e.g. ...electrons in a conducting material such as a metal. 金屬等導電材料中的電子 e.g. ...the design of new absorbent materials. 新型高吸水性材料的設計
2. 布料;衣料;織物 Material is cloth.
e.g. ...the thick material of her skirt... 她的裙子的厚布料 e.g. The materials are soft and comfortable to wear. 這些布料質(zhì)地柔軟，穿著(zhù)很舒服。
3. 原料;材料 Materials are the things that you need for a particular activity.
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e.g. The builders ran out of materials. 建筑商耗盡了材料。 e.g. ...sewing materials. 縫紉材料
4. (書(shū)、戲劇或電影的)素材，資料 Ideas or information that are used as a basis for a book, play, or film can be referred to as material .
e.g. In my version of the story, I added some new material. 我在講述這個(gè)故事時(shí)加入了新的素材。 e.g. ...the film producer's debt to the author of original screen material. 影片的制片人受到了創(chuàng )作影片原始素材的作者的啟發(fā)
5. （指與抽象相對）物質(zhì)的，有形的，實(shí)體的 Material things are related to possessions or money, rather than to more abstract things such as ideas or values.
e.g. Every room must have been stuffed with material things. 每個(gè)房間肯定都塞滿(mǎn)了東西。 e.g. ...the material world. 物質(zhì)世界
materially He has tried to help this child materially and spiritually... 他盡力在物質(zhì)和精神上幫助這個(gè)孩子。 They believe that a tough, materially poor childhood is character-building... 他們認為一個(gè)艱難貧困的童年有助于性格的培養。 The object has no real value, materially or emotionally. 無(wú)論從物質(zhì)還是情感上說(shuō)，這個(gè)東西都一無(wú)是處。
6. 人才;(做…的)料 If you say that someone is a particular kind of material, you mean that they have the qualities or abilities to do a particular job or task.
e.g. She was not university material... 她不是上大學(xué)的料。 e.g. His message has changed little since he became presidential material. 成為總統候選人后，他的宣言并沒(méi)有多少變化。
7. (證據或信息)直接相關(guān)的，實(shí)質(zhì)性的，重要的 Material evidence or information is directly relevant and important in a legal or academic argument.
e.g. The nature and availability of material evidence was not to be discussed... 實(shí)質(zhì)性證據的性質(zhì)和可用性毋庸討論。 e.g. They contend that the company failed to disclose material information. 他們堅持認為該公司并未透露實(shí)質(zhì)性的信息。