substance n. 1.物質(zhì),材料;【哲學(xué)】實體,本體,本質(zhì) (opp. appearance)。 2.實質(zhì),內(nèi)容;(故事等的)要旨,要領(lǐng),大意,梗概。 3.財產(chǎn),資產(chǎn),資力。 4.【神學(xué)】靈,(三位一體的)體。 5.(織品的)質(zhì)地。 The substance is usually more important than the form. 內(nèi)容總是比形式重要。 I can tell you the substance. 我可以講大意給你聽。 a porous substance 多孔體。 a man of substance 資產(chǎn)家,財主。 in substance 實體上,本質(zhì)上;大體上。 sacrifice the substance for the shadow 只圖虛名不求實效,舍本逐末。 waste one's substance, 浪費財產(chǎn)。
A natural or synthetic substance resembling this material 角狀物天然的或合成的,類似于角質(zhì)物的物質(zhì)
英文解釋
a compound made artificially by chemical reactions 同義詞:synthetic,
百科解釋
A synthetic substance or synthetic compound refers to a substance that is man-made by synthesis, rather than being produced by nature. However, it may also refer to a substance or compound formed under human control by any chemical reaction, either by chemical synthesis or by biosynthesis.