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单词 substantial
释义
substantialsub‧stan‧tial /səbˈstænʃəl/ ●●○ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINsubstantial
Origin:
1300-1400 Late Latin substantialis, from Latin substantia; ➔ SUBSTANCE
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a substantial mahogany desk
  • A substantial number of houses were damaged by the floods.
  • a very substantial family in the wool trade
  • The breakfast they provide is substantial.
  • The refugees face a substantial threat of harm if they are sent home.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • About 20 of the weapons, banned for private import by federal law in 1989, were resold for substantial profit.
  • As we discussed in our previous book, there is a substantial body of evidence in favour of the latter alternative.
  • At least one independent analyst believes growth will be substantial.
  • Stout lifelines are fitted and there are very substantial bow, quarter and spring cleats.
  • The company was slow to restructure, and its problems could carry over into another substantial profit decline in 1996.
  • The staff and technical advisory group agreed that new construction should play a substantial role in the first-year housing goals.
  • The surplus at Hawker was not detailed yesterday but is believed to be substantial.
  • There will, however, be substantial costs of that kind.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
· a big city· a big guy· a big mistake· Lack of funding is the biggest problem.· Getting a car has made a big difference to my life.
a slightly more formal word than big, used to describe objects and amounts: · a large bowl· Large areas of the forest have been destroyed.· The museum attracts a large number of visitors.
[only before noun] big and important: · Pollution is a major problem.· There has been a major change in government policy.
quite big – used especially about amounts: · They have spent a considerable amount of money on the project.· A substantial amount of heat is lost through the windows.· He had a considerable influence on young musicians.
Longman Language Activatorlarge numbers/amounts
· She's used to working with large sums of money.· Large numbers of seabirds have been killed by pollution following the oil spillage.· A large proportion of the audience consisted of teenaged girls.
use this about rates, levels, measurements etc that are bigger than is usual or than is acceptable: · Someone on such a high salary shouldn't have to borrow money.· High levels of radiation have been reported near the nuclear plant.· I always try to avoid foods with a high fat content.
fairly large: · £1000 is a considerable sum for most people.· She receives a sizable income from her investments.· A considerable number of voters changed their minds at the last minute.· Sugar is added in considerable quantities to most soft drinks.
large enough to be useful or to have an important effect: · The survey showed that substantial numbers of 15-year-olds were already smoking twenty cigarettes a week.in substantial/significant numbers: · Women began to enter the British Parliament in significant numbers in the 1990s.a substantial/significant proportion of: · A significant proportion of drivers fail to keep to speed limits.
use this about an amount, especially of food or money, that is larger than what is needed or expected: · He heaped the plate with a generous serving of meat and potato pie.· I usually stir a generous quantity of rum into the cake mixture.· The company offers bonuses, stock options, and a generous benefit package.
use this about an amount of money someone gets or is paid that is surprisingly large: · Ozzie left a very handsome tip on the plate.· She received a handsome reward for finding the wallet.· The big oil companies made a handsome profit out of the fuel crisis.
use this about a surprisingly large amount of money, especially one that someone has to pay: · The other driver received a hefty fine for his role in the accident.· hefty admission fees· It was a $350,000 contract, plus hefty bonuses and expenses.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· The new system will be a great benefit to the company.
· Israel refused to give up Sinai without some significant concession on Egypt's part.
(=a lot of disagreement)· There is still considerable disagreement among doctors as to how to treat the illness.
(=a fairly big one)· Insurance companies give substantial discounts to mature drivers.
· Substantial donations were made to the Democratic Party.
(=quite big)· Global warming could have a significant effect on agriculture in many parts of the world.
· His father, an oil magnate, amassed a large fortune.
· A huge gap exists between the life styles of the rich and the poor.
· It is a region of considerable hardship and poverty.
(=quite big)· There has been a considerable improvement in trading conditions.
formal (=quite big)· He negotiated a substantial increase in pay for the workers.
(=a large minority)· A sizeable minority of people sleep less than five hours a night without problems.
(=when something is changed a lot)· The existing system needed substantial modification.
(=quite a large number)· He received a substantial number of votes.· A considerable number of students left after the first year.
(=very large)· He owns a substantial portion of the company.
· The agent then sells the land for a substantial profit to someone else.
· 2007 was a year of substantial progress for the company.
(=a large or fairly large amount)· Dolphins need to eat considerable quantities of food.
(=large enough to have an effect or be important)· Farmers have suffered a substantial reduction in income.
· Despite a substantial reward being offered, the painting has never been found.
· Manufacturers claimed the increase would mean a substantial rise in costs.· Wealthy Americans face a significant rise in their income tax rate.
· He lost a substantial sum of money on the deal.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· The ghosts were more substantial now.· The inside of the theater boasted more substantial fare.· They were concerned with only limits amenity services unless the county council delegated something more substantial.· Having lurched trendily through the culinary eighties, we may now be discovering something more substantial and enduring in game.· But the national clearinghouses, if they are to remain national services, need much more substantial funding.· At seventy-five feet Sea Dragon had been larger than Hsu Fu and a much more substantial vessel than a flimsy bamboo raft.· Slightly more substantial are Marks & Spencer's mini salmon en croute at £4.50 for 12.· And in turn, their fashion photography somehow seems elevated, more substantial because it was created by bona fide artistes.
· His important contribution to music has perhaps had the most substantial recognition in Scandanavia.· Of them all, his father had the deepest, most substantial connection to the things he said and did.· In geomorphology the impact of studies of process was perhaps most substantial and also the most dramatic in physical geography.· Impressive though the scale of such formal loans was, they were not the most substantial of Burlamachi's financial services.· This applies often to even the most substantial essays on literary personalities or topics.· I had read it hungrily in Lima when for a time it was the most substantial piece of luggage I possessed.· The most substantial is the nation's success in telecommunications.
· This literature is very substantial and far more sophisticated than the state subsidy theory of strikes.· From the time Louie died, my father took over the family in very substantial ways.· A very substantial force, perhaps numbering 15,000 men, assembled at Portsmouth in July 1346.· It has to be emphasised that Equitable is still solvent with very substantial assets irrespective of some recent withdrawals.· They have both made very substantial contributions to the progress of the Group and we will miss their sound advice.· Stout lifelines are fitted and there are very substantial bow, quarter and spring cleats.· Is not the position that the United Kingdom will remain a very substantial oil producer until well into the next century?
NOUN
· Conversely, many younger people will be the first generation in their family who can expect to inherit substantial amounts.· When and if your proposed project requires any substantial amount of traveling be extra careful in planning such events.· Perhaps she would brighten up now that she had another substantial amount of cash to spend.· A substantial amount of the training will be done in teaching practice at local schools and using distance learning methods.· When rates are discounted in this way by substantial amounts, bad feeling and discontent may well develop on the site.· However, while charities can benefit from cards sold by stationers, they may retain a substantial amount of money.· Most existing recognition systems concentrate on the pattern recognition process, and have not utilised the substantial amounts of available context.· This time, I took a more substantial amount.
· The view that they lack work experience is contradicted by a substantial body of evidence.· Candidates must hold a post-professional advanced degree in architectural design or have completed a substantial body of high quality works.· But none of this could disguise the fact that the great nobles had substantial bodies of experienced soldiers at their disposal.· The pomeshchiks had become a substantial body and provided the military backbone of the State.· As we discussed in our previous book, there is a substantial body of evidence in favour of the latter alternative.· Taken together, these studies comprise a substantial body of work notable for its diversity, its competence and its orthodoxy.· There is a substantial body of research comparing the income of the retired population in Britain with those below retirement age.
· Green consumerism is a hopeful token of more substantial change.· These did not involve substantial changes, and often introduced useful clarifications and examples.· Over this 20-year period, there were substantial changes in the types of households.· We have again looked hard at our working practices and cost base and have made substantial changes.· Clearly, substantial changes are needed rather than tinkering.· The block exemptions are subject to review, since they have expiry dates written in, but no substantial change is imminent.· Even one extra user in a group would cause a substantial change in the known-unknown ratio.
· That amount is topped up by a substantial contribution from the private sector in the form of loans.· These were people who already had made a substantial contribution to the state party.· They have both made very substantial contributions to the progress of the Group and we will miss their sound advice.· O & M were eager to make a substantial contribution to their new corporate headquarters.· Some had large dependent families, while others had teenage children able to make a substantial contribution.· With your help we hope to make a substantial contribution.· This was Rolt's first substantial contribution to the preservation of the artefacts of industrial history.· It might also be argued that the mandatory life sentence makes a substantial contribution to public safety.
· On the suffrage there was no substantial difference between the two.· Never had I heard an audio accessory, a system tweak, make such a substantial difference.· However, substantial differences of method remain, many of which are based in law.· The gas supply situation is, however, the subject of some controversy with substantial differences appearing in estimates by authoritative groups.· There have always been substantial differences in the foreign policy outlooks of Paris and Berlin.· On every other measure there were substantial differences between the men and the women.· Although the hit rate does not differ significantly between junctions there do seem to be substantial differences between individual films.· The briefing indicated that the two sides still have substantial differences to iron out.
· But, as Smith's collection testifies, there is substantial evidence of radical millennial and egalitarian solutions circulating during the period.· Although the Navy had substantial evidence of several serious crimes, there was never a trial for any of them.· There was no substantial evidence of how he supported himself financially.· There is substantial evidence in the literature already cited that it has been the critical area of failure in Britain.· Unpalatable conclusions are likely to require more substantial evidence than this technique can provide.· All that is material to this case is what substantial evidence Frank has to back up his claim about Militant infiltration.· There is now substantial evidence that vascular disruption and focal thrombosis, related to macrophage infiltration, occurs in Crohn's disease.
· Moreover, substantial improvements could often be easily achieved.· That would be a substantial improvement from the 25 percent of health-care premiums that they can deduct now.· Very substantial improvements have been identified and are being realised but nothing stands still.· And, don't forget that if you make substantial improvements to your home, it may increase its value.· First, there have been substantial improvements in mortality over this century which are reflected in increased life expectancy.· Although this is still far too many it represents a substantial improvement.· In the United Kingdom the Homeowners' account continued to show substantial improvement with a reduced level of subsidence claims.
· Small wonder so little value has been obtained, despite the substantial increase in resources.· Will we see a substantial increase in prices from year to year?· He was absolutely right to welcome the substantial increases that I have announced today for a range of programmes.· The market now seems to be improving and we are anticipating a substantial increase in our volumes during 1993.· Maize consumption rose, populations grew and there was a substantial increase in the complexity of the culture.· Arguments in favour of a more substantial increase in the supply of medical staff come from several sources.· New companies were set up by public subscription, and there was a substantial increase in the number of films produced.· There has been a substantial increase in self-employment during that period.
· That is substantial investment in science and technology.· Rather, Siemens is convinced that it can profit directly from even substantial investments in youth.· And, given that an average presentation may require 20 to 30 of these, that represents a substantial investment.· Business made a substantial investment in the Republican Party in the recent election.· They cost a great amount of money and represent substantial investments to the organizations or people sponsoring them.· The Government have made a substantial investment towards the cost of improving the A4059 at Aberdare and Abercynon.· It may be that the nature of the enterprise requires substantial investment in capital, equipment or premises.· Costs A leisure facility at a hotel represents a substantial investment.
· The shop suffered a substantial loss of trading.· Bedford had sustained substantial losses in the post-Fort Sumter turmoil.· Severe fires have already caused substantial losses.· So, if we get trainees graded in the Basic or Premium 3 grades, we will run at a substantial loss.· Some Boards were not keen to bear these substantial losses.· However, Merrill Lynch is running the risk of suffering a substantial loss if the market price holds on to any substantial premium.
· In the first place, the Conservative government had just been re-elected, in June 1987, with a substantial majority.· At the same time, a substantial majority of employers expect that finding the right engineers.· In two previous debates similar to this one, it has enjoyed a substantial majority in support.· A union will only come about by 1997 if a substantial majority of Community members agree it should.· A substantial majority supported overhauling both systems.· Even a government with substantial majority support would have encountered the same opposition.· His chances of winning it with a reunited party and a substantial majority were good.· A substantial majority of respondents from medium and larger firms, as well as local law societies, were in favour of the proposal.
· A substantial minority, however, do not.· While some thought that they did a good job, a substantial minority felt that they were a waste of time.· Such a majority is likely, under the simple primary voting system, even on a substantial minority of primary votes.· A substantial minority of shareholders is known to be opposed to a sale, feeling the company is worth at least £200 million.· A substantial minority of Britain's population aged 65 + has never married.· On the other hand, a substantial minority considered that infrastructural investment was a significant factor for location within an enterprise zone.· But they were a substantial minority, and those historians who have recently been studying inheritance have reached some interesting conclusions.
· At the same time, substantial numbers of mentally handicapped and mentally ill persons were receiving some attention from the community services.· Finally, a substantial number of Volunteers were sent home for disciplinary reasons.· The concentration of the Confederate forces was now about complete, while the Federals still had substantial numbers on the way.· Although the majority of sporting injuries are relatively minor, a substantial number are more serious.· It was the first in which a substantial number of attacks on tankers occurred, 62 being reported in all.· The introduction of quotas to regulate the commercial fish catch had removed a substantial number of set-netters from the industry.· However, I know that substantial numbers of doctors invested in computers, while complaining about the operation of that rule.
· At the same time, substantial numbers of mentally handicapped and mentally ill persons were receiving some attention from the community services.· The concentration of the Confederate forces was now about complete, while the Federals still had substantial numbers on the way.· The return movement begins in October, but substantial numbers are not often present before November.· The findings match those in other recent studies that found substantial numbers of students disengaged from learning.· There appears to be substantial numbers of people who join or leave, become active or inactive, over time.· I hope that that campaign, which continues until 19 January, succeeds in taking substantial numbers of weapons out of circulation.· These are concerns shared by substantial numbers of feminists.· Moreover, even these poor areas do, in fact, contain substantial numbers of moderately affluent people.
· A substantial part of the industrial land has been developed but the job yield has been far below initial expectations.· So here, publication has already begun and a substantial part of the threatened damage has already occurred.· As the social services account for a substantial part of public spending, cuts affected a wide range of services.· In 1986, Harriman died, leaving her a substantial part of a fortune estimated at $ 100 million.· This is reflected in the fact that geography provides a substantial part of the environmental teaching in key stages 1 to 4.· This is not true of all goods, but that it is true of a substantial part is sufficient.· In practice, finding which operators apply to some node is often a substantial part of the searching process.· A substantial part of the Cabinet was pressing for a quick outcome.
· After Edward II's overthrow in 1326 he was restored and he received back a substantial portion of his estates.· What the networks are offering, Black said, is a substantial portion of their news programming.· The substantial portion of £18,000 doubtless reflected interalia the disparity of age: Mary Banks was thirty, John Savile twenty-two.· Net and who is said to own a substantial portion of the company, will become chairman.· A finance lease lasts for a substantial portion of the life of an asset.· They are also privatizing substantial portions of their socialized economies.· In a partnership a trader was required to keep a substantial portion of his wealth in the firm.· Parents also pay substantial portions of state and local taxes that support public schools and universities.
· Presumably a substantial profit could be made if the church bought the land and subsequently sold it.· Like the annexation of Tucson Mall a decade earlier, these three areas could provide a substantial profit for the city.· He'd been running the clinic at a substantial profit for nearly ten years.· The company was slow to restructure, and its problems could carry over into another substantial profit decline in 1996.· Middlesbrough made a substantial profit last season, especially with two good Cup runs, and have an extra Premier League windfall.· About 20 of the weapons, banned for private import by federal law in 1989, were resold for substantial profit.· He commanded $ 1m a film, plus a share of often substantial profits.
· As was pointed out in the previous chapter, substantial progress has been made in reducing overcrowding, as of facially defined.· While substantial progress has been made, redlining still exists, and I appreciate the attention you are giving it.· But substantial progress is being made and the most important resources of all, expertise and know-how, are now becoming available.· Also, a number of companies had made substantial progress.· The business has made substantial progress in terms of integrating production facilities, warehousing and administration.· Nevertheless, substantial progress was made toward reaching an agreement on a new strategy.· But we did make substantial progress.· Nevertheless, the review represents substantial progress.
· The Liberal Democrats and ourselves represent a substantial proportion of public opinion throughout the United Kingdom.· Relatively few students reach secondary school, with a substantial proportion of these being in the Khartoum and Northern regions.· Insects falling into the water during the summer provide a substantial proportion of the diet of trout.· This was because a substantial proportion were very heavily dependent upon the state for their income.· It had further taught them that bomb casualties in Protestant districts frequently included a substantial proportion of Roman Catholics.· This very strong assumption precludes any role for unobserved variables to account for a substantial proportion of population heterogeneity.· A substantial proportion can be referred back to their general practitioners once a thorough assessment has been carried out.· They also paid a substantial proportion of the increasingly heavy taxation the Elizabethan and Stuart campaigns on the Continent demanded.
· One is an area protection grant which gives extra to areas that suffered a substantial reduction in income from the business rate.· Instead of expanding nurse training, colleges are planning a substantial reduction in intakes.· While the urban groups have experienced substantial reductions in real income, their rural cousins have maintained and maybe improved their incomes.· He could have used exports to get the economy going with a substantial reduction in the exchange rate and greater devaluation.· Despite substantial reductions in mortgage interest rates confidence did not return to the marketplace.· The House of Lords held that it was of merchantable quality because it was saleable without any substantial reduction of the price.
· The substantial sums which back the successful bids will be pocketed by the Treasury.· People have gained confidence in sending substantial sums off to unseen institutions and working with them long-distance.· He is set to front a new rescue package, with a mystery backer ready to invest a substantial sum.· He managed to raise 200, 000 pesos, a substantial sum in those days, to begin his religious order.· It has redrawn the boundaries between the public and private sectors in favour of the latter and raised substantial sums for the Treasury.· Now careless loss of a substantial sum of money.· For those businesses requiring substantial sums of cash it is often appropriate to provide these from our Cash centres.· Eurocurrency business is in very substantial sums and also often involves governmental or governmental agency transactions.
· Recognising there appeared to be substantial support for this move he approached Robert Naish privately with a view to easing the inevitable changeover.· In the Republican primaries, Dole has received substantial support from senior citizens, who trust one of their own vintage.· Capital value rating has received more substantial support.· The ballot showed substantial support for the attitude of the Labour and Liberal Parties towards foreign policy.· Donald MacRae, a professor of sociology, for example, was seen as lending substantial support to the development of the polytechnics.· Le Reve has developed and maintained a policy of high reward and substantial support for their staff, distributors and field Consultants.· Alternative energy sources like wind and solar power will receive substantial support for research and development.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounsubstancesubstantiationsubstantiveadjectivesubstantial ≠ insubstantialsubstantiveverbsubstantiateadverbsubstantially
1large in amount or number SYN  considerable OPP  insubstantial:  We have the support of a substantial number of parents. a substantial salary a substantial breakfast The document requires substantial changes.► see thesaurus at big2[only before noun] large and strongly made OPP  insubstantial:  a substantial piece of furniture
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