Substance
[ 'sʌbstəns ]
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n. 物质，材料;实质，内容;[神]灵;（织品的）质地;
💡 词根助记
sub下面+st站立+ance表名词→站在下面的东西→物质；本质
📝 例句
A corrective for overacidity is an alkaline substance.
酸性过度的中和剂是碱性物质。
Glass is proving to be very valuable substance in the modern world.
玻璃正日益成为现代世界的一种极为宝贵的材料。
All sense-perception can occur only through the medium of some bodily substance.
所有的感观知觉都只能通过某种身体物质的媒介才能发生。
Later he became a man of substance.
后来,他成为有大量资产的人。
Ice and snow are different forms of the same substance, water.
冰和雪都是水这一种物质的不同形式。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ sub-前缀“下面”,stance-stand站立:在事物下面站着的是实质
※ 谐音“杀不死,疼死”:有毒物质跑到你心脏里,杀不死也疼死你
※ sub-潜水艇,stan-拼音“石滩”,ce-拼音“厕”:潜水艇停在石滩的厕所里运送物质
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-sist-表示“站立”
📖 牛津释义
substance
n
1 [C] particular type of matter 物质
a poisonous substance like cyanide 类似氰化物的有毒物质
a substance that will prevent rust 防 物质
Water and ice are the same substance in different forms. 水和冰是同一物质的不同状态.
2 [U]
(a) real matter (contrasted with sth only seen, heard or imagined) 实物（与仅能看到、 听到或想像之事物相对）
They maintained that ghosts had no substance. 他们认为鬼魂不是实物.
(b) firmness; solidity 坚固; 结实
I like a meal that has some substance to it, ie has nourishing food in it. 我喜欢吃富於营养的饭菜.
(fig 比喻) an argument of little substance, eg lacking specific details, etc 内容贫乏的议论.
3 [U] most important or essential part of sth; essential meaning 基本部分; 实质部分; 主旨; 要义
the substance of the speech 讲话的要旨
I agree with the substance of what you say/with what you say in substance, but differ on points of detail. 我同意 你讲话的基本内容, 不过在一些枝节问题上与你有分歧.
4 [U] (fml 文) money; property 金钱; 财物; 资产
a man/woman of substance, eg a property owner 有资产的男子[女子].
🎯 考研助记
杀不死，疼死（谐音）：有毒 物质进入体内，杀不死它，疼死你 sub(在下)+stance(=stand站立):站立于表象之下的是 实体的 实质
🔁 扩展释义
*['sʌbstәns]n. 物质, 实质, 主旨, 资产, 本质, 牢固【化】 物质【医】 质, 物质相关词组: in substance
🏥 医学释义
①物质，材料 ②内容
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The snow's really coming down.
雪下的真是大。
I told him to stay till he calls.
我告诉他留下来等他打电话来。
Is this the right bus for the Capital Library?
这辆车到首都图书馆吗？