dealing with real, important or serious matters 实质性的;本质上的;重大的;严肃认真的 substantive issues 实质性问题 The report concluded that no substantive changes were necessary. 报告的结论是,无须作任何重大变更。
Oxford Collocations DictionarySubstantive is used with these nouns:- argument
- disagreement
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘having an independent existence’): from Old French substantif, -ive or late Latin substantivus, from substantia ‘essence’, from substant- ‘standing firm’, from the verb substare.