Tangible
['tæn(d)ʒɪb(ə)l] or ['tændʒəbl]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch; 'skin with a tangible roughness' .
(adj.) (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value ; 'tangible property like real estate'; 'tangible assets such as machinery' .
錄入:露西--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable.
(a.) Capable of being possessed or realized; readily apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident.
坎迪編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Tactile, palpable.[2]. Real, certain, positive, substantial, substantive, solid.
編輯:菲利普
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Palpable, tactile, substantial, real, substantive, perceptible, corporeal,material, comprehensible
ANT:Impalpable, intangible, spiritual, incorporeal, immaterial, incomprehensible
琼整理
解釋/意思:
adj. perceptible by the touch: capable of being possessed or realised.—ns. Tangib′ilē a tactile sensation or object; Tangibil′ity quality of being tangible or perceptible to the touch; Tan′gibleness the state or quality of being tangible.—adv. Tan′gibly.
手打:蒙塔古
例句/造句/用法:
- The Commission does not say, and I for one, ascribe the silence to the American preoccupation with immediate, definite, tangible interests. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The only tangible fact was that the commissionnaire's wife--Mrs. Tangey was the name--had hurried out of the place. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- I want a people that shall have a tangible, separate existence of its own; and where am I to look for it? 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Their utilitarian value in forming habits of skill to be used for tangible results is important, but not when isolated from the appreciative side. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- This invisible and intangible distance is also found by experience to contain a capacity of receiving body, or of becoming visible and tangible. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- As they produced no visible effect on the object against whom they were discharged, however, he resorted to more tangible arguments. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- It had been well, if such vain terrors could have distracted our thoughts from more tangible evils. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- A clear line of difference divided like a tangible fence her experience within this maze of motion from her experience without it. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- I apply the word to all who have something tangible to sell; but if you think the term is not correct, papa, I won't use it. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- The vote is the tangible thing, and for that these Socialist politicians work. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- During that time he had been living with his youthful memory of her; but she had doubtless had other and more tangible companionship. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Surrounded by poverty, decay and ruin, it conveys to us a more tangible impression of the former greatness of Pisa than books could give us. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- With increasing maturity, activity which does not give back results of tangible and visible achievement loses its interest. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- I think that there was probably some more tangible cause. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- In evoking dread and hope of specific tangible reward--say comfort and ease--many other capacities are left untouched. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
整理:露丝