at the root of

基本解釋

He argues that all of reality can be explained if readers accept that information is at the root of everything.
他認(rèn)為，如果讀者們能夠接受信息是萬物根本的理論，那么所有實(shí)際存在的事物都能找到解釋。
No matter how your sleep drama is playing out, chances are there's a physical problem -- or more than one -- at the root of it.
不管你的睡眠戲劇是以何種形式表演出來的，都有一個(gè)或更多根本上的身體問題。
What lies at the root of all this is a profound division of opinion over what constitutes, or should constitute, national identity.
所有這些問題的根源是一種意義深遠(yuǎn)的關(guān)于民族認(rèn)同感由何組成或者應(yīng)該由何組成的意見分歧。

At the root of the sharp price decrease is reduced demand because of the economic downturn.
But if you can accept the purity of the statement I just made, it is at the root of the thing you have a solution.
但如果你能夠遵從原教旨主義的方式,那么這就是你解決此問題的根本
耶魯公開課 - 古希臘歷史簡(jiǎn)介課程節(jié)選
That's Western civilization, friends, and the Greeks are at the root of the whole thing.
這就是西方的文明,朋友們,而希臘人恰恰是這一切的源頭所在
耶魯公開課 - 古希臘歷史簡(jiǎn)介課程節(jié)選

Bad regulations are always at the root of black markets and the criminality they spawn.
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