substance
US: /ˈsəbstəns/
UK: /sˈʌbstəns/
UK: /sˈʌbstəns/
English Vietnamese dictionary
substance /'sʌbstəns/
- danh từ
- chất, vật chất
- thực chất, căn bản, bản chất
- the substance of religion: thực chất của tôn giáo
- I agree with you in substance: tôi đồng ý với anh về căn bản
- nội dung, đại ý
- the substance is good: nội dung thì tốt
- tính chất đúng, tính chất chắc, tính có giá trị
- an argument of little substance: một lý lẽ không chắc
- của cải; tài sản
- a man of substance: người có của
- to waste one's substance: phung phí tiền của
- (triết học) thực thể
- to throw away the substance for the shadow
- thả mồi bắt bóng
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [C] a type of solid, liquid or gas that has particular qualities: a chemical / radioactive substance + banned / illegal substances (= drugs) + a sticky / rich / fatty substance
2 [U] (written) the quality of being based on facts or the truth: It was malicious gossip, completely without substance. + The commission's report gives substance to these allegations. + There is some substance in what he says.
3 [U] the most important or main part of sth: Love and guilt form the substance of his new book. + I agree with what she said in substance, though not with every detail. + There seems to be no difference in substance between the two procedures.
4 [U] (formal) importance
Synonym: SIGNIFICANCE
matters of substance + Nothing of any substance was achieved in the meeting.
Idioms: a man / woman of substance (formal) a rich and powerful man or woman
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 material, matter, stuff; fabric, composition, make-up:
She couldn't recognize the substance in the bottle. The comet's substance is mainly ice and dirt.
2 essence, pith, heart, core, gist, burden, theme, meat, kernel, nub, crux, sum total, sum and substance, point, gravamen, haecceity, quintessence, quiddity:
Explain, in 500 or fewer words, the substance of Hegel's dispute with Kant.
3 meaning, import, significance, purport, signification, point:
Our visit to San Francisco gave substance to all we had read about it.
4 reality, corporeality, solidity, actuality, concreteness:
You must learn to deal with the substance, not the shadows.
5 means, wealth, property, possessions, riches, resources, affluence, assets:
John Culver was a citizen of some substance in this town.
Collocation dictionary
1 material
ADJ.
addictive, carcinogenic, dangerous, harmful, hazardous, noxious, poisonous, radioactive, toxic | innocuous
Even innocuous substances can sometimes register a positive result in a drug test.
| banned, illegal | natural
a natural substance found in the body of animals
| chemical | inorganic, organic | pure | soluble, volatile | crystalline, fatty, oily, slimy, sticky, viscous | medicinal
VERB + SUBSTANCE
use | contain | produce
Some frogs produce very toxic substances in their skin.
| take
The athletes had taken banned substances to increase their strength.
2 important content
ADJ.
real
The real substance of the report was in the third part.
| added
His disappearance has given added substance to the argument that he stole the money.
VERB + SUBSTANCE
have
The image of him that the media have presented has no substance.
| give sth, lend sth
The letters lent substance to the rumours.
| lack
PREP.
in ~
There's no difference in substance between the two points of view.
| of ~
Nothing of substance was achieved at the meeting.
| without ~
Their allegations were without substance.
| ~ in
There's no substance in the story.
| ~ to
There was little substance to his claims.
Concise English dictionary
substances'sʌbstəns
noun
+that which has mass and occupies space
+the stuff of which an object consists
+the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
+the idea that is intended
+considerable capital (wealth or income)
+what a communication that is about something is about
