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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   material

   • IPA[məˈtirēəl]

   美式

   • n.
     the matter from which a thing is or can be made；things needed for an activity
   • adj.
     denoting or consisting of physical objects rather than the mind or spirit；concerned with physical needs or desires

   • noun: material, plural noun: materials

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. the matter from which a thing is or can be made goats can eat more or less any plant material highly flammable materials 同義詞 matter, substance, stuff, medium
   • ▪ things needed for an activity cleaning materials 同義詞 things, items, articles, stuff, necessaries, ... 更多informalgubbins
   • ▪ a person of a specified quality or suitability he's not really Olympic material 同義詞 things, items, articles, stuff, necessaries, ... 更多informalgubbins
   • 2. facts, information, or ideas for use in creating a book or other work there is much good material here for priests to use in sermons 同義詞 information, data, facts, facts and figures, statistics, ... 更多evidence, subject matter, ideas, details, particulars, background, notes, documentation, documents, papers, informalinfo, deets, dope, lowdown, dirt, gen
   • ▪ items, especially songs or jokes, comprising a performer's act a band playing original material
   • 3. cloth or fabric a piece of dark material dress materials 同義詞 fabric, cloth, stuff, textiles

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. denoting or consisting of physical objects rather than the mind or spirit the material world moral and material support 同義詞 physical, corporeal, tangible, nonspiritual, mundane, ... 更多worldly, earthly, temporal, concrete, real, solid, substantial, secular, lay, raresublunary反義詞 spiritual, abstract
   • ▪ concerned with physical needs or desires material living standards have risen 同義詞 sensual, carnal, materialistic, corporal, fleshly, ... 更多physical, bodily反義詞 aesthetic, intellectual
   • ▪ concerned with the matter of reasoning, not its form political conflict lacks mathematical or material certitude
   • 2. important; essential; relevant the insects did not do any material damage to the crop 同義詞 significant, major, important, of consequence, consequential, ... 更多momentous, weighty, vital, essential, key, meaningful反義詞 unimportant, insignificant, inconsequential
   • ▪ (of evidence or a fact) significant, influential, or relevant, especially to the extent of determining a cause or affecting a judgment information that could be material to a murder inquiry 同義詞 relevant, applicable, pertinent, apposite, germane, ... 更多apropos, to the point, to the purpose, ad rem, rareappurtenant反義詞 immaterial, irrelevant