| 英语单词 | materialize |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [mə'tɪəriəlaɪz] 美 [mə'tɪriəlaɪz] |
| 中文释义 | v.成为现实;成有形;实现;具体化;出现 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The threatened strike never materialized. (2) Our plans did not materialize. (3) He claimed that he could make ghosts materialize. (4) He failed to materialize yesterday. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 扬言要举行罢工,却从未付诸行动。 (2) 我们的计画未能实现。 (3) 他声称他可以使鬼魂现身。 (4) 昨天他并没有出现。 |
| vocabulary简明 | When you materialize, you show up suddenly after being missing, unborn or unseen. Think of Harry Potter removing his invisibility cloak. He materializes. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Living things aren't the only things that materialize. Car keys and reading glasses materialize when you've been searching for them for a while and then they are suddenly there on the table. If you're lucky an unexpected business deal will materialize. Like material, the word is related to the Latin word meaning "matter." Matter, is, of course, all the stuff of this earth, anything and everything that takes form. So to materialize is to take form. |
| 柯林斯解释 | in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 materialise 1 [VERB 动词]变为现实;实现;发生;出现 If a possible or expected event does not materialize, it does not happen. [V] [usu with brd-neg]
2 [VERB 动词]突然出现;显形;现身 If a person or thing materializes, they suddenly appear, after they have been invisible or in another place. [V]
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