material/matter/stuff/substance.导航词义：物质

1. material:n. 材料，原料；素材.尤指木材、石头、金属、塑料等用于制作某物的原材料；也可指文学创作的素材。

As a building material, wood is not sturdy enough.

作为一种建筑材料，木材不够结实。

Production has come to a halt owing to the lack of raw materials.

由于缺少原料，生产已陷入停顿。

He is now collecting material for a biography.

他正在为写一部传记收集素材。

2. matter:n. 物质.一切有形物质的总称，既指构成宇宙万物的物质，也指哲学上与意识相对的物质。

The entire universe is made up of different kinds of matter.

整个宇宙是由各种物质构成的。

The lake is rich in organic matter.

该湖中有丰富的有机物质。

Matter is primary and mind is secondary.

物质是第一性的，精神是第二性的。

3. stuff:n. 东西，物品.多用于日常口语，可指各种叫不出名称的物质、材料、物体等；有时指无关紧要的东西，含轻视意味。

There is some sticky stuff on my trousers.

我裤子上粘了些黏糊糊的东西。

Put all the stuff into the box and seal it tightly with sticky tape.

把所有的东西都放进盒子里，再用胶带封好。

Could you move all the stuff off the desk?

请你把桌子上的那些玩意儿全部清走行不行？

4. substance:n. 物质.通常指有某种特性的固体、液体或气体物质。

Soil consists of various chemical substances.

土壤由各种化学物质组成。

Water, ice and steam are the same substance in different forms.

水、冰和蒸汽是形态不同的同一物质。

Police found an illegal substance in his briefcase.

警察在他的公文包里发现了违禁品。

全部

1·Petrol is a volatile substance.

汽油是挥发性物质。《牛津词典》

2·Clay is a plastic substance.

黏土是可塑物质。《牛津词典》

3·Nothing of any substance was achieved in the meeting.

会议没有取得任何实质性成果。《牛津词典》

4·This substance has now been cloned by molecular biologists.

这种物质现已被分子生物学家克隆。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

5·It's questionable whether anything of substance has been achieved.

是否已取得任何实质性的进展值得质疑。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

6·Propolis is a hard resinous substance made by bees from the juices of plants.

蜂胶是蜜蜂用植物汁液合成的像树脂一样的坚硬物质。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

7·A drug is a chemical substance.

毒品是一种化学物质。

8·This substance has an affinity for water.

这物质和水有亲和力。《新英汉大辞典》

9·It was a hard task to remove the spilled substance.

清除溢出的物质是一项艰巨的任务。

10·How can such a substance have an effect on the body?

这样的一种物质是如何对人体产生影响的呢？

物质

1·Clay is a plastic substance.

黏土是可塑物质。《牛津词典》

2·Petrol is a volatile substance.

汽油是挥发性物质。《牛津词典》

3·This substance has now been cloned by molecular biologists.

这种物质现已被分子生物学家克隆。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·Propolis is a hard resinous substance made by bees from the juices of plants.

蜂胶是蜜蜂用植物汁液合成的像树脂一样的坚硬物质。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

5·A drug is a chemical substance.

毒品是一种化学物质。

实质

1·It makes up the body and substance of all musical activity.

它构成了所有音乐活动的主体和实质。

2·They disregarded the substance of his teaching.

他们漠视了他教诲的实质。

3·The substance of his defense was that he was innocent.

他辩护的实质就是说他是无辜的。

4·The consultant has helpfully rigged up a substance muffler for the politician to speak through. As Americans will immediately note, it looks like the muffler of a car.

这位顾问为政客讲话安装了一个很有用的“实质消声器”，正如美国人会立刻注意到的，它很像小轿车上的消声器。

5·These are the things that bring substance, fulfillment, and lasting joy to our lives.

这些事物为我们的生活带来了实质，满足感和恒久的快乐。

内容

1·Her speech was memorable for its polemic rather than its substance.

她的演说之所以令人难忘，不是因其内容而是因其辩论方法。《牛津词典》

2·When I realized that I was writing plays, I read a lot more plays for style, substance, and technique.

当我意识到我在写剧的时候，我读了更多剧本来学习形式、内容和技巧。

3·But if you want to succeed as a producer, you have to think about your consumers. For consumers of articles, style and substance are complements.

但如果真想做个成功的作家，你必须从消费者的角度出发，对于他们来说，形式与内容是互为补充的。

4·It would be a tragedy if we failed to agree because of the substance.

如果是因为协议内容的关系而导致谈判失败，这将是一个悲剧；

5·In contrast to the Aspen meeting in Germany, none of us have written articles in major newspapers about our talks and there have been almost no public leaks of the substance.

与在德国进行的艾斯本会议相比，我们从来不在主要报刊上写作有关会谈的文章，对话内容也几乎从未泄露。

主旨

1·Whatever the substance of graphology, the character is there nonetheless.

无论笔迹学的主旨是什么，其特性依然存在。

2·But there is always the danger in ASEAN that the process of consensus is confused with the substance of actually resolving conflicts.

但是在东盟内部总是存在一个危险，即一致的过程与实际上解决冲突的主旨相混淆。

3·The two poems discussed here show that the substance of the poetry's ontological thought lies in the thinking about the problem of human being's life.

这两首诗显示了诗歌本体性思维的主旨在于对人类生存问题的思索。

4·Where is the substance to this article?

这篇文章的主旨是什么？

5·Mr. Toyoda said 'the substance and contents of such documents doesn't effect the entire company.

丰田章男说，这类文件的主旨和内容不会影响整个公司。

物体

1·When the carbon nanotubes are sprayed onto silicone, the substance lands randomly, but when stretched out, the nanotubes form into lines across the substance.

碳纳米管被喷洒在硅酮上时是随意分布的，但当它被拉伸的时候，纳米管会顺着拉伸物体排列成线型。

2·Heat, as a form of energy, cannot be created or destroyed. Heat can be transferred from one substance to another.

热作为能量的一种形式，不能创生或消灭。热可以从一个物体向另一个物体传递。

3·This chemical combines with air to form another substance.

这种化学制品和空气结合成另一种物体。

4·The distant substance advances under the scrum stance with resistance and no assistance.

远方的物体在又有压力又没援助的环境下前进。

5·Thin-layer deposition entails depositing a thin layer of a particular material onto a substance or substrate.

所谓薄层沉淀，是在物体和基板上蒸镀特定材料的薄层，层的厚度为纳米单位。

东西

1·Who knew a bunch of holes could be filled with so much substance?

谁能想到一个旅馆也可以装下如此多的东西呢？

2·It has become a common belief that moderation and common sense when ingesting this substance as well as any other substance in anyone's diet is the key to health.

人们普遍相信，犹如服用其他东西一样，所有人在饮食中服用适量的咖啡因对健康至关重要，这已经成为常识。

3·Spider silk, after all, is a fascinating substance — famously strong, light, and already spun.

不管怎么说，蛛丝是一种迷人的东西——它具有超强的韧性却轻巧，而且已经是“纺过”的丝了。

4·The quality of possessiveness must never enter into meditation, for meditation has no root, nor any substance which the mind can hold.

占有的品质永远不可以进入冥想，因为冥想没有根源，也没有头脑可以抓握的任何东西。

5·Stone is a hard substance.

石头是硬的东西。

资产

1·I'm unconvinced however that Oracle will make any changes of substance so long as the Oracle-Google case is open, simply because I suspect any action compromises their chance of victory.

但我怀疑Oracle与Google之间的诉讼只要不结束，那么Oracle就会随意对其资产进行变更，这是因为我怀疑任何行动都会对可能的胜利作出妥协。

(1)in substance实质上；基本上；事实上

(1)organic substance有机物；有机物质

(1)active substance活性物质；放射性物质；有效物质

(1)substance abuse物质滥用；滥用药物

(1)mineral substance矿物质

(1)suspended substance悬浮物