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单词 substance
释义

substancenoun

uk/ˈsʌb.stəns/us/ˈsʌb.stəns/

substance noun (MATERIAL)

B2 [ C or U ] material with particular physical characteristics:

an organic/chemical substance
What sort of substance could withstand those temperatures?
illegal substance formal

an illegal drug

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  • a natural substance
  • This substance is so radioactive that it glows in the dark.
  • This substance stretches to any shape you want.
  • Rubber is a flexible substance.
  • Two days after he'd been exposed to the substance, a painful rash erupted on his neck.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Mixing and mixtures

  • be neither one thing nor the other idiom
  • beat
  • blend
  • blend in/blend into sth
  • brew
  • cocktail
  • concoction
  • cross-fertilization
  • decoction
  • emulsion
  • impure
  • mashup
  • meld
  • mingle
  • mixture
  • neither
  • preparation
  • roll
  • rolled into one idiom
  • synthesis

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Categories and varieties
Drugs - general words

substance noun (IMPORTANCE)

C2 [ U ] the most important part of what someone has said or written:

Later that year, the substance of their secret conversation appeared in a newspaper article.

[ U ] importance, seriousness, or relationship to real facts:

There is no substance in/to the allegation.
This new information gives substance to the stories we have heard.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Importance - general words

  • cornerstone
  • focus
  • grand
  • gravitas
  • importance
  • magnitude
  • meaning
  • meaningful
  • momentous
  • proportion
  • seniority
  • seriousness
  • significance
  • simple
  • status
  • substantial
  • supremacy
  • transcendent
  • value
  • weight

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