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adj性质的同根词
essential：基本的；必要的；本质的；精华的。
n性质的同根词
essential：本质；要素；要点；必需品。
essence：本质，实质；精华；香精。
essentiality：重要性；本质；真髓；根本性。

Many other surveys have produced results essentially in agreement with these figures.
许多其他调查已经得出了与这些数据基本一致的结果。
It is essentially a narrow and conservative approach to child care.
这实质上是一种狭隘的、因循守旧的照顾孩子的方法。
Television programmes are essentially bait to attract an audience for advertisements.
从根本上说，电视节目就是吸引观众看广告的诱饵。
There are three essentially different ways of tackling the problem.
解决这个问题有三种根本不同的方法。
The course is essentially theoretical in orientation.
该课程的目标基本上是理论性的。

You use essentially to emphasize a quality that someone or something has, and to say that it is their most important or basic quality.
You use essentially to indicate that what you are saying is mainly true, although some parts of it are wrong or more complicated than has been stated.