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ittj fj {$ A 0 n> note at hit 2 [VN] to criticize sb/sth strongly      if: Bashing politicians is normal prac­tice in the press.    0 a

liberal-bashing administration

— see also bashing l3TfnTO ,bash a'way (on/at sth) I ,bash 'on (with sth) (BrE) to continue working hard at sth ^ ^ A; f# A lil fi: He sat bashing away at his essay all day. ffe — ®f A If A ff ife M Jc#, 0 We’ll never get finished at this rate. We’d better bash on. IX32:

mmmwim .bashsth-

down/' in to destroy sth by hitting it very hard and often A Hr A ^ 7. He 17:       The police bashed the door

down.       0 I’ll bash your head in if

you do that again.

,bash sth<->'out to produce sth quickly and in large quantities, but not of very good quality A it $§. M ifi ik EYiTl knock out :        She bashed out about four books a

year. tB KA4$o ,bash sb 'up (BrE) to

attack sb violently M 3j^A

m noun (informal) 1 a hard hit ffiih; JtA: He gave Mike a bash on the nose.   7--To

2 a large party or celebration |g A ^  a

birthday bash 40^^ IfiTOI have a bash (at sth) (BrE, informal) to try to do sth, especially when you are not sure if you will succeed       ) : I’m

not sure I’ll be any good but Ell have a bash. ?c7I5c#'uH

bash ful /'baejfl/ adj. shy and easily embarrassed

; tS ‘U ► bashfully /-fali/ adv. :   She smiled

bashfully. %o bash-fulness noun [U]

bash ing /’bsejiq/ noun [U, C] (often in compounds ‘?£f£j n'inl) 1 (used especially in newspapers AfflAlli^) very strong criticism of a person or group        f*

M ftfc if: union-bashing M X £ (Hi M # A 2 a physical attack, or a series of attacks, on a person or group of people (      ) mft, mgffW: gay­

bashing (= attacking homosexuals)

0                  to give sb a bashing fifl^A

BASIC /'beisik/ noun [U] a simple language, using familiar English words, for writing computer programs

* basic

basic /'beisik/ adj.

1                  ~ (to sth) forming the part of sth that is most neces­

sary and from which other things develop H A ; 3S fill : basic information/facts/ideas SAifR /        / JSS

0 the basic principles of law      0 Drums

are basic to African music. ®t£' W ii A Jfc f}£ 0

2                  of the simplest kind or at the simplest level § ffj !£.

; |7J (ft;    The campsite provided only basic

facilities.  0 My knowledge

of French is pretty basic. & ift if # # fg Jffi.6 3 [only before noun] necessary and important to all people ftfj; ISAfrSc&A basic human rights 3SAA$. 0 the cost of basic foods       4 before anything extra is

added SAW;     The basic pay of the

average worker has risen by 3 per cent. 3*A 31A

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ba-sically Ow /'beisikli/ adv.

1 in the most important ways, without considering things that are less important AAA; SAi CY171 essentially: Yes, that’s basically correct. A, SAiE

fil o o The two approaches are basically very similar.

O There have been some problems but basically it’s a good system. M M it} JJfliti—*#* iRJ§§, |fi ;&iSA-hlftA A A — A iff Mi£to 2 used when you are giving your opinion or stating what is important about a situation      vAfSA-tift: Basically, there’s not

a lot we can do about it.    lie tfl XI Jlfc ftfe A 7 ®

a 0 He basically just sits there and does nothing all day. MAtfcJi-o 0 And that’s it, basically,  SfcJi S A 0 ¥ 0

Basic 'English noun [U] a set of 850 carefully chosen words of English, used for international communica­tion SA£i§ (      850 ArIt# )

basics /'beisiks/ noun [pi.] 1 ~ (of sth) the most important and necessary facts, skills, ideas, etc. from