单词 | substantially |
释义 | substantially (səbstænʃəli ) 1. adverb [ADVERB with verb] If something changes substantially or is substantially different, it changes a lot or is very different. [formal] The percentage of girls in engineering has increased substantially. The skin of an eighty-year-old looks substantially different from that of a twenty-year-old. The price was substantially higher than had been expected. The warrants were sold to them at prices substantially below market value. Synonyms: considerably, significantly, very much, greatly 2. adverb [ADVERB adjective] If you say that something is substantially correct or unchanged, you mean that it is mostly correct or mostly unchanged. [formal] He checked the details given and found them substantially correct. BBC Television remains otherwise substantially unchanged. Synonyms: essentially, largely, mainly, materially Collocations: benefit substantially The resource sector, which includes both small and large-sized businesses, will also benefit substantially from an income tax cut. Globe and Mail By integrating literature into the instruction students will benefit substantially. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The country has made some economic gains in recent years, but critics argue that only a small elite has benefited substantially. Times, Sunday Times The oblast's economy has since benefited substantially and in recent years experienced a boom. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I could mention the police: numbers cut substantially, yet crime falling. Times, Sunday Times If the driver has been careful, premiums can be cut substantially. Times, Sunday Times Import duty has also been cut substantially, opening domestic markets to more foreign brands. Times, Sunday Times Labour's deficit has been cut substantially. The Sun It was opened in 2002 and then had around 286 beds, but this number has since been cut substantially. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although this gap has narrowed substantially in the intervening years, it still exists. Times, Sunday Times Pose that question today and the normal, wide range of answers will have narrowed substantially. Times,Sunday Times Its regulations narrowed substantially limits to significantly or severely restricts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Such a government funding bonanza couldn't last, and the rate of growth will now slow substantially. Times, Sunday Times Horrible news from a troop of retailers fanned fears that discretionary spending was slowing substantially. Times, Sunday Times Its forward motion slowed substantially, leading to increased precipitation totals over land. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Properties away from the resorts can also be substantially cheaper. Times, Sunday Times This has been widely criticised as costs of technologies such as offshore wind fall and the government has said that subsequent reactors must be substantially cheaper. Times,Sunday Times The second phase would be substantially cheaper and initial estimates suggested the entire project could cost $31 billion. Times, Sunday Times The use of largely identical parts for the front and rear gearset made the transmission substantially cheaper to manufacture by reducing tooling costs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Provenance: those items that bear substantially similar structural appearance to when they were purchased at public auction. Times, Sunday Times He has wilfully ignored the evidence of two select committees that the two documents were substantially similar. Times, Sunday Times A lot will hinge on the meaning of 'substantially similar'. Times, Sunday Times The structures are substantially similar, but mirror-images of each other. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Except for not offering endorsements, the rules were substantially similar to those used today. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With great care he settled the commission's award structure down to the finest detail, and 20 years on it remains substantially unchanged. Times, Sunday Times Suspension was substantially unchanged but employed softer rear springs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The hafnium tetrachloride remains substantially unchanged during the reduction and may be recovered readily from the zirconium subhalides. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The cover design, incorporating a photograph, remained substantially unchanged from the early 1900s to the mid-1950s; colour was first introduced there in 1963. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This was soon modified into language that remained substantially unchanged into the final text. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They can vary substantially from one day to the next and from one truffle fair or auction to another. Times, Sunday Times Different peppers from the same plant have been reported to vary substantially in heat intensity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Characteristics of extraterrestrial skies appear to vary substantially due to a number of factors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Temperatures can also vary substantially from year to year. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The different titi species vary substantially in coloring, but resemble each other in most other physical ways. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Last week it warned that end markets had weakened substantially in recent weeks. Times, Sunday Times In the first part of the decade, the dollar weakened substantially. Times, Sunday Times The group's shares trade cheaply, having weakened substantially over the past year, but the risks are too high for newcomers. 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