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Tangible Touch Tændʒəbl Adj.确实的 Improvement School Work 他的功课确实有进步

Front tangible
Pron ['tændʒəbl]
Back 【tangible】
adj.确实的
There has been a tangible improvement in his school work.
他的功课确实有进步。
Vocab
tangibleperceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch

When you can touch something, it's tangible: "I need tangible proof that aliens exist — I want to shake their little green hands!"

Tangible is from Latin tangere "to touch," and it simply means something that can be touched or felt, though it can be used in metaphorical senses: "tangible assets" have a value that can be precisely measured, and "tangible grief" can be clearly sensed by an onlooker. So you might not need to physically touch something for it to be tangible, but it has to be grounded in the real world of facts: "Has the teen pop star demonstrated any tangible ability to sing?"

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