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单词 substanceless
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
sub•stance /ˈsʌbstəns/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. the physical matter that makes up some thing, object, etc.;
    the actual matter of a thing as opposed to its appearance:[uncountable]form and substance.
  2. Chemistry a particular kind of material, as of a definite chemical composition:[countable]a metallic substance.
  3. substantial, important, significant, or solid character or quality:[uncountable]Those claims lack substance.
  4. the meaning or gist, as of speech or writing:[uncountable]The substance of his speech was: There was no money left for anybody.
Idioms
  1. Idioms in substance, concerning the essentials;
    essentially:In substance, the speech was a warning that there is no money for the programs he had promised.
  2. of substance, having wealth, importance, or rank in a community:She was a woman of substance in the community.

See -stan-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sub•stance  (substəns),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. that of which a thing consists;
    physical matter or material:form and substance.
  2. Chemistrya species of matter of definite chemical composition:a chalky substance.
  3. Government, LawSee controlled substance. 
  4. the subject matter of thought, discourse, study, etc.
  5. the actual matter of a thing, as opposed to the appearance or shadow;
    reality.
  6. substantial or solid character or quality:claims lacking in substance.
  7. consistency;
    body:soup without much substance.
  8. the meaning or gist, as of speech or writing.
  9. something that has separate or independent existence.
  10. Philosophy
    • Philosophysomething that exists by itself and in which accidents or attributes inhere;
      that which receives modifications and is not itself a mode;
      something that is causally active;
      something that is more than an event.
    • Philosophythe essential part of a thing;
      essence.
    • Philosophya thing considered as a continuing whole.
  11. possessions, means, or wealth:to squander one's substance.
  12. Linguisticsthe articulatory or acoustic reality or the perceptual manifestation of a word or other construction (distinguished from form).
  13. a standard of weights for paper.
  14. in substance:
    • concerning the essentials;
      substantially.
    • actually;
      really:That is in substance how it appeared to me.
  • Latin substantia substance, essence (literally, that which stands under, i.e., underlies), equivalent. to sub- sub- + -stant- (stem of stāns, present participle of stāre to stand) + -ia -ia (see -ance)
  • Middle English 1250–1300
substance•less, adj. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See matter. 
    • 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged theme, subject.
    • 4, 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged
    • 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged essence.
    • 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged significance, import, pith.

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