名词

1.可数名词：材料，物资

2.不可数名词：布料，织物

3.[C,U]素材，资料

4.可数名词：人材

5.【哲】物质

a.

1.物质的，实体的

2.肉体的，身体上的

3.以经验为依据的

4.物欲的，世俗的

5.重要的，必要的

6.【律】（对定案）有决定性影响的

7.【哲】物质的

词形变化

名称materialness

单词分析

这些名词均含“物质，东西”之意。

material通常指组成客观存在物的部分或其原料。

matter通常指构成实物的物质，与精神相对立。在科学上，指占有空间，并能以某种方式被感官觉察的一切东西。

substance多指某一种形式的物质，既可指元素也可指化合物。

stuff多用于日常生活中，非正式用词。常指构成整体的所有部分、物体或项目。有时指劣等材料，含轻蔑意味。

英语解释

the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being

concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests

directly relevant to a matter especially a law case

derived from or composed of matter

a person judged suitable for admission or employment

information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form

things needed for doing or making something

having material or physical form or substance

having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary