| 单词 | substance |
| 释义 | substance (sʌbstəns ) Word forms: substances 1. countable noun B2 A substance is a solid, powder, liquid, or gas with particular properties. Ethylene glycol is a poisonous substance found in antifreeze. The substance that's causing the problem comes from the barley. Synonyms: material, body, stuff, element 2. uncountable noun Substance is the quality of being important or significant. [formal] It's questionable whether anything of substance has been achieved. Syria will attend only if the negotiations deal with issues of substance. Synonyms: importance, significance, moment, meaningfulness 3. singular noun The substance of what someone says or writes is the main thing that they are trying to say. The substance of his discussions doesn't really matter. [+ of] Synonyms: meaning, main point, gist, matter 4. uncountable noun If you say that something has no substance, you mean that it is not true. [formal] There is no substance in any of these allegations. Synonyms: truth, fact, reality, certainty 5. of substance phrase A person of substance has a lot of money, power, or influence. [formal] ...mature men of substance. Collocations: toxic substance This was curare, the toxic substance they paint their darts and arrowheads with. Times, Sunday Times A total of up to 77million people are being exposed to the toxic substance across the country. The Sun An experiment might turn up very little of a toxic substance in honey, even if it's present in the wax, if the experimenter doesn't know to also test the wax. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Homeopathic medicines work on the principle that a toxic substance taken in minute amounts will cure the same symptoms that it would cause if it were taken in large amounts. Times, Sunday Times In that case, it was apparent immediately that a toxic substance had been released. The Scientist The unknown substance was handed over to security, cops two days later. The Sun They then discovered a tube taking the gas to the patient's face mask had been deliberately blocked with an unknown substance. The Sun A vial found, a used syringe, an unknown substance. Times, Sunday Times A search of the car he was driving found glassine envelopes containing an unknown substance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A torus a thousand light-years in diameter, constructed of an unknown substance, rotating at a large fraction of lightspeed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 物质 Japanese: 物質 |
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