ingredient
ingredient — 名詞
- ingredientsingular
- ingredientsplural
1. Each of the food items that people put together when cooking a meal or preparing
食材
烹調用的食物原料
Each of the food items that people put together when cooking a meal or preparing a specific dish.
Jason checked the list of ingredients for the birthday cake before going to the shop.
Jason 在去商店之前，先檢查了生日蛋糕所需的食材清單。
collocation: list of ingredients / ingredients for [dish]
Fresh garlic is the main ingredient in this sauce, giving it a strong flavour.
新鮮大蒜是這醬汁的主要食材，為它帶來濃郁的風味。
collocation: main ingredient in [dish]
The chef added the dry ingredients to the bowl after measuring each one carefully.
主廚仔細量好每種乾食材後，才把它們加入碗中。
collocation: dry ingredients
Before buying cereal, Lakshmi always reads the ingredients listed on the box.
Lakshmi 買穀片前，總是會先看盒子上列出的食材。
Obi used only fresh ingredients from the garden to make his grandmother's stew.
Obi 只用自家菜園裡的新鮮食材來煮祖母的燉菜。
- fresh ingredients
- dry ingredients
- wet ingredients
- main ingredient in
- ingredients for [dish]
- component
more general — can refer to any part of a system, not just food
- constituent
more formal; often used in technical contexts such as chemistry
- finished product
the completed dish is the opposite of the separate items that go into it
文法句型
ingredient + in/for [dish]
常見錯誤
2. A particular quality that helps an activity, plan, or system achieve its goal.
要素
構成成功的必要部分
A particular quality that helps an activity, plan, or system achieve its goal.
Hard work and patience are essential ingredients for a successful business.
努力和耐心是事業成功的基本要素。
collocation: essential ingredient for [success]
Lakshmi believes that trust is a key ingredient in any happy friendship.
Lakshmi 認為信任是任何快樂友誼的關鍵要素。
collocation: key ingredient in [relationship]
Good communication is an important ingredient of a strong and effective team.
良好的溝通是打造一支強大且高效團隊的重要要素。
Sivan added humour as an extra ingredient to make her speech more enjoyable.
Sivan 加入幽默作為額外要素，讓她的演講更加有趣。
collocation: add [quality] as an ingredient
Without the right ingredients, even a well-funded project can fail.
少了正確的要素，即使資金充足的專案也可能失敗。
- essential ingredient
- vital ingredient
- key ingredient in
- ingredient of success
- obstacle
something that prevents rather than contributes to success
文法句型
ingredient + in/of [success/achievement]
用法筆記
Often paired with adjectives like 'essential', 'key', or 'vital' to stress how necessary a quality is for a successful result.