[often as submodifier]in the most essential respects; fundamentally 主要地;基本上 we started from a basically simple idea. 我们的起点是一个基本上很简单的想法。 ■[sentence adverb]used to indicate that a statement summarizes the most important aspects, or gives a roughly accurate account, of a more complex situation 从根本上说,大致说来 I basically played the same thing every night. 大致说来我每天晚上都播放同样的东西。