the most basic or essential facts of a particular subject, skill, etc.
1.基础知识,入门
1.basic skills, or the simple facts about a subject
1.He advised my attending certain places in London for the acquisition of such mere rudiments as I wanted.
他建议我到伦敦某几个地方去见识见识，获得一点我所欠缺的入门知识。
2.At some time or other, most of you, probably, have been taught at least the rudiments of boxing, under the Queensbury rules.
你们中的大多数人，在某个时候，至少学过拳击规则下基本拳击技术。
3.In the next few years, the rudiments of a modern state began to emerge.
在接下来的几年，现代都市的萌芽出现了。
4.The scholars were learning rudiments of archaeology and were trying to decode the hieroglyphics .
学者正在学习一些考古学的基本知识，尽力破解象形文字。
5.Here he had the opportunity of learning at least the rudiments of freestone working.
在这儿，他至少有机会学一学用自由砂石作原料而工作的初步知识。
6.Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances.
你们若是与基督同死、脱离了世上的小学、为甚麽仍像在世俗中活著、服从那不可拿、不可尝、不可摸、等类的规条呢。
7.such studies have suggested that the rudiments of mathematics are mastered gradually , and with effort.
这些研究表明数学基础是需要付出努力逐渐掌握的。
8.By way of learning the rudiments of his intended profession, he frequented the theatres, where he was often drunk, and always noisy.
他常常出入戏院，在戏院里经常喝醉，吵闹不休，以此来获取他所要从事的那一行当的基本知识。
9.Relying on ordinary people to spread the word, the churches are particularly good at conveying the rudiments of management.
由于要依靠普罗大众向全世界传播，该教会尤其长于传授管理的基础知识。
10.Unless the rudiments of government and a modern economy can be swiftly set up, both problems will only get worse.
除非基础政府与现代经济得到迅速的建立，这两个问题只会变得更糟。