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[名]
(草木的茎或根) stem or root of plants
grass family
草本
plants with stiff trunks; the stem of a tree
木本
woody plants
木本植物
A stream has its source, a tree has its root.
水有源, 木有本。
(事物的根源) foundation; origin; basis
forget one's ancestry or tradition
忘本
attend to the superficials and neglect the essentials
舍本逐末
the foundation of victory
胜利之本
(本钱; 本金) capital; principal
lose money
亏本儿
inadequate capital
无本儿
live off one's past gains
吃老本儿
pay back the capital [principal] plus interest
还本付息
(册子) book
residence booklet
户口本儿
account book
帐本儿
(版本) edition; version
original edition
原刻本
paperbound edition
平装本
(演出的底本) copy
script
剧本
manuscript copy
抄本
(封建时代指奏章) memorial to the throne
memorial to emperor
奏本
(姓氏) a surname
Ben Ga
本高
[量]
(用于书籍、簿册等) book; volume
a book of reference
一本参考书
two account books
两本儿账
(用于一定长度的影片) volume; reel
a fourteen-reel film
一个有14本长的影片
(用于戏曲) volume
the first “Red Chamber Dream”
头本《红楼梦》
[形]
(原来的) original
one's ancestral district
本籍
(自己方面的) one's own; native
our school
本校
the products of our factory
本厂产品
(主要的; 中心的) principal; central
central department
本部
(现今的) this; present; current
this year
本年
the present plan
本计划
[副]
(原来) originally
originally belong to
本属于
should have been so anyway
本该如此
[动]
(遵照; 按照) follow; base on; according to
base on the principle
本着这一原则
Every statement is well-founded.
每句话都有所本。