喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture a thick oak table: you knock on it and hear a low, solid sound, and you would not try to lift it alone. There is real material in it. 'Substantial' works like that word 'substance' made into an adjective — there is enough stuff here to feel, to lean on, to count.

可以想成一張厚重的橡木桌：敲下去是低沉紮實的聲音，你也不會想一個人搬。它裡面是有料的。substantial 和 s…更多收起可以想成一張厚重的橡木桌：敲下去是低沉紮實的聲音，你也不會想一個人搬。它裡面是有料的。substantial 和 substance（實質、材料）是同一家的字，畫面可以想成「東西夠多、夠實在」——摸得到、靠得住、算得上數。

From the picture

數量可觀（分量大到有影響）

把「有料、有分量」從實體挪到數字上：金額、比例、進步幅度也可以「厚不厚」。桌子的厚實變成數字的可觀，重點都是「這個量大到不能忽略」。

considerable in amount · adjective · B2

Large in amount, size, or number; big enough to matter.

相當大的

Also in this word

solidly built · adjective · B2

Large and strongly built, so it feels solid and is not likely to break.

堅固厚實的

原始詞典資料10 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

substantialadj/səbˈstænʃəl/

  • 1

    Having a substance; actually existing.

    • substantial life
  • 2

    Not imaginary; real; actual; true; veritable.

    • 1850s, Cardinal John Henry Newman, The Rise and Progress of Universities to do some substantial good, is the compensation for much incidental imperfection
  • 3

    Corporeal; material; firm.

  • 4

    Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm.

    • substantial cloth
    • a substantial fence or wall
  • 5

    lawAddressing the substance of an injury

    • Substantial damages (i.e. damages set at a level that exactly covers the plaintiff's losses; synonym: compensatory damgages)
  • 6

    Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy.

    • a substantial freeholder
  • 7

    Large in size, quantity, or value; ample; significant.

    • He inherited a substantial amount of money from his uncle.
    • A substantial number of people went to the event.
  • 8

    Most important; essential.

另外 1 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    Satisfying; having sufficient substance to be nourishing or filling.

    • I don't just want a snack; I need something substantial.
    • Teddy had a few crackers in his backpack, but he needed something more substantial if he was to survive a three-day trek.

substantialnoun/səbˈstænʃəl/

  • 1

    Anything having substance; an essential part.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。