substance

noun

OPAL W

/ˈsʌbstəns/

Idioms

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[countable] a type of solid, liquid or gas that has particular qualities
- a sticky substance
- a chemical/radioactive/hazardous substance
- Some frogs produce toxic substances in their skin.
Extra Examples
- Exercise of this kind improves the balance of fatty substances in the bloodstream.
- Psychoactive drugs are chemical substances that act on the brain.
- a bag full of some unknown substance
- a natural substance found in the body of animals
- foreign substances that contaminated the experiments
Topics Physics and chemistryb1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- addictive
- cancer-causing
- carcinogenic
- …
verb + substance
- use
- abuse
- contain
- …
substance + noun
- use
- abuse
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[countable] a drug, especially an illegal one
- illegal/controlled substances
- He was disqualified from competing after testing positive to a banned substance.
- Adolescent substance use remains high in the United States.
[uncountable] the quality of being based on facts or the truth
- The commission's report gives substance to these allegations.
- There is some substance in what he says.
- without substance It was malicious gossip, completely without substance.
Extra Examples
- His disappearance has given added substance to the argument that he stole the money.
- The image of him that the media have presented has no substance.
- The letters lent substance to the claims.
- Their allegations were without substance.
- There was little substance to his claims.
- There's no substance in the story.
- The party's manifesto is good on style but lacks real substance.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- real
- added
verb + substance
- have
- add
- give something
- …
preposition
- in substance
- of substance
- with substance
- …
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[uncountable] the most important or main part of something
- the substance of something Love and guilt form the substance of his new book.
- The real substance of the report was in the third part.
- in substance I agreed with what she said in substance, though not with every detail.
- There seems to be no difference in substance between the two procedures.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- real
- added
verb + substance
- have
- add
- give something
- …
preposition
- in substance
- of substance
- with substance
- …
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[uncountable] (formal) importance synonym significance
- of substance matters of substance
- Nothing of any substance was achieved in the meeting.
Extra Examples
- He found it difficult to say much of substance.
- No one raised any matters of substance.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- real
- added
verb + substance
- have
- add
- give something
- …
preposition
- in substance
- of substance
- with substance
- …
See full entry

Word OriginMiddle English (denoting the essential nature of something): from Old French, from Latin substantia ‘being, essence’, from substant- ‘standing firm’, from the verb substare.

Idioms

a man/woman of substance

(formal) a rich and powerful man or woman

单词	substance
释义	substance noun OPAL W /ˈsʌbstəns/ /ˈsʌbstəns/ Idioms jump to other results [countable] a type of solid, liquid or gas that has particular qualities a sticky substance a chemical/radioactive/hazardous substance Some frogs produce toxic substances in their skin. Extra Examples Exercise of this kind improves the balance of fatty substances in the bloodstream. Psychoactive drugs are chemical substances that act on the brain. a bag full of some unknown substance a natural substance found in the body of animals foreign substances that contaminated the experiments Topics Physics and chemistryb1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective addictive cancer-causing carcinogenic … verb + substance use abuse contain … substance + noun use abuse See full entry [countable] a drug, especially an illegal one illegal/controlled substances He was disqualified from competing after testing positive to a banned substance. Adolescent substance use remains high in the United States. [uncountable] the quality of being based on facts or the truth The commission's report gives substance to these allegations. There is some substance in what he says. without substance It was malicious gossip, completely without substance. Extra Examples His disappearance has given added substance to the argument that he stole the money. The image of him that the media have presented has no substance. The letters lent substance to the claims. Their allegations were without substance. There was little substance to his claims. There's no substance in the story. The party's manifesto is good on style but lacks real substance. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective real added verb + substance have add give something … preposition in substance of substance with substance … See full entry [uncountable] the most important or main part of something the substance of something Love and guilt form the substance of his new book. The real substance of the report was in the third part. in substance I agreed with what she said in substance, though not with every detail. There seems to be no difference in substance between the two procedures. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective real added verb + substance have add give something … preposition in substance of substance with substance … See full entry [uncountable] (formal) importance synonym significance of substance matters of substance Nothing of any substance was achieved in the meeting. Extra Examples He found it difficult to say much of substance. No one raised any matters of substance. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective real added verb + substance have add give something … preposition in substance of substance with substance … See full entry Word OriginMiddle English (denoting the essential nature of something): from Old French, from Latin substantia ‘being, essence’, from substant- ‘standing firm’, from the verb substare. Idioms a man/woman of substance (formal) a rich and powerful man or woman
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