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单词 materialize
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Definition of materialize in English:

materialize

(British materialise)
verb məˈtɪərɪəlʌɪzməˈtɪriəˌlaɪz
[no object]
  • 1Become actual fact; happen.

    the forecast rate of increase did not materialize
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I am training and am in good shape and can only wait and see what materialises along the way.
    • Our forecast was wrong - we expected the relative decline of their position, and the reason why it did not materialise is another story, for a longer discussion.
    • They don't occur at random or materialise out of nowhere.
    • His demagogic promises of jobs and wage increases never materialized.
    • To establish a tendency or a possibility you do not have to prove that the tendency or the possibility in fact materialised.
    • If this consolidation materializes, those computer giants will have more power to expand their market shares.
    • But as 2004 approaches, the dream has clearly not materialised.
    • The salaries did in fact later materialize, and living within salaries is no form of corruption.
    • Needless to say these jobs never materialised and in fact 175 jobs from the existing plant in Limerick were actually lost.
    • A final problem is that the benefits of postsecondary education may not materialize until individuals reach their late twenties or early thirties.
    • Rumours of a bid last week sent the stock soaring but yesterday investors headed for the exit as confirmation of an approach failed to materialise.
    • All these increases have materialized in the last six months.
    • The expectation was for an abrupt decline in consumer expenditures that, in fact, did not materialize.
    • This coming battle, if it materializes, represents a turning point in U.S. foreign policy and possibly a turning point in the recent history of the world.
    • When the boom failed to materialize, eventually the scam got so large that it could no longer be hidden, and the entire house of cards came tumbling down.
    • By almost every other measure the difference was barely one goal, never mind the three that were to eventually materialise.
    • That it didn't materialise was not for the wont of endeavour or skill.
    • In actual fact, it is absolutely indispensable that it materialize very quickly.
    • A championship classic never materialised although both sides entered spells of entertaining football.
    • He said: ‘I can guarantee those savings will materialise over the timescale we have stated.’
    Synonyms
    happen, occur, come about, take place, come into being, transpire, arise, be realized, take shape
    informal come off, shape up
    archaic come to pass
    rare eventuate
    1. 1.1 Appear or be present when expected.
      the train failed to materialize
      Example sentencesExamples
      • So let's reserve judgment until actual evidence materializes.
      • However, the estimated revenue has failed to materialise, primarily because householders have adopted a minimalist approach to refuse disposal.
      • The trouble is, as we now approach 2002, the artworks have never materialised.
      • That friend never materialized, but I was saved from wandering the theatre in a lost manner by a very fortunate coincidence.
      • It is the end of another long day, and I have been watching often enough to see that at exactly 6: 45 each evening, a little old lady materializes like a guardian angel to take him home.
      • She crawled out of her sleeping bag and her dark head peered around the room once more, as though she expected her friends to materialise out of nowhere.
      • Why did he keep looking over his shoulder as if expecting for an assassin to materialize out of the shadows?
      • Austin noticed the disappointment in her eyes when she realized it was him, and swallowed a giant lump that suddenly materialized in his throat.
      • Fortunately, countless friends materialized, all willing to help put together a wedding in less than two weeks.
      • A mixture of reef sharks and bulls, they have an uncanny ability to appear behind you or materialise from behind a coral head only feet away.
      • We had been told to expect a rescue package but none had materialised.
      • His promised overtime bonus (he worked an extra eight hours so he would have spending money for Christmas) never materialised.
      Synonyms
      appear, turn up, arrive, make/put in an appearance, present oneself/itself, come into view/sight, emerge, surface, loom, become visible, show oneself/itself, reveal oneself/itself, show one's face, come to light, pop up
      informal show up, fetch up, pitch up, blow in
  • 2(of a ghost, spirit, or similar entity) appear in bodily form.

    he plays a teenager whose make-believe friend materializes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Everything was patiently explained and the chances of monsters somehow materialising under the bed were rationalised away.
    • It was as if a giant bubble from a science-fiction film had materialised all around this piece of land.
    • This time he knew what it was before the ghost even materialized.
    • Three older pair of elfin fairies materialize next to the children.
    • Several more ghosts materialized from the shadows and surrounded him, forming a tight circle of burning blue.
    • With a cloud of green smoke, she materialized sitting on top of my dresser, which is across from my bed on the other side of the room.
    • With a sense of morbid fascination, she peered into the darkness, waiting for the monster to materialize.
    • The souls of the children materialized before her, staring into her very heart, crying to be free!
    • A spirit then gradually materialized from the bones of the long dead corpse.
    • Near Virginia City, Nevada, the spirit of a camel materializes, led by a dead man.
    • There must be strange entities materializing from the ether, ghouls, ghosts, or spirits hanging out in the material world to warn or haunt us.
    • The foes are also more elusive: Lumbering zombies are replaced by elusive ghosts that materialise and dematerialise at will.
    • Inspired by the gentle, tragic monster, they become convinced that there is a fugitive spirit inhabiting a remote farmhouse, which materialises in the form of an army deserter.
    1. 2.1with object Represent or cause to appear in bodily or physical form.
      a medium, she was reputed to materialize substances
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This is also the case in selecting the ways and means to materialize them.
      • However, these must now be materialized by the adoption of specific mechanisms to respond to the needs of defenders so that they can exercise their activities freely.
      • So, although the image of the coach abstracts the family dynamic into a mathematical or schematic imbalance, it also materializes it as one of mechanical and physical awkwardness.
      • However, despite the opportunity, it seems that our leaders are still not able to materialize the dreams of reform.
      • It is in it that we materialize our reveries, through it that our dream seizes upon its true substance.
      • The government was on the brink of materializing it in 1995.
      • The courses most frequently offered in distance learning curricula quite clearly materialize the end of the humanities.
      • This is the big vision I have ahead, and I am sure that we can materialize this.
      • Indeed, in the film, the ocean can project and materialize the deepest thoughts that lie in the minds of the humans living close by.
      • But it is feared the ban would make it difficult for it to materialize its future investment plan, he said.
      • In the synaptic space, art objects are resurrections of the creations of the mind - a mind that uses the body as a machine to materialize ideas, patterns, and emotions.

Derivatives

  • materialization

  • noun mətɪərɪəlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n
    • The successful materialization of these fugitive images is a challenge.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The ‘boxlike contraption’ only gradually comes into focus, beginning with the ‘black tiles of ivory’ and completing its materialization with the reference to music.
      • Every prime minister has his ups and his downs, the fulfilment of high hopes and the materialisation of deepest dreads.
      • Starting with a sketch or model to accompany their proposal, the students must work through their ideas from conceptualisation to materialisation.
      • All this seemed extremely close to the kind of materialization of time that preoccupied Einstein.
 
 

Definition of materialize in US English:

materialize

(British materialise)
verbməˈtirēəˌlīzməˈtɪriəˌlaɪz
[no object]
  • 1Become actual fact; happen.

    the assumed savings may not materialize
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In actual fact, it is absolutely indispensable that it materialize very quickly.
    • This coming battle, if it materializes, represents a turning point in U.S. foreign policy and possibly a turning point in the recent history of the world.
    • I am training and am in good shape and can only wait and see what materialises along the way.
    • His demagogic promises of jobs and wage increases never materialized.
    • Needless to say these jobs never materialised and in fact 175 jobs from the existing plant in Limerick were actually lost.
    • A final problem is that the benefits of postsecondary education may not materialize until individuals reach their late twenties or early thirties.
    • But as 2004 approaches, the dream has clearly not materialised.
    • They don't occur at random or materialise out of nowhere.
    • Rumours of a bid last week sent the stock soaring but yesterday investors headed for the exit as confirmation of an approach failed to materialise.
    • He said: ‘I can guarantee those savings will materialise over the timescale we have stated.’
    • The salaries did in fact later materialize, and living within salaries is no form of corruption.
    • A championship classic never materialised although both sides entered spells of entertaining football.
    • By almost every other measure the difference was barely one goal, never mind the three that were to eventually materialise.
    • When the boom failed to materialize, eventually the scam got so large that it could no longer be hidden, and the entire house of cards came tumbling down.
    • That it didn't materialise was not for the wont of endeavour or skill.
    • To establish a tendency or a possibility you do not have to prove that the tendency or the possibility in fact materialised.
    • The expectation was for an abrupt decline in consumer expenditures that, in fact, did not materialize.
    • All these increases have materialized in the last six months.
    • Our forecast was wrong - we expected the relative decline of their position, and the reason why it did not materialise is another story, for a longer discussion.
    • If this consolidation materializes, those computer giants will have more power to expand their market shares.
    Synonyms
    happen, occur, come about, take place, come into being, transpire, arise, be realized, take shape
    1. 1.1 Appear or be present.
      the train didn't materialize
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is the end of another long day, and I have been watching often enough to see that at exactly 6: 45 each evening, a little old lady materializes like a guardian angel to take him home.
      • However, the estimated revenue has failed to materialise, primarily because householders have adopted a minimalist approach to refuse disposal.
      • Why did he keep looking over his shoulder as if expecting for an assassin to materialize out of the shadows?
      • Fortunately, countless friends materialized, all willing to help put together a wedding in less than two weeks.
      • A mixture of reef sharks and bulls, they have an uncanny ability to appear behind you or materialise from behind a coral head only feet away.
      • That friend never materialized, but I was saved from wandering the theatre in a lost manner by a very fortunate coincidence.
      • She crawled out of her sleeping bag and her dark head peered around the room once more, as though she expected her friends to materialise out of nowhere.
      • His promised overtime bonus (he worked an extra eight hours so he would have spending money for Christmas) never materialised.
      • Austin noticed the disappointment in her eyes when she realized it was him, and swallowed a giant lump that suddenly materialized in his throat.
      • The trouble is, as we now approach 2002, the artworks have never materialised.
      • So let's reserve judgment until actual evidence materializes.
      • We had been told to expect a rescue package but none had materialised.
      Synonyms
      appear, turn up, arrive, make in an appearance, put in an appearance, present itself, present oneself, come into sight, come into view, emerge, surface, loom, become visible, show itself, show oneself, reveal itself, reveal oneself, show one's face, come to light, pop up
  • 2(of a ghost, spirit, or similar entity) appear in bodily form.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • With a cloud of green smoke, she materialized sitting on top of my dresser, which is across from my bed on the other side of the room.
    • With a sense of morbid fascination, she peered into the darkness, waiting for the monster to materialize.
    • The souls of the children materialized before her, staring into her very heart, crying to be free!
    • Inspired by the gentle, tragic monster, they become convinced that there is a fugitive spirit inhabiting a remote farmhouse, which materialises in the form of an army deserter.
    • Three older pair of elfin fairies materialize next to the children.
    • There must be strange entities materializing from the ether, ghouls, ghosts, or spirits hanging out in the material world to warn or haunt us.
    • Everything was patiently explained and the chances of monsters somehow materialising under the bed were rationalised away.
    • Near Virginia City, Nevada, the spirit of a camel materializes, led by a dead man.
    • This time he knew what it was before the ghost even materialized.
    • The foes are also more elusive: Lumbering zombies are replaced by elusive ghosts that materialise and dematerialise at will.
    • It was as if a giant bubble from a science-fiction film had materialised all around this piece of land.
    • A spirit then gradually materialized from the bones of the long dead corpse.
    • Several more ghosts materialized from the shadows and surrounded him, forming a tight circle of burning blue.
    1. 2.1with object Cause to appear in bodily or physical form.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Indeed, in the film, the ocean can project and materialize the deepest thoughts that lie in the minds of the humans living close by.
      • It is in it that we materialize our reveries, through it that our dream seizes upon its true substance.
      • This is the big vision I have ahead, and I am sure that we can materialize this.
      • The government was on the brink of materializing it in 1995.
      • In the synaptic space, art objects are resurrections of the creations of the mind - a mind that uses the body as a machine to materialize ideas, patterns, and emotions.
      • But it is feared the ban would make it difficult for it to materialize its future investment plan, he said.
      • So, although the image of the coach abstracts the family dynamic into a mathematical or schematic imbalance, it also materializes it as one of mechanical and physical awkwardness.
      • The courses most frequently offered in distance learning curricula quite clearly materialize the end of the humanities.
      • This is also the case in selecting the ways and means to materialize them.
      • However, these must now be materialized by the adoption of specific mechanisms to respond to the needs of defenders so that they can exercise their activities freely.
      • However, despite the opportunity, it seems that our leaders are still not able to materialize the dreams of reform.
 
 
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