What does 根本 in Chinese mean?

What is the meaning of the word 根本 in Chinese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use 根本 in Chinese.

The word 根本 in Chinese means radical, foundation, basic. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word 根本

radical

noun (pertaining to the basic or intrinsic nature of something)

突尼斯确实已进行了根本的改革,突尼斯社会因此经历了重大的变革。
Tunisia had indeed undertaken radical reforms, and Tunisian society had consequently undergone significant changes.

foundation

noun

这些限制措施构成侵犯权利行为,破坏了少数群体权利的根本基础。
The restrictions amount to violations that destroy the very foundations of minority rights.

basic

adjective

环境可持续性是马尔代夫最根本的问题之一,它对我们基本的生命权构成挑战。
Environmental sustainability is one of the most fundamental problems in Maldives, challenging our basic right to life.

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我们请国际社会更密集和坚定地参与寻找解决危机的根本问题的办法,仅这种办法就足以保证恢复我国的持久和稳定的和平并取得我国全体公民的和解。
We invite it to participate more intensively and resolutely in finding solutions to the fundamental problems of the crisis, which, alone, can guarantee the return of a lasting and stable peace in my country and reconcile all our sons and daughters
长期措施应旨在消除恐怖主义的根本原因。
The long-term measures should aim at addressing the underlying causes of terrorism
确认民间社会在反对种族主义、种族歧视、仇外心理和相关不容忍行为方面,特别是在协助国家制定法规和战略、采取措施和行动对付上述形式的歧视以及参与后续实施工作方面,起着根本的作用;
Recognizes the fundamental role of civil society in the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, in particular in helping States to develop regulations and strategies, in taking measures and action against such forms of discrimination and through follow-up implementation;
此外,除纽约、维也纳和日内瓦,在其他地点,这样的律师实际上根本找不到。
Moreover, such counsel are virtually unavailable outside New York, Vienna and Geneva
工作 一天 后 我們 的 手痛 到 根本 無法 握拳
After a day of work, our hands would ache and we couldn't make a fist.
但是,我们必须承认,任凭学校怎样悉心教导学生,如果没有父母的帮助,学校根本无法把儿童教育成材。
But we have to recognize that, despite all effort, school cannot educate and bring up children on its own.
这里应该指出,男女平等问题是《国家人权教育方案》的一个根本问题。
It is important to note here that the gender equality issue is one of the fundamental issues of the National Programme for Education in Human Rights
街头儿童的受教育权经常受到剥夺,而且很少有或根本没有获得正式教育的机会。
Street children are regularly deprived of their right to education and have little or no access to formal education.
我们必须改善非支助性和没有效率的政府机构和机构框架;加强地方管理结构的合法性;解决管辖权冲突以及政府条块分割的问题;加强农村与城市的联系;解决经济权力集中的问题;使地方政府获得更多的资源;加强对资源的管理;建立对可持续性的承诺和领导;更有效地传播全球可持续性的必要性;更重要的是,要解决我们的生产、销售和消费方式中固有的造成不可持续的根本原因。
They must ameliorate non-supportive and inefficient government structures and institutional frameworks; enhance the legitimacy of local governance structures; resolve jurisdictional conflicts and the compartmentalization of government; reinforce rural-urban linkages; address the concentration of economic power; increase local government access to resources; improve the management of resources; build commitment and leadership for sustainability; communicate more effectively the necessity of global sustainability; and, most importantly, deal with the underlying causes of unsustainability inherent in the way we produce, market and consume.
联合国必须成为技术革命的带头者,因为从根本上说,技术必须用于促进世界人类的利益。
The United Nations must be a leader in the technological revolution, as it must essentially be used for the benefit of the human beings of the planet.
谈了一会儿,我发觉大家所说的根本不是同一个人,他想到的是美国前总统亚伯拉罕·林肯!
I soon found out, though, that we were not speaking about the same Abraham.
他们当中有不少人觉得,受苦根本是人无法避免的。
And many of them feel that suffering will always be a part of human existence.
第三个管理此事的法律文书 # 年《宪法》从根本上改变了土著人与巴西社会之间关系的法律基础。
The # onstitution- the third legal instrument governing the matter- radically changed the legal bases for relations between indigenous peoples and national society
然而,许多机构工作人员公然承认,他们根本无意遵守规则。
Yet staff at many facilities openly admitted they do not even try to follow these rules.
这强调了当务之急是对付恐怖主义的根本起因。
That underlines the imperative of addressing the root causes of terrorism
她 完全 没说 跟 安妮 的 事 根本 在 撒谎
And she didn't tell them anything about Ann.
在2015年后发展议程的讨论中,也有更多机会在促进性别平等和增强妇女权能的广泛框架内纳入促进性别平等的办法并解决孕产妇死亡和发病问题的根本原因。
Within the discussions on the post-2015 development agenda there is an additional opportunity to include gender-responsive approaches and address the root causes of maternal mortality and morbidity within the broad framework that promotes gender equality and women’s empowerment.
大多数患瘘管病的妇女至死得不到治疗,而那些已经接受过手术治疗,但后续医疗很少或根本没有,并且之后再次怀孕的妇女可能再次患瘘管病。
Most women and girls who develop fistula will die without ever receiving treatment, and the condition can recur in women whose fistula has been surgically treated but who receive little or no medical follow-up and then become pregnant again.
但是,它们仍是这个委员会应解决的根本问题。
But they remain basic problems that this Committee should address.
没有、不能、或根本不愿发挥作用的机构最终定会被抛弃。
Institutions that do not, cannot, or simply will not work end up being discarded.
在我们接受的任务授权期间,工发组织经历了根本的改革。
During our mandate UNIDO underwent a fundamental transformation.
这些额外资源专门用于按照国际劳工组织行政法庭裁决的要求重计养恤金,以及执行负责对基金的养恤金规定进行根本审查的工作组的建议。 这些建议已得到养恤金联委会核准。
The additional resources were earmarked for a required recalculation of benefits resulting from a judgement of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization and for the implementation of the recommendations of the Working Group undertaking a fundamental review of the Fund's benefit provisions which had been approved by the Pension Board
《联合意见书3》补充指出,海地根本没有《刑法典》规定的为未满16岁的儿童进行补习教育的机构。
JS3 added that institutions of remedial education, as required under the Penal Code for children below 16 years, were non-existent.
关于言论自由和新闻自由,瓦埃亚爵士称,汤加宪法第7条对这项根本自由作出了规定,媒体在遵守诽谤、煽动和蔑视法庭的法律的前提下享有相对自由。
In relation to protection of freedom of expression, information and the press, Lord Vaea stated that this fundamental human right was enshrined in clause 7 of the Tongan Constitution and that the media enjoyed relative freedom, subject to the laws of defamation, sedition and contempt of court.
只有如此,我们才真正能够在根本上解决恐怖主义问题,并表达我们对那些贡献毕生精力与排外主义和非正义作斗争的人们的同情和声援。
Only thus will we will truly be able to solve the problems of terrorism, addressing them at their roots, and express our sympathy for and solidarity with those who have devoted their entire lives to fighting exclusion and injustice

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