mәˋtIrIәlˏaIz; mәˊtiәriәlaiz< ma.te.ri.al.ize >
<<动词>>
ma.te.ri.al.ized, ma.te.ri.al.iz.ing, ma.te.ri.al.iz.es
<<及物动词>>
1 使成真; 实现
By building the house, we materialized a dream.我们因建筑这幢房子而实现了梦想
2 使形体化; 使物质化; 使具体化
"Inequality has the natural and necessary effect...of materializing our upper class, vulgarizing our middle class, and brutalizing our lower class." (Matthew Arnold)不平等有一种必然而且必须的结果, 那就是使我们的上流阶级物质化, 使中等阶级显得粗俗, 使得下层阶级像野兽一般
<<不及物动词>>
1 实质化; 具体化
Their support on the eastern flank did not materialize.他们对东侧的支援一点效用也没有
2 形体化
3 突然出现
<<名词>>
ma.teri.al.i.zation
<<名词>>
ma.teri.al.izer