materialize

释义

• vt. 使具体化，使有形；使突然出现；使重物质而轻精神
• vi. 实现，成形；突然出现

词源

materialize (v.)

1710, "represent as material," from material (adj.) + -ize. Meaning “appear in bodily form” is 1880, in spiritualism. Related: Materialized; materializing.

例句

• 1. A rebellion by radicals failed to materialize. 激进分子的叛乱没有得逞。
• 2. The promotion he had been promised failed to materialize. 答应给他晋升的许诺未能实现。
• 3. Their much vaunted reforms did not materialize. 他们大肆吹嘘的改革并没有实现。
• 4. The rise in share prices failed to materialize. 股价没有上涨.
• 5. I don't think her idealistic plans will ever materialize. 我以为她那些空想的计划永远不会实现。