material的英文釋義Noun 1. the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object;
coal is a hard black materialwheat is the stuff they use to make bread2. information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form;
the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography3. things needed for doing or making something;
writing materialsuseful teaching materials4. artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers;
the fabric in the curtains was light and semitraqnsparentwoven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BCshe measured off enough material for a dress5. a person judged suitable for admission or employment;
he was university materialshe was vice-presidential materialAdjective 1. concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests;
material possessionsmaterial wealthmaterial comforts2. derived from or composed of matter;
the material universe3. directly relevant to a matter especially a law case;
his support made a material differenceevidence material to the issue at handfacts likely to influence the judgment are called material factsa material witness4. concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being;
material needsthe moral and material welfare of all good citizens"- T.Roosevelt5. having material or physical form or substance;
that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett6. having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary;
the substantial worlda mere dream, neither substantial nor practicalmost ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare