material

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n. 材料；用具；（有指明特征的）人才；素材；曲目；布料
adj. 物質(zhì)的；身體需要的；和推理內(nèi)容有關(guān)的；重要的；（證據(jù)或事實(shí)）決定性的；客觀(guān)存在的；物欲的
n. (Material) （意、美）媽特力婭麗（人名）

adv性質(zhì)的同根詞
materially：實(shí)質(zhì)地；物質(zhì)上；極大地。
n性質(zhì)的同根詞
materialism：唯物主義；唯物論；物質(zhì)主義。
materiality：物質(zhì)性，重要性；物質(zhì)。
materialist：唯物主義者；實(shí)利主義者。
materiel：（法）物資；軍備。
materialization：物質(zhì)化；實(shí)體化；具體化。
vi性質(zhì)的同根詞
materialize：實(shí)現(xiàn)，成形；突然出現(xiàn)。
materialise：突然出現(xiàn)（等于materialize）。
vt性質(zhì)的同根詞
materialize：使具體化，使有形；使突然出現(xiàn)；使重物質(zhì)而輕精神。
materialise：物質(zhì)化（等于materialize）。

material的基本意思是“材料,原料”,尤指“布料”,可用作可數(shù)名詞,也可用作不可數(shù)名詞。泛指“建筑材料,化肥原料,戰(zhàn)略物資,原材料”時(shí),用復(fù)數(shù)形式。
material還可指寫(xiě)作等所取材的“資料,素材”,是不可數(shù)名詞,常與介詞for連用。引申可作“可造之材”解。

material用作形容詞的基本意思是“物質(zhì)的”,指由物質(zhì)構(gòu)成的一切,或指與由物質(zhì)構(gòu)成的事物相關(guān)的一切。material也可作“身體的,肉體的”“重要的,重大的”“有重要關(guān)系的”解。
material在句中作定語(yǔ)或表語(yǔ)。
material無(wú)比較級(jí)和最高級(jí)。

(PHYSICAL SUBSTANCE) a physical substance that things can be made from
(INFORMATION) information used when writing something such as a book, or information produced in various forms to help people or to advertise products
(CLOTH) cloth that can be used to make things such as clothes
(EQUIPMENT) equipment that you need for a particular activity
(PHYSICAL) relating to physical objects or money rather than emotions or the spiritual world
(IMPORTANT) important or having an important effect

A material is a solid substance.
Material is cloth.
Materials are the things that you need for a particular activity.
Ideas or information that are used as a basis for a book, play, or film can be referred to as material.
Material things are related to possessions or money, rather than to more abstract things such as ideas or values.
materially
Material evidence or information is directly relevant and important in a legal or academic argument.