有分量的那一面
兩個意思都從「有分量、有實體」這個畫面長出來，只是一個看生活，一個看差別。
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In terms of money and the things people own, rather than in terms of their feelings, their mind, or their inner life.
物質上
核心畫面
You can think of materially as pointing at the side of something that has weight. Material is the stuff a thing is made of: you can touch it, and you can put it on a scale. Add -ly and you get a way of looking: look at the part that has substance. One road from that picture leads to money and possessions, because that is the part of a life you can count. The other road leads to size of effect: a difference with weight is one big enough to move a decision. Both roads share the same idea — not empty, but heavy enough to matter.
materially 可以想成在指「有分量的那一面」。material 本來是做東西的材料，摸得到，也秤得出來。加上…更多收起
materially 可以想成在指「有分量的那一面」。material 本來是做東西的材料，摸得到，也秤得出來。加上 -ly，就變成「從有分量的那一面來看」。往一條路走，看的是錢和財產，因為那是生活裡數得出來的部分。往另一條路走，看的是差別夠不夠重，重到會讓人改變決定。兩條路共用同一個畫面：不是空的，是有重量的。From the word’s history
From Middle English materialy; material plus the adverb ending -ly.
來自中古英文 materialy，等於 material 加上副詞字尾 -ly。
Wiktionary entry for materially (evidence packet: From Middle English materialy; equivalent to material + -ly).
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