【material音标】 英[məˈtɪəriəl] 美[məˈtɪriəl]
【单词释义】 material是什么意思：
n.材料，原料；素材；布，织物；适当人选
adj.物质的；肉体的；重要的，决定性的；辩证的，推论的
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] materials
【关联词/派生词】
materialism n.[U]唯物主义；唯物论；实利主义，物质主义
materialize v.实现；成为现实；具体化；实质化；突然显现
【material形近词/近似词】
aerial n.[电讯]天线 adj.空气的；航空的，空中的；从飞机上的
imperial adj.帝国的，皇帝的；皇家的 n.纸张尺寸（通常是23×23英寸）；特大号；特级品
bacterial adj. 细菌的；细菌引起的；细菌性的
immaterial adj. 非物质的；无形的；不重要的；非实质的
serial n.电视连续剧；连载小说 adj.顺序排列的；连续的；连载的
【单词例句】
◇ With a greedy motivation of making big money, I took up working as a business representative for the G.E Ecology Company, which produced goods by recycling useful materials from our dustbins.
带着想挣大钱的贪婪动机，我开始给一家叫G.E生态公司的企业当商务代表，这家公司通过回收我们垃圾箱里的有用材料生产商品。
---- An Air Crash
◇ Exposed to radium, a kind of radioactive material in the universe, people absorbed radiation and got sick immediately.
镭是宇宙中的一种放射性物质，当暴露在镭的辐射中时，人体吸收其射线，立刻染上疾病。
---- A Strange Disease
◇ All his retinue now strained their eyes, hoping to discover something on the looms, but they could see no more than the others; nevertheless, they all exclaimed, "Oh, how beautiful!" and advised his majesty to have some new clothes made from this splendid material, for the approaching procession.
跟他来的全体随员也仔细地看了又看，可是他们也没有看出更多的东西。不过，他们也照着皇帝的话说：“啊，真是美极了！”他们建议皇帝用这种新奇的、美丽的布料做成衣服，穿上这衣服亲自去参加快要举行的游行大典。
◇ "It is commonly acknowledged that China has achieved significant progress in various sectors such as new energy, high-speed rail, modern information, new materials, and artificial intelligence, leading to robust growth in related industries and products," he added.
金平表示：“众所周知，中国在新能源、高铁、现代信息、新材料、人工智能等多个领域取得了长足进步，并带动相关产业和产品的强劲增长。”
---- China's stable economic growth crucial to boosting global
◇ The company would now focus developing leather and other material from "agri-food" industries, he said.
他说，香奈儿今后将专注于研发人造皮革和来自农产品行业的其他原材料。
---- Chanel ends use of exotic skins in its fashion range
◇ (4)Sorry,flammable and explosive materials cannot be brought into the venue.Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.
(4)抱歉，易燃易爆物品不能携带进入场馆。感谢您的理解与配合。
---- FISU Games Sentences for Citizens (4)
◇ The type of fabric you wear has an influence, too. When it’s really hot out, materials that “breathe”—allowing the flow of air through the fabric itself—also work to keep you cool. Cotton and linen are among the most breathable fabrics, so look for clothes made of those substances, as opposed to less permeable synthetics.
衣物的面料也是有影响的。室外十分炎热的时候，可以“呼吸”的面料也能让你感到更凉爽，因为空气可以穿过面料本身。棉和亚麻是最透气的面料，所以多穿这些面料的衣物，少穿透气性差的人造纤维面料。
---- How to keep your body cool
◇ Plastic has become one of the world's most popular materials, combining amazing functionality and very low production costs. Its use has increased 20-fold in the past 50 years and is expected to double again in the next 20 years.
塑料制品应用广泛、造价低廉，在世界各地都广受人们欢迎。过去五十年中，塑料使用量增长了20倍，并且有望在接下来的20年里再翻一番。
---- More plastic than fish in oceans by 2050
◇ Tierno says all that gunk becomes "significant" in as little as a week. And unclean bedding still exposes you to materials that can trigger the sniffing and sneezing, since the microbes are so close to your mouth and nose that you're almost forced to breathe them in.
缇艾诺说，在短短一周的时间里，这些污物就会变得“严重”起来。不清洁的床单被罩会让你暴露在这些物质中，从而引发鼻炎和喷嚏，因为微生物离你的嘴和鼻子太近了，你几乎是被迫将它们吸进去。
---- How often you should wash your bed sheets?
◇ Refining, like smelting, is a process of removing impurities from a raw material.
与冶炼矿石一样，石油提炼是一个从未加工的原料中除去杂质的过程。
---- Oil Refining