immaterial

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a. 非物质的, 无形的, 精神的 [法] 非物质的, 无形的, 非实质的

发音

UK /ˌɪ.məˈtɪə.ɹɪ.əl/
US /ˌɪ.məˈtɪ.ɹi.əl/
CA /ˌɪ.məˈti.ɹi.əl/

词形变化

immaterials 复数 immaterials more immaterial 比较级 most immaterial 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A being or entity having no matter or substance.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A thing which is abstract or intangible; (uncountable) chiefly preceded by the: things which are abstract or intangible considered collectively.

    可数 不可数
adj.
  1. 1.

    Having no matter or substance; incorporeal.

    Some believe that because ghosts are immaterial, they can pass through walls.

  2. 2.

    Of the nature of the soul or spirit; spiritual.

  3. 3.

    Of no importance; inconsequential, insignificant, unimportant.

    比喻
  4. 4.

    Having or seeming to have very little substance; insubstantial, slight.

    比喻 罕用
  5. 5.

    Especially of evidence; chiefly followed by to: not associated in any way that is important or useful to the context being discussed; irrelevant.

    比喻 法律

    Objection, your Honour! The defendant’s criminal record is immaterial to this case.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 6

indifferent impertinent extraneous incorporeal nonmaterial orthogonal

反义词 1

material

近义相关 10

spiritual irrelevant unimportant intangible disembodied bodiless discorporate nonphysical unbodied unembodied

参见 4

unreal insubstantial unbodied unsubstantial

词源

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English immaterial, inmateriall (“incorporeal; spiritual”), from Middle French immateriel (“not material”) (modern French immatériel), and from its etymon Medieval Latin immāteriālis (“not material”), from Latin im- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’)) + māteriālis (“made of matter, material”) (from māteria (“matter, substance, material”) (from māter, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr, + ia) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship)). The English word is analysable as im- + material. The noun is derived from the adjective.

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