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单词 substantial
释义
substantial
adjective
uk
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/

substantialadjective(LARGE)

B2
largeinsize,value, orimportance:
大的；可观的；价值巨大的；重大的
Thefindingsshow a substantialdifferencebetween theopinionsof men and women.这些发现表明男性和女性之间存在着重大的意见分歧。
Sheinheriteda substantialfortunefrom hergrandmother.她从祖母那里继承了一笔数目可观的遗产。
The firstdraftof hisnovelneededa substantialamountofrewriting.他小说的初稿有很多地方需要重写。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
greater than the average size or amount
  • bigThey live in a big house in the country.
  • largeA large number of people were crowded into the room.
  • greatThe party was a great success.
  • enormousThey bought an enormous house in the suburbs.
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More examples
  • a substantialchunkofourprofits
  • Thepolicehave beenorderedtopaysubstantialdamagesto thefamiliesof the twodeadboys.
  • TheGreenPartyhave called for a substantialreductionin theemissionofgreenhousegasesby the UK.
  • All theevidencepointsto a substantialriseintrafficover the next fewyears.
  • There will be substantialjoblossesif thefactoryclosesdown.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Very important or urgent
  • all-important
  • at all cost(s)idiom
  • be a matter of life and/or deathidiom
  • chief
  • clutch
  • co-principal
  • life-and-death
  • life-changing
  • mainly
  • major league
  • make the world go around/roundidiom
  • meaningful
  • pressing
  • prized
  • prominent
  • radical
  • revalorization
  • revalorize
  • sacred
  • subtle
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substantialadjective(GENERAL)

[before noun]formal
relatingto themainor mostimportantthings beingconsidered:
基本上的；大体上的
Thecommitteewas in substantialagreement(=agreedabout most of the thingsdiscussed).委员会基本上达成了一致意见。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Importance - general words
  • centre of gravity
  • cornerstone
  • criticality
  • focus
  • grandness
  • gravitas
  • overfocus
  • pertinence
  • pre-eminence
  • precedence
  • proportion
  • salience
  • seriousness
  • status
  • transcendence
  • urgency
  • value
  • weight
  • weightage
  • worth
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(Definition ofsubstantialfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

substantial| American Dictionary

substantial
adjective
us
/səbˈstæn·ʃəl/
largeinsize,value, orimportance:
He took a substantialamountofmoney.
They do a substantialportionoftheirbusinessbyphone.
(Definition ofsubstantialfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

substantial| Business English

substantial
adjective
uk
/səbˈstænʃəl/us
largeinsize,value, orimportance:
substantialbenefits/costs/investment
a substantial amount/number/portion of sthBanks make a substantialamountofmoneyinvestingyourmoney.
substantial changes/differences/improvementsWe've made substantialchangesin how we go about doingourbusiness.
a substantial increase/reduction/rise in sthThecompanyposteda substantialincreaseinprofitsduring theyearto £3.5m.
[before noun]formal
relatingto themainor mostimportantthings beingconsidered:
Unions andbossesreachedsubstantialagreement.
(Definition ofsubstantialfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsubstantial

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Repeating this process with a sample group permits the efficient collection of asubstantialdata set concerning underlying preferences.
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At 25 minutes' duration and requiring 25 players, it is one of the mostsubstantialworks ever to come out of the project.
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This low diversification representssubstantialrisk exposure to participants.
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In addition, with the introduction of robotic assembly,substantialchanges are required in the assembly methods, assembly tools, assembly system designs and product design.
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There is, in teaching music (as in all other subjects),substantialroom for legitimate differences in professional opinion.
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There issubstantialevidence that serotonergic systems play an important role.
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In systems withsubstantialcompressibility, however, such as a levitated dipole, all low-frequency modes can be stable.
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The proportion of cooperative choices tends to decrease as group size increases but remainssubstantialeven in large groups.
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Scholars of regime change have offered several complementary explanations of the empirical regularity that democratic transitions tend not to result insubstantialredistribution.
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Procedural rules, unlikesubstantialrules, they do not confer rights or duties, but organise their assignment.
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The agreement between administrative data and selfreports of general practitioner visits and specialist visits wassubstantialto moderate in our study.
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How these various findings in the literature are related to the present ones remains unclear because ofsubstantialdifference in the nature of stimuli used.
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In contrast, few dioecious fig pollinators were caught and the turnover of species between years wassubstantial.
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Among the few extended orchestral passages in the opera, perhaps the mostsubstantialis the journey at the beginning of the second act.
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Asubstantialminority (16-34 %) do not subscribe to such norms, and both the practical representations of the norm and the level of support vary.
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