单词 | man/woman of substance |
释义 | man/woman of substance From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishman/woman of substanceman/woman of substanceBritish English literary a rich man or woman → substanceExamples from the Corpusman/woman of substance• He accepted the semi-political duties of a man of substance in his county.• But Miss Close's father was a man of substance, and he finally bought the picture for a rather large sum.• He was a man of substance.• I was a man of substance now, I had arrived.• The lowest officials on the administrative tier were the village headmen, who were normally men of substance.• I am not worried about the men of substance.• Aristeides represented the land forces, the men of substance, who provided their own armour and were not paid. |
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