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单词 substance
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substance

noun
 OPAL W
/ˈsʌbstəns/
/ˈsʌbstəns/
Idioms
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  1.  
    [countable] a type of solid, liquid or gas that has particular qualities
    • a sticky substance
    • a chemical/radioactive/hazardous substance
    • Some frogs produce toxic substances in their skin.
    Extra Examples
    • Exercise of this kind improves the balance of fatty substances in the bloodstream.
    • Psychoactive drugs are chemical substances that act on the brain.
    • a bag full of some unknown substance
    • a natural substance found in the body of animals
    • foreign substances that contaminated the experiments
    Topics Physics and chemistryb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • addictive
    • cancer-causing
    • carcinogenic
    verb + substance
    • use
    • abuse
    • contain
    substance + noun
    • use
    • abuse
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  2. [countable] a drug, especially an illegal one
    • illegal/controlled substances
    • He was disqualified from competing after testing positive to a banned substance.
    • Adolescent substance use remains high in the United States.
  3. [uncountable] the quality of being based on facts or the truth
    • The commission's report gives substance to these allegations.
    • There is some substance in what he says.
    • without substance It was malicious gossip, completely without substance.
    Extra Examples
    • His disappearance has given added substance to the argument that he stole the money.
    • The image of him that the media have presented has no substance.
    • The letters lent substance to the claims.
    • Their allegations were without substance.
    • There was little substance to his claims.
    • There's no substance in the story.
    • The party's manifesto is good on style but lacks real substance.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • real
    • added
    verb + substance
    • have
    • add
    • give something
    preposition
    • in substance
    • of substance
    • with substance
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  4. [uncountable] the most important or main part of something
    • the substance of something Love and guilt form the substance of his new book.
    • The real substance of the report was in the third part.
    • in substance I agreed with what she said in substance, though not with every detail.
    • There seems to be no difference in substance between the two procedures.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • real
    • added
    verb + substance
    • have
    • add
    • give something
    preposition
    • in substance
    • of substance
    • with substance
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  5. [uncountable] (formal) importance synonym significance
    • of substance matters of substance
    • Nothing of any substance was achieved in the meeting.
    Extra Examples
    • He found it difficult to say much of substance.
    • No one raised any matters of substance.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • real
    • added
    verb + substance
    • have
    • add
    • give something
    preposition
    • in substance
    • of substance
    • with substance
    See full entry
  6. Word OriginMiddle English (denoting the essential nature of something): from Old French, from Latin substantia ‘being, essence’, from substant- ‘standing firm’, from the verb substare.
Idioms
a man/woman of substance
  1. (formal) a rich and powerful man or woman
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