substance n. 1.物质,材料;【哲学】实体,本体,本质 (opp. appearance)。 2.实质,内容;(故事等的)要旨,要领,大意,梗概。 3.财产,资产,资力。 4.【神学】灵,(三位一体的)体。 5.(织品的)质地。 The substance is usually more important than the form. 内容总是比形式重要。 I can tell you the substance. 我可以讲大意给你听。 a porous substance 多孔体。 a man of substance 资产家,财主。 in substance 实体上,本质上;大体上。 sacrifice the substance for the shadow 只图虚名不求实效,舍本逐末。 waste one's substance, 浪费财产。
The wheelers had become men of substance , 惠勒一家变得富足了
We are all men of substance 我们都是有地位的人
I forgot to tell you that silver is a man of substance ; i know of my own knowledge that he has a banker s account , which has never been overdrawn 我忘了告诉你,西尔弗是个有资产的人我从得来的信息中了解到,他在银行开了户头,从未透支过。