释义
[ suhb -stuh ns ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈsʌb stəns / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
a species of matter of definite chemical composition: a chalky substance.
controlled substance.
the subject matter of thought, discourse, study, etc.
the actual matter of a thing, as opposed to the appearance or shadow; reality.
substantial or solid character or quality: claims lacking in substance.
consistency; body: soup without much substance.
the meaning or gist, as of speech or writing.
something that has separate or independent existence.
Philosophy . something that exists by itself and in which accidents or attributes inhere; that which receives modifications and is not itself a mode; something that is causally active; something that is more than an event. the essential part of a thing; essence. a thing considered as a continuing whole. possessions, means, or wealth: to squander one's substance.
Linguistics . the articulatory or acoustic reality or the perceptual manifestation of a word or other construction (distinguished from form).
a standard of weights for paper.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Idioms for substancein substance , concerning the essentials; substantially. actually; really: That is in substance how it appeared to me. Origin of substance 1250–1300; Middle English <Latin substantia substance, essence (literally, that which stands under, i.e., underlies), equivalent to sub- sub- + -stant- (stem of stāns, present participle of stāre to stand) + -ia -ia (see -ance)
SYNONYMS FOR substance 4 theme, subject.
4, 5, 8 essence.
8 significance, import, pith.
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synonym study for substance 1 . See matter.
OTHER WORDS FROM substance sub·stance·less, adjective Words nearby substance subspecific, subspinale, subspontaneous, subst., substage, substance , substance abuse, substance abuse disorder, substance P, substandard, substantia
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Example sentences from the Web for substance A judge in that case has yet to rule on most of the substance of Amazon’s lawsuit.
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This is a substance that can give a person immunity from a disease.
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To keep a wormhole’s throat from collapsing, some substance with negative mass must prop it open.
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We believe the substance and process for this important park planning policy needs more attention and significant changes.
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These foreign invaders contain substance s the body doesn’t recognize.
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Scalise spoke briefly, adding little of substance , saying that the people back home know him best.
The Price of Steve Scalise’s Silence | Jason Berry| January 7, 2015| DAILY BEAST
Those with a slightly sleazier bent have dredged up reports of his weight gain, substance abuse, and arrest.
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Things got even more serious when Cosby moved on to the subject of substance abuse and children.
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Substance abuse was already an issue Cosby had grown particularly passionate about.
When Bill Cosby N-Bombed the Congressional Black Caucus | Asawin Suebsaeng| December 2, 2014| DAILY BEAST
True, a solid majority backs the Democratic position on the substance .
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The acetylene prepared from this substance has a very characteristic odor due to impurities, the chief of these being phosphine.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry | William McPherson
The law of substance condemns all restrictions, hates all fetters, and considers exclusiveness a crime against its divinity.
Woman and Socialism | August Bebel
We know that just in proportion to the loss of this substance are our vigor and strength taken from us.
The American Reformed Cattle Doctor | George Dadd
Not content with that great injury, you must also deprive me of my substance .
A Life's Secret | Mrs. Henry Wood
The specific gravity of water is taken as unity, and that of any other substance is expressed as a decimal.
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British Dictionary definitions for substance noun the tangible matter of which a thing consists
a specific type of matter, esp a homogeneous material with a definite composition
the essence, meaning, etc, of a written or spoken thought
solid or meaningful quality
material density a vacuum has no substance
material possessions or wealth a man of substance
philosophy the supposed immaterial substratum that can receive modifications and in which attributes and accidents inhere a thing considered as a continuing whole that survives the changeability of its properties Christian Science that which is eternal
a euphemistic term for any illegal drug
in substance with regard to the salient points
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Derived forms of substance substanceless , adjective Word Origin for substance C13: via Old French from Latin substantia, from substāre, from sub- + stāre to stand
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Idioms and Phrases with substance see in substance; sum and substance.
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Words related to substance item, material, texture, object, stuff, strength, meat, effect, amount, significance, subject, body, core, individual, phenomenon, matter, being, hunk, reality, bulk
Medical definitions for substance n. That which has mass and occupies space; matter.
A material of a particular kind or constitution.
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