Sylvia's rudimentary knowledge of chess was more than enough to beat Peter, who had seldom played the game before; on the country of the blind….
西尔维尔的象棋基础知识足以战胜彼得, 因为彼得以前很少参加比赛, 山中无老虎, 猴子称王…。
Elementary or rudimentary.
基本的, 初步的
I have only a rudimentary grasp of physics.
我对物理学仅有初步的了解。