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N-COUNT
物質;物品;東西
A substance is a solid, powder, liquid, or gas with particular properties.
例句
There's absolutely no regulation of cigarettes to make sure that they don't include poisonous substances...
根本沒有法規來確保香煙不含有毒物質。
The substance that's causing the problem comes from the barley.
引起該問題的物質來自大麥。
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N-UNCOUNT
重要性;重大意義
Substance is the quality of being important or significant.
例句
It's questionable whether anything of substance has been achieved...
是否已經取得了任何實質性進展還是個問題。
Syria will attend only if the negotiations deal with issues of substance.
只有在談判涉及重大問題時敘利亞才會參加。
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N-SING
主旨;要點;實質;基本內容
The substance of what someone says or writes is the main thing that they are trying to say.
例句
The substance of his discussions doesn't really matter.
他討論的要點實際上根本不重要。
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N-UNCOUNT
事實基礎;根據
If you say that something has no substance, you mean that it is not true.
例句
There is no substance in any of these allegations.
這些指控都毫無根據。
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PHRASE
財力雄厚的;有權有勢的；有影響力的
A person of substance has a lot of money, power, or influence.
例句
...mature men of substance.
有錢有勢的成熟男人