英语单词 | substantially |
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英美音标 | [səb'stænʃ(ə)li] |
中文释义 | adv.充分地;基本上,大体上 |
vocab简明 | Substantially means "to a great extent." Your college fund was substantially increased by your grandfather's generous gift. What the heck, I'll throw in a quarter, too. |
vocab扩展 | Substantially is a good word to know any time you want to establish something's extent. It basically suggests "a large part." Your raise made your life substantially easier. The word also suggests an essential nature, as in "Nothing was substantially changed by the new law." The word carries a great deal of weight, as can be seen in this quote by Albert Einstein: "We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive." |
真题原句 | A lack of formal education, however, doesn't constrain the ability of the developing world's workforce to substantially improve productivity for the forested future. |
柯林斯星级 | ★★☆☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADV-GRADED 副词]非常地;巨大地 If something changes substantially or is substantially different, it changes a lot or is very different. [ADV with v] [FORMAL 正式]
2 [ADV 副词]基本上;大体上;总的来说 If you say that something is substantially correct or unchanged, you mean that it is mostly correct or mostly unchanged. [ADV adj] [FORMAL 正式]
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来源 | 2009.3 |
Tags: 单词::2009, 单词::阅读词库
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