繼承自中古英語 substance,來自古法語 substance,來自拉丁語 substantia (“實質,本質”),來自substāns,substō (“存在”, 字面意思是“站在下面”)的現在主動分詞,來自sub + stō (“站立”)。取代本土的古英語 andweorc。
substance (可數 和 不可數,複數 substances)
- 物質
1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations[1]:Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.- 学习给心灵带来力量,交谈则给人以优雅:学习容易使人僵硬,交谈则使人柔韧:学习给雕像提供物质和形式,交谈则使雕像更加光彩夺目。
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], 章號 XXX, 出自 Francesca Carrara. […], 第 II 卷, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC,第 308 頁:His wasted hands were stretched out, and worked with a quick and convulsive motion, as if catching some small substances which kept eluding their grasp;...- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
2013年7月20日, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, 出自 The Economist, 第 408 卷, 第 8845 期:Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.- 塑料是富含能量的物质,这就是许多塑料如此容易燃烧的原因。任何能够释放和利用这种能量的生物都将在人类世中生存得很好。能够做到这一点的陆地细菌和真菌已经为该领域的专家所熟知。
- 近義詞:matter、stuff
- 具有恆定化學成分和特性的物質形式
- 同類詞:compound、element、mixture、composite
- 實質,本質
- Template:RQ:Dryden Annus Mirabilis
- 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth
This edition is the same in substance with the Latin.- 此版本内容与拉丁文版本相同。
- 近義詞:crux、gist
- 質地
Some textile fabrics have little substance.- 有些纺织物质地较差。
- 資產,財產
a man of substance- 有经济实力的人
c. 1594, William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, 出自 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, 出版於 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:Thy substance, valued at the highest rate, / Cannot amount unto a hundred marks.- 你的财产,即使按最高价格计算,价值也不到一百马克。
- Template:RQ:Swift Conduct of the Allies
- 毒品
- 近義詞:dope、gear
- (神學,哲學) 本質性,實質性
substance (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 substances,現在分詞 substancing,一般過去時及過去分詞 substanced)
- (罕用,及物) 賦予實質內容;使其變得真實或充實
1873, Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, The Other Girls,第 335 頁:If life were nothing but what gets phrased and substanced, the world might as well be rolled up and laid away again in darkness.- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
1982, Dhupaty V. K. Raghavacharyulu, The Song of the Red Rose and Other Poems,第 78 頁:The calm ruminating / Reverie, substancing / Intellect into emotion, / Is shelter enough for love / Unhumiliated by faith.- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
借自拉丁語 substantia (“實質,本質”),來自substāns,substō (“exist”, 字面意思是“站在下面”)的現在主動分詞,來自sub + stō (“站立”)。
substance f (複數 substances)
- 物質
substance f (間接格複數 substances,主格單數 substance,主格複數 substances)
- 最重要;重大的部分
- 存在