单词 | material |
释义 | material[mə'tiəriəl]n. 材料, 物资, 素材, 布料, 资料a. 物质的, 肉体的, 重要的【化】 物料【医】 物质, 原料, 材料【经】 原料, 材料, 物资 material ma.te.ri.al AHD: [m…-tîr“¶-…l] D.J. [m*6t!*ri8*l]K.K. [m*6t!ri*l]n.(名词)1. The substance or substances out of which a thing is or can be made.材料,原料:事物用或能用其制造的物质2. Something, such as an idea or information, that is to be refined and made or incorporated into a finished effort:素材,材料:将被提炼制造或组合成一个完成的作品的某物,如一个主意或信息:material for a comedy.喜剧的素材3. materials Tools or apparatus for the performance of a given task:materials 用具、设备:行使某一给定任务的工具或设备:writing materials.书写工具4. Yard goods or cloth.布,织物,料子5. A person who is qualified or suited for a position or activity:适当人选:有资格于或适合于某一职位或活动的人:The members of the board felt that she was vice-presidential material.董事会成员认为她是个当副总裁的人才adj.(形容词)1. Of, relating to, or composed of matter.物质的:物质的,关于物质的,由物质组成的2. Of, relating to, or affecting physical well-being; bodily:生理的:属于、关于或影响身体健康的;身体的:“the moral and material welfare of all good citizens”(&b{Theodore Roosevelt})“所有优秀市民的道德上和实质上的好处”(西奥多·罗斯福)3. Of or concerned with the physical as distinct from the intellectual or spiritual:肉体的:属于或关于与智力或精神区别的身体的:“Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world”(&b{Ralph Waldo Emerson})“伟大的人物是那些认为精神力量比肉体力量更强大且靠思想统治世界的人”(拉尔夫·沃尔多·埃默森)4. Being both relevant and consequential; crucial:有关系的,相应产生的;重要的,决定性的:testimony material to the inquiry.See Synonyms at &b{relevant} 对审问有重要作用的证词参见 relevant5. Philosophy Of or relating to the matter of reasoning, rather than the form.【哲学】 辩证的,推论的:属于或关于推理根据的,而不是形式的语源:1. Middle English [consisting of matter, material] 中古英语 [由物质原料组成的] 2. from Old French 源自 古法语 3. from Late Latin m³teri³lis 源自 后期拉丁语 m³teri³lis 4. from Latin m³teria [matter] * see m³ter- 源自 拉丁语 m³teria [物质] *参见 m³ter- 继承用法:mate“rialness n.(名词) |
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