder statesman of golf

[例句] 他已经写了8本书，树立起了其政界元老的形象。 He has written eight books and has cultivated the image of an elder statesman.

yen ；

[例句] 在东京市场早市开盘时，美元对日元的比价急剧下跌。 In early trading in Tokyo, the dollar fell sharply against the yen.

[例句] 星期二的大赢家为索尼公司，其股票上涨至9,070日元的高点。 Tuesday's notable gainer was Sony, which reached a high of 9,070 yen.

（纪年的开始） the beginning of an era ，epoch，era ；

[例句] 佛陀的诞生被认定是纪元前五百六十三年. The birth of the Buddha has been assigned to 563 B.C.

[例句] 宇宙纪元史3! 亚特兰预言! 一震栗爬虫皇帝统治人类密计! History of Universe 3: The Prophecy! Reptilian king shocked rocket high!

marshal，supreme commander ；

[例句] 元帅迈过真空吸尘器，脚步沉重地走出了房间。 The Marshal stepped over the vacuum-cleaner and stumped out of the room.

[例句] 陆军元帅黑格勋爵 Field Marshal Lord Haig

crime culprit ；

[例句] 氧化胆固醇可能是造成动脉堵塞的元凶。 Oxidized cholesterol may be responsible for furring up the arteries.

[例句] 警方还未能查明谁是这些造假案的元凶。 Police have not been able to find out who was responsible for the forgeries.

January，the first lunar month ；

[例句] 在元月促销期间购物可能会让人大为恼火。 Shopping in the January sales can be maddening.

[例句] 新年在元月一日. New Year's day is the lst of January.

Dollar A，＄ Australia ；

[例句] 他说道,维多利亚州仅通过修改传票上的措词这一项改革就节省了四十万澳元. He said Victoria saved $ 400,000 by merely changing the wording on a summons form.

[例句] 请将这些外币兑换成澳元? Can you change this into Australian Dollars?

metadata ；

[例句] 数据标准化的对象是数据元素和元数据. The object of data standardization is data element and metadata.

[例句] 使用XML语言来描述DublinCore元数据是一种全新的元数据解决方案. Therefore it is a fire - new scheme to describe Dublin Core with XML.

meta file，metafile ；

[例句] 下面的插图显示在指定位置绘制的图元文件. The following illustration shows the metafile drawn at the specified location.

[例句] 下面的插图显示应用到图元文件的类似变换. The following illustration shows a similar transformation applied to a metafile.

curia ；

[例句] 这个职位的人选由皇帝或者元老院指定. This tribune was appointed by the Emperor or the Senate.

[例句] 古代雅典由梭伦创建的由400人组成的元老院. The senate of 400 founded by Solon in ancient athens.