material

1. 物质;材料
A material is a solid substance.

e.g. ...electrons in a conducting material such as a metal.
金属等导电材料中的电子
e.g. ...the design of new absorbent materials.
新型高吸水性材料的设计

2. 布料;衣料;织物
Material is cloth.

e.g. ...the thick material of her skirt...
她的裙子的厚布料
e.g. The materials are soft and comfortable to wear.
这些布料质地柔软，穿着很舒服。

3. 原料;材料
Materials are the things that you need for a particular activity.

material

e.g. The builders ran out of materials.
建筑商耗尽了材料。
e.g. ...sewing materials.
缝纫材料

4. (书、戏剧或电影的)素材，资料
Ideas or information that are used as a basis for a book, play, or film can be referred to as material .

e.g. In my version of the story, I added some new material.
我在讲述这个故事时加入了新的素材。
e.g. ...the film producer's debt to the author of original screen material.
影片的制片人受到了创作影片原始素材的作者的启发

5. （指与抽象相对）物质的，有形的，实体的
Material things are related to possessions or money, rather than to more abstract things such as ideas or values.

e.g. Every room must have been stuffed with material things.
每个房间肯定都塞满了东西。
e.g. ...the material world.
物质世界

6. 人才;(做…的)料
If you say that someone is a particular kind of material, you mean that they have the qualities or abilities to do a particular job or task.

e.g. She was not university material...
她不是上大学的料。
e.g. His message has changed little since he became presidential material.
成为总统候选人后，他的宣言并没有多少变化。

7. (证据或信息)直接相关的，实质性的，重要的
Material evidence or information is directly relevant and important in a legal or academic argument.

e.g. The nature and availability of material evidence was not to be discussed...
实质性证据的性质和可用性毋庸讨论。
e.g. They contend that the company failed to disclose material information.
他们坚持认为该公司并未透露实质性的信息。

1. material的反义词

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