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material/məˈtiəriəl/ n. & adj.●n. 1 the matter from which a thing is made 原料 2 cloth, fabric 布料;织物 3 (in pl. 用复数) things needed for an activity 材料;设备;用具 building materials 建筑材料; cleaning materials 清洁用具; writing materials 文具 4 a person or thing of a specified kind or suitable for a purpose (适用于某一用途的)人才(物资) officer material 当官的料 5 (in sing. or pl. 用单数或复数) information etc. to be used in writing a book etc. (写作等用的)素材(资料) experimental material 实验资料; materials for a biography 自传素材 6 (in sing. or pl. 用单数或复数 , often foll. by 常后跟 of) the elements or constituent parts of a substance 质料;物质;组成部分 ●adj. 1 of matter; corporeal 物质的;肉体的;有形的 2 concerned with bodily comfort etc. 有关肉体(身体等)舒适的 material well-being 身体健康 3 (of conduct, points of view, etc.) not spiritual (行为、观点等)追求实利的 4 (often foll. by 常后跟 to) important, essential, relevant 重要的;实质的;关连的 at the material time 在重要时刻; material witness 有决定性影响的证据 5 concerned with the matter, not the form, of reasoning 实质上的;实体上的;内容上的 □ materiality /-iˈæliti/ n.[Middle English via Old French materiel, -al and Late Latin materialis from Latin (as MATTER)] |