material

柯林斯詞典

1. N-VAR A material is a solid substance. 固態(tài)物質(zhì)
...electrons in a conducting material such as a metal. …金屬等導(dǎo)電物質(zhì)中的電子。
2. N-MASS Material is cloth. 布料
...the thick material of her skirt. …她裙子的厚布料。
3. N-PLURAL Materials are the things that you need for a particular activity. 材料
The builders ran out of materials. 建筑商用完了材料。
4. N-UNCOUNT Ideas or information that are used as a basis for a book, play, or film can be referred to as material. 素材
In my version of the story, I added some new material. 在我這個版本的故事中，我添加了一些新素材。
5. ADJ Material things are related to possessions or money, rather than to more abstract things such as ideas or values. 物質(zhì)的
Every room must have been stuffed with material things. 每個房間肯定已經(jīng)堆滿了東西。
6. materiallyADV 物質(zhì)上地
He has tried to help this child materially and spiritually. 他已經(jīng)盡力在物質(zhì)和精神上幫助這個孩子了。
7. ADJ Material evidence or information is directly relevant and important in a legal or academic argument. (法律或?qū)W術(shù)辯論中) 實質(zhì)性的 (證據(jù)或信息)[正式] [ADJ n]
The nature and availability of material evidence was not to be discussed. 關(guān)鍵證據(jù)的性質(zhì)和有效性將不予以討論。

The meteorites contained only inorganic material.
Clay is a very plastic material.
Uranium is a radioactive material.
The regular incorporation of organic material into garden soil improves its quality enormously .
Prices of goods are governed by the cost of the raw materials, as well as by the cost of production and distribution .