Substantial
[səb'stænʃ(ə)l] or [səb'stænʃl]
解释:
(adj.) having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; 'the substantial world'; 'a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical'; 'most ponderous and substantial things'- Shakespeare .
(adj.) having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable; 'substantial equivalents' .
手打:丽塔--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Belonging to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life.
(a.) Not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true; veritable.
(a.) Corporeal; material; firm.
(a.) Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm; as, substantial cloth; a substantial fence or wall.
(a.) Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible; as, a substantial freeholder.
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同义词及近义词:
a. [1]. Real, actual, existent, subsistent, actually existing, having substance.[2]. True, positive, not imaginary.[3]. Strong, stout, solid, firm, stable, sound, massive.[4]. Responsible (pecuniarily), moderately wealthy.
录入:尼科尔
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Existing, real, solid, true, corporeal, material, strong, stout, massive,bulky, tangible
ANT:Imaginary, unreal, insubstantial, fictitious, supposititious, incorporeal,chimerical, visionary, immaterial, weak, frail, airy, disembodied, spiritual,ghostly
卡洛斯录入
解释:
adj. belonging to or having substance: actually existing: real: solid: having substance or strength: lasting likely to be permanent: strong stout bulky: corporeal material: having property or estate: considerable pretty wealthy: conforming to what is essential: involving the essential rights or merits of.—v.t. Substan′tialīse to give reality to.—ns. Substan′tialism the theory that there is a real existence or substratum underlying the phenomena of consciousness; Substantial′ity.—adv. Substan′tially.—n. Substan′tialness.—n.pl. Substan′tials essential parts.—v.t. Substan′tiāte to make substantial: to prove or confirm.—n. Substantiā′tion.—adjs. Substantī′val; Sub′stantive expressing existence: real: of real independent importance.—n. (gram.) the part of speech denoting something that exists: a noun.—adv. Sub′stantively.—n. Sub′stantiveness.—v.t. Sub′stantivise.
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例句:
- The very beautiful and substantial side-wheel steamship Quaker City has been chartered for the occasion, and will leave New York June 8th. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- But permit me to say, my dear Doctor, that this objection is rather formal than substantial. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- It was only one substantial dish of meat (fit for the plain condition of a husbandman,) in a dish of about four-and-twenty feet diameter. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- Brush and Edward Weston laid the deep foundation of modern arc lighting in America, securing as well substantial recognition abroad. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Lily had not been long in this pallid world without discovering that Mrs. Hatch was its most substantial figure. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- But instead of diminishing their claims to approbation and reward, it places those claims on a more substantial foundation than that of abstract original ideas. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- It has been fitted up with every attention to substantial comfort; perhaps to a little elegance besides; but of that you shall judge for yourselves. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- The kitchen did look more substantial, because of the red-tiled floor and the stove, but it was cold and horrid. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- It was to be the substantial realization of the peace. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Hence, after supplying an all-night customer whose lamps were on one side of the circuits, the company might be found to owe him some thing substantial in the morning. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- The bonfire was by this time beginning to sink low, for the fuel had not been of that substantial sort which can support a blaze long. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- She felt the frivolity of pleasure and longed for more substantial benefits. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- The outer door would not open to our knock, and nothing more substantial than a torrent of bad language came from behind it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Both in its fresh state and when salted and dried, it is a substantial and wholesome article of food. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Surely it is better for you to take the substantial sum which I offer than to ruin this woman's career, which can profit you in no way? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- If May's parents had entertained the Carfrys in Fifth Avenue they would have offered them something more substantial than a parson and a schoolmaster. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- The angels that I know are creatures of unstable fancy--they will not fit in niches of substantial stone. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- This birthplace of Edison remains the plain, substantial little brick house it was originally: one-storied, with rooms finished on the attic floor. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Except me: I am substantial enough--touch me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- When we consider their sensible differences, we attribute to each of them a substantial and essential difference. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- We sell our victuals to the Islands for rum and sugar; the substantial necessaries of life for superfluities. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- Good bottle of port, that--sound, substantial, old wine. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It was a period of substantial change. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- She and her father kept up an indifferent conversation until Higgins, scarcely aware whether he ate or not, had made a very substantial meal. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- Instead of getting a soft fence against the cold, shadowy, unapplausive audience of his life, had he only given it a more substantial presence? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Beaufort's fortune was substantial enough to stand the strain; and yet the disquieting rumours persisted, not only in Fifth Avenue but in Wall Street. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- In my case a substantial favour accompanied the honour. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- Care should be constantly exercised to provide substantial foods of high fuel value. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
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