单词	materialize
释义	materializema‧te‧ri‧al‧ize (also materialise British English) /məˈtɪəriəlaɪz $ -ˈtɪr-/ verb [intransitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE materialize Simple Form Present I, you, we, they materialize he, she, it materializes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they materialized Present perfect I, you, we, they have materialized he, she, it has materialized Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had materialized Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will materialize Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have materialized Continuous Form Present I am materializing he, she, it is materializing you, we, they are materializing Past I, he, she, it was materializing you, we, they were materializing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been materializing he, she, it has been materializing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been materializing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be materializing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been materializing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A row of huts materialized out of the fog as we approached. It was rumoured that Apple would be sold to Sun Microsystems, but that deal never materialized. The promised recovery failed to materialize and unemployment kept on rising. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS At some point a man in a neat suit materialized. Gilbert reappeared, sans Bob, but accompanied by Kevin who had materialized out of nowhere. Literature and autobiography are liberally sprinkled with accounts of the indignation and outrage felt when such a promise fails to materialize. There was too little room and only the performances were materializing. Whether or not a fourth Odyssey will materialize depends on factors beyond my control. While the threat of wholesale destruction failed to materialize, the cathedrals were turned over to a variety of secular uses. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorwhen what you want or expect happens► happen · We'd always feared that this might happen.· For some time there had been predictions of a major earthquake, and then on April 19, 1906, it happened.· I want to make things up with her, but I don't think it's going to happen. ► come true if your wishes, dreams etc come true , what you have wished for or dreamed about actually happens: · Patterson's dream came true when he won the Boston marathon on his first attempt.· People say that if you make a wish at the top of the hill, it always comes true. ► be realized also be realised British if your expectations, hopes, fears etc are realized , what you expected or hoped for actually happens: · At thirty-five her ambition of running her own business was finally realized.· My worst fears were realised when I saw what was on the exam paper. ► be fulfilled if a wish or promise is fulfilled , what someone wished for or was promised actually happens: · Tom decided to run the farm himself, so that his father's wish might be fulfilled.· We knew that the 'democratic elections' were a promise which would not be fulfilled. ► materialize also materialise British if an event which has been planned, expected, or promised materializes , it actually happens: · Even if the salary rise materialises, it won't be worth much.· It was rumoured that Apple would be sold to Sun Microsystems, but that deal never materialized.fail to materialize (=not happen): · The promised recovery failed to materialize and unemployment kept on rising. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► failed to materialize  The money we had been promised failed to materialize. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► never · An expected backlash against the initiative in Quebec never materialized.· Suffice to say, a comeback never materialized.· Without loving contact in infancy and early childhood, a sense of human connectedness may never materialize.· But ironically, a storm that never materialized created the most controversy.· Two weeks later, Gretzky was headed to the New York Rangers, according to reports, but a trade never materialized.· And the much-touted Year of the Woman at the awards ceremony never materialized, either.· Conflicts were expected, but they never materialized, at least publicly, because Perranoski stayed in the background.· Hoped-for rents never materialized, and a complex financial situation became even more difficult to control. VERB► fail · Literature and autobiography are liberally sprinkled with accounts of the indignation and outrage felt when such a promise fails to materialize.· This rapid increase failed to materialize, however.· The position she had been promised failed to materialize at the last moment.· Nor did it help matters when teaching aids, promised by Peace Corps / Washington, would sometimes fail to materialize.· But the predicted crowds of shoppers for the 186, 000-square-foot complex have failed to materialize.· If that return failed to materialize, they would have to dip into their own budgets to repay the loan. Word family WORD FAMILYnounmaterialmaterialismmaterialistmaterialsmaterializationadjectivematerialimmaterialmaterialisticmaterialistadverbmaterialisticallymateriallyverbmaterialize 1to happen or appear in the way that you expected:  Problems were expected, but they never materialized. The money we had been promised failed to materialize.2to appear in an unexpected and strange way:  The figure of a man suddenly materialized in the shadows.—materialization /məˌtɪəriəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -lə-/ noun [uncountable]
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