| 单词 | intangible |
| 释义 | intangible (once / 3180 pages) adjn You can't touch this word — it is intangible. You can grasp the meaning of the word in your head, but you can't close your hands around it; you'll just put fingerprints on your monitor. The Latin verb tangere means "to touch," and the 16th-century English word tangible comes from it. Something intangible can't be touched physically, but most of the time it is understandable or even felt in the heart. Sadness can't be picked up and thrown in the garbage can because it is intangible, but you can throw away the tissues wet with tears. Laughing is intangible too, but you can hold onto movies, pets, and friends that make you laugh. WORD FAMILYintangible: intangibility, intangibleness, intangibles, intangibly+/intangibility: intangibilities/tangibility: tangibilities/tangible: intangible, tangibility, tangibleness, tangibly USAGE EXAMPLESThose are the intangibles that help build a football player. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) What was diverse about them lay in intangibles: personality, moral compass, I.Q. — all hard to read in a formal portrait. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) But it’s hard to argue the intangible gains outweigh potential risks. Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016) 1adj incapable of being perceived by the senses, especially the sense of touch "the intangible constituent of energy"- James Jeans Syn|Ant impalpable abstract existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment tangible, touchable perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch concretecapable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary tactile, tactualproducing a sensation of touch 2adj lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen that intangible thing--the soul Syn nonphysical immaterial, nonmaterial not consisting of matter 3adj (of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value intangible assets such as good will Ant tangible (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value real(of property) fixed or immovable realizablecapable of being realized 4adj hard to pin down or identify an intangible feeling of impending disaster Syn unidentifiable impossible to identify 5n assets that are saleable though not material or physical Syn|Hypo|Hyper intangible asset good will, goodwill (accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible assets) assets anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company |
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