英语单词 | intangible |
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英美音标 | [in'tændʒib(ə)l] |
中文释义 | adj.难以明了的,无形的 |
vocab简明 | You can't touch this word — it is intangible. You can grasp the meaning of the word in your head, but you can't close your hands around it; you'll just put fingerprints on your monitor. |
vocab扩展 | The Latin verb tangere means "to touch," and the 16th-century English word tangible comes from it. Something intangible can't be touched physically, but most of the time it is understandable or even felt in the heart. Sadness can't be picked up and thrown in the garbage can because it is intangible, but you can throw away the tissues wet with tears. Laughing is intangible too, but you can hold onto movies, pets, and friends that make you laugh. |
真题原句 | And perhaps faintly, they hint that people should look to intangible qualities like character and intellect rather than dieting their way to size zero or wasp-waist physiques. |
柯林斯星级 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]无形的;不易捉摸的;难以确定的 Something that is intangible is abstract or is hard to define or measure.
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来源 | 2016.1 |
Tags: 单词::2016
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