| 单词 | tangible |
| 释义 | tangible (once / 945 pages) adj When you can touch something, it's tangible: "I need tangible proof that aliens exist — I want to shake their little green hands!" Tangible is from Latin tangere "to touch," and it simply means something that can be touched or felt, though it can be used in metaphorical senses: "tangible assets" have a value that can be precisely measured, and "tangible grief" can be clearly sensed by an onlooker. So you might not need to physically touch something for it to be tangible, but it has to be grounded in the real world of facts: "Has the teen pop star demonstrated any tangible ability to sing?" WORD FAMILYtangible: intangible, tangibility, tangibleness, tangibly+/intangibility: intangibilities/intangible: intangibility, intangibleness, intangibles, intangibly/tangibility: tangibilities USAGE EXAMPLESThe second category is people who want to create something tangible. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) “If someone steals a stone to decorate their back yard,” he says, “you’ve lost a tangible part of Mason’s and Dixon’s historic achievement.” Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) But there is still a tangible sense of mistrust between many African nations. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) 1adj perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch skin with a tangible roughness Syn|Ant touchable concrete capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary tactile, tactualproducing a sensation of touch impalpable, intangible incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch abstractexisting only in the mind; separated from embodiment 2adj capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt Syn|Ant palpable perceptible easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind perceptiblecapable of being perceived by the mind or senses impalpable imperceptible to the senses or the mind elusive, subtledifficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze imperceptible, unperceivableimpossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses 3adj capable of being treated as fact tangible evidence Syn real concrete capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary 4adj (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value tangible property like real estate tangible assets such as machinery Syn|Ant real (of property) fixed or immovable realizablecapable of being realized intangible (of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value |
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