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substantive

/suhb-stuhn-tiv/US // ˈsʌb stən tɪv //UK // (ˈsʌbstəntɪv) //

实务,实质性,实质,实质性的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Grammar.

    • : a noun.
    • : a pronoun or other word or phrase functioning or inflected like a noun.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Grammar. pertaining to substantives.used in a sentence like a noun: a substantive adjective.expressing existence: “to be” is a substantive verb.
    • : having independent existence; independent.
    • : belonging to the real nature or essential part of a thing; essential.
    • : real or actual.
    • : of considerable amount or quantity.
    • : possessing substance; having practical importance, value, or effect: substantive issues under discussion.
    • : Law. pertaining to the rules of right which courts are called on to apply, as distinguished from rules of procedure.
    • : attaching directly to the material without the aid of a mordant.

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Examples

  • The comments by Goodell at his annual state-of-the-league news conference during Super Bowl week were the league’s first substantive remarks in months on the investigation and ownership dispute.

  • So they get the equivalent of $24 for a single person and $48 for a family, which is a very substantive donation that the family themselves can decide to use for what they need the most.

  • In this week’s Environment Report, MacKenzie Elmer breaks down the vote, highlighting substantive objections to the plan and some last-minute concerns that women board members didn’t get a chance to speak during the meeting.

  • These are just some of the issues that might have come up in a truly substantive conversation around health care.

  • Kuperberg and Scott Aaronson, a quantum computing expert at the University of Texas at Austin, said IonQ appeared to have made substantive quantum computing progress.

  • These are reactive, not proactive, stances, and they do little to offer substantive solutions.

  • They still just distract us from generally more substantive topics in need of our attention.

  • Those who feel moved to add a more substantive reason will say, “Oh yes, and the economy.”

  • This, and only this, is the key to driving real, substantive change in America.

  • Which is more substantive: chained CPI, or criminal justice reform?

  • It is always to be remembered that retrospective legislation is bad in principle only when it affects the substantive law.

  • Once more there is no definition of the term able-bodied, which is used sometimes as an adjective and sometimes as a substantive.

  • The word cynocephalus is rather an adjective than a proper substantive, for which reason we have not adopted it.

  • Pimmaudizziwin, is a very general substantive expression, in indicating the tenor of being or life.

  • To give these expressions a verbal form, the substantive verb, with its pronominal modifications, must be superadded.