柯林斯詞典substantial /s?b?st?n??l/ 1. ADJ Substantial means large in amount or degree. 大量的; 很大程度的[正式] A substantial number of mothers with young children are deterred from undertaking paid work because they lack access to childcare. 很多有小孩的母親找不到人照顧小孩,從而無法從事有薪工作。 返回 substantial劍橋詞典 substantial adjective (LARGE) large in size , value , or importance 大的;可觀的;價值巨大的;重大的 The findings show a substantial difference between the opinions of men and women. 這些發(fā)現(xiàn)表明男性和女性之間存在著重大的意見分歧。 She inherited a substantial fortune from her grandmother . 她從祖母那裡繼承了一筆數(shù)目可觀的遺産。 The first draft of his novel needed a substantial amount of rewriting . 他小說的初稿有很多地方需要重寫。 例句 a substantial chunk of our profits The police have been ordered to pay substantial damages to the families of the two dead boys .The Green Party have called for a substantial reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases by the UK.All the evidence points to a substantial rise in traffic over the next few years .There will be substantial job losses if the factory closes down. substantial adjective (GENERAL) [ 衹用在名詞前麪的形容詞 ] formal relating to the main or most important things being considered 基本上的;大躰上的 The committee was in substantial agreement (= agreed about most of the things discussed ). 委員會基本上達(dá)成了一致意見。 返回 substantial