1cloth布料ADJECTIVE | ... OF MATERIALADJECTIVE➤coarse, rough, thick粗劣的/粗糙的/厚實的布料▸➤fine, silky, soft, thin精緻的布料;絲質的布料;柔軟的布料;薄布料▸➤woven機織的布料... OF MATERIAL➤piece, scrap, strip一塊/一小塊/一窄條布料◇A patchwork quilt is a good way of using up scraps of material.做百衲被是利用零碎布料的好辦法。material
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2substance物質ADJECTIVE | VERB + MATERIALADJECTIVE➤combustible, flammable, hazardous, inflammable, nuclear, radioactive, toxic可燃物;危險品;易燃物;核材料;放射性物質;有毒物質▸➤primary, raw主要材料;原料◇Higher raw material costs have pushed up the price of many manufactured goods.原材料成本的提高推高了很多製成品的價格。➤natural, organic, plant天然材料;有機材料;植物原料◇the decomposition of dead organic material such as vegetation植物等有機物質死亡後的降解➤recyclable, recycled可回收物;再生材料➤artificial, man-made, synthetic人造材料;合成材料➤composite複合材料◇The artificial turf is laid onto a rubber composite material.人造草皮覆蓋在橡膠複合材料上。➤biological, genetic生物/基因材料◇We have 98% of the same genetic material as chimpanzees.我們有 98% 的基因材料與黑猩猩相同。➤industrial工業材料▸➤building, construction建築材料◇a storeroom full of building materials裝滿建築材料的庫房➤original原先的材料◇Many of the original materials were reused in the restoration of the building.有很多原先的材料重新用在了該建築物的修復之中。➤art, drawing, writing藝術材料;繪畫材料;書寫用品◇Prisoners were not allowed writing materials.囚犯不容許使用紙筆。VERB + MATERIAL➤contain, incorporate, use含有/包含/使用物質◇The corn contains genetically modified material.這種玉米含有轉基因物質。material
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3written, printed, or recorded matter文字材料;印刷品;音像材料ADJECTIVE | VERB + MATERIAL | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤fascinating, good, relevant, useful吸引人的素材;好素材;相關資料;有用的素材▸➤source原始資料◇The letters were used as source material in this new biography.這本新傳記把這些信件用作原始資料。➤original原始素材◇The magazine contains not one bit of original material.這本雜誌中無任何原創素材。➤classified, confidential, sensitive機密/保密/敏感資料➤copyright, copyrighted受版權保護的資料➤printed印刷資料◇The collection includes objects and printed material.這批收藏品包括實物和印刷資料。➤unpublished未發表的資料➤reading閱讀材料◇This is not really suitable reading material for a young child.這份閱讀材料的確不適合年幼的孩子。➤educational, instructional, reference, teaching教材;講義;參考資料➤marketing, promotional營銷/宣傳推廣資料➤additional, bonus, extra, supplemental, supplementary補充資料;附贈資料◇The DVD includes some great supplementary material.這張數字光碟包含一些寶貴的補充資料。➤archival, biographical, historical檔案/傳記/歷史資料◇The library has a wealth of old photographs and other archival material.圖書館裏有豐富的老照片及其他檔案資料。➤explicit, indecent, obscene, pornographic露骨的性愛素材;淫穢素材;色情資料◇He was convicted of importing indecent material.他因進口淫穢書刊被判罪。VERB + MATERIAL➤collect, find, gather, get hold of收集素材;找到素材;搜集資料;獲得資料◇He's collecting material for a new book on space travel.他正在為一本關於太空旅行的新書收集素材。◇I can't find any relevant material on him in the library.我在圖書館找不到他的任何相關資料。➤contain, include包括⋯材料◇This new biography contains a wealth of previously unpublished material.這部新傳記包含大量以前未公開的材料。➤produce, publish製作資料;出版材料PREPOSITION➤material for⋯需要的資料◇useful material for a documentary紀錄片需要的有用資料➤material on關於⋯的資料◇original material on the First World War一戰的原始資料