materialize

英 [məˈtɪəriəlaɪz]

美 [məˈtɪriəlaɪz]

v.  实现; 发生; 成为现实; 突然显现; 神奇地出现

过去式：materialized　过去分词：materialized　现在分词：materializing　第三人称单数：materializes　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.15131 / COCA.8408

牛津词典

verb

• 实现；发生；成为现实
  to take place or start to exist as expected or planned
  1. The promotion he had been promised failed to materialize.
     答应给他晋升的许诺未能实现。
• 突然显现；神奇地出现
  to appear suddenly and/or in a way that cannot be explained
  1. A tall figure suddenly materialized at her side.
     一个高高的身影突然出现在她的身边。
  2. The train failed to materialize (= it did not come) .
     列车始终没有来。

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 materialise


• VERB 变为现实;实现;发生;出现
  If a possible or expected event does notmaterialize, it does not happen.
  1. A rebellion by radicals failed to materialize...
     激进分子的叛乱没有得逞。
  2. None of the anticipated difficulties materialized.
     预想中的困难全都没有出现。
• VERB 突然出现;显形;现身
  If a person or thingmaterializes, they suddenly appear, after they have been invisible or in another place.
  1. Tamsin materialized at her side, notebook at the ready...
     塔姆辛从她身旁冒了出来，且备好了笔记本。
  2. A moment or two later champagne in an ice-bucket materialized beside them.
     片刻之后，他们身边出现了一只装着香槟的冰桶。

英英释义

verb

• come into being
  1. Her dream really materialized
  Synonym:happenmaterialise

双语例句

• The dire predictions of the Fed's critics, however, have clearly failed to materialize.
  但显然，指责美联储的人士做出的可怕预测并未成为现实。
• Don't wait too long to follow up after an offer fails to materialize.
  当一次工作机会没有了实际成果时不要等太长时间跟进。
• Whole communities were relocated as entire suburbs disappeared, to materialize as office blocks and towering hotels.
  整个社区都搬迁了，整个郊区不见了，取而代之的是写字楼和摩天大厦。
• A moment or two later champagne in an ice-bucket materialized beside them.
  片刻之后，他们身边出现了一只装着香槟的冰桶。
• Their much vaunted reforms did not materialize.
  他们大肆吹嘘的改革并没有实现。
• The flaw in such a growth-at-any-price approach becomes obvious when the anticipated growth fails to materialize.
  这种为增长付任何价格的投资缺陷当预期的增长未能实现时表现地特别明显。
• We expect that it'll be a while before the benefits of the new IR will materialize.
  我们预计能够从新IR中获得收益还要花上一段时间。
• He claimed that he could make ghosts materialize.
  他声称他可以使鬼魂现身。
• Buckminster allows new developers to materialize their development workspaces and quickly become productive team members.
  Buckminster使新开发人员可以具体化开发工作区并且快速成为高效的团队成员。
• Seeing how these reminders helped to materialize my goals kept me motivated and excited.
  看看这些密码暗示是如何帮助我、使我的目标具体化的，它们使我受到激励、变得兴奋。