单词详解 | tangible

tangible
音标
英音/ ˈtændʒəb(ə)l / 美音/ ˈtændʒəb(ə)l /

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
The frustration around Ashton Gate has been tangible today.
今天,阿什顿门周围的挫败感是显而易见的。
BBC

Though Dr. Mott spent her career in some of academia’s elite spaces, she was firmly committed to the idea that scholarship should be grounded and tangible, not succumbing to ivory tower abstraction.
尽管莫特博士在学术界的一些精英领域度过了她的职业生涯,但她坚定地致力于学术应该扎根和有形的理念,而不是屈服于象牙塔的抽象。
New York Times

John F. Kirby, a White House spokesman, said the president wants to see “concrete tangible steps” to reduce the violence against civilians and increase access for humanitarian aid to Gaza.
白宫发言人约翰·F·柯比(John F. Kirby)表示,总统希望看到“具体切实的步骤”,以减少针对平民的暴力行为,并增加向加沙提供人道主义援助的机会。
New York Times

基本释意
adjective
perceptible by the senses, especially the sense of touch
明确的,真实的;可触摸的,可感知的

同义词
touchable,palpable,real

短释义
Tangible is from Latin tangere, “to touch,” and it simply means something that can be touched or felt, though it can be used in metaphorical senses: tangible assets have a value that can be precisely measured, and tangible grief can be clearly sensed by an onlooker. So you might not need to physically touch something for it to be tangible, but it has to be grounded in the real world of facts.
当你能触摸到某样东西时,它是有形的:“我需要外星人存在的切实证据——我想与他们握手!”

长释义
Tangible is from Latin tangere, “to touch,” and it simply means something that can be touched or felt, though it can be used in metaphorical senses: tangible assets have a value that can be precisely measured, and tangible grief can be clearly sensed by an onlooker. So you might not need to physically touch something for it to be tangible, but it has to be grounded in the real world of facts.
有形一词源自拉丁文tangere,意为“触摸”,它只是意味着可以触摸或感觉到的东西,尽管它可以用于隐喻意义上:有形资产具有可以精确测量的价值,有形的悲伤可以清楚地感受到一位旁观者。因此,你可能不需要亲自触摸某些东西,它就变得有形,但它必须扎根于现实世界的事实。

文学例句
She slithered for hundreds of feet in the unimaginable dark, an almost tangible darkness, blacker than night, blacker than closets with closed doors, blacker than closed eyes under bedsheets.
她在难以想象的黑暗中滑行了数百英尺,这是一种几乎有形的黑暗,比夜晚更黑,比关着门的壁橱更黑,比床单下闭着的眼睛更黑。
The Reader by Traci Chee

The air was a tangible thing, rushing into Hazel’s lungs as she breathed, touching her skin like a curious ghost.
空气是有形的东西,随着哈泽尔的呼吸涌入她的肺部,像一个好奇的幽灵一样触摸她的皮肤。
Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu

Some curious warmth that was almost tangible shone out of Miss Honey’s face when she spoke to a confused and homesick newcomer to the class.
当哈尼小姐对班上一位困惑又想家的新同学说话时,她的脸上闪现出一种几乎有形的奇怪的温暖。
Matilda by Roald Dahl

词源
tangible (adj.)1580s, “capable of being touched,” from French tangible and directly from Late Latin tangibilis “that may be touched,” from Latin tangere “to touch” (from PIE root *tag- “to touch, handle”).
The sense of “material, capable of being possessed” (as in tangible reward) is recorded by 1610s; that of “able to be realized or dealt with” is from 1709. Related: Tangibly; tangibleness; tangibility. As a noun, “a tactile sensation or object,” by 1890.Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
有形(形容词)1580年代,“能够被触摸”,来自法语有形,直接来自后期拉丁语tangibilis“可以被触摸”,来自拉丁语tangere“触摸”(来自PIE根*标签-“触摸,处理” )。 “物质的,能够被占有的”(如有形的奖励)的感觉是在1610年代记录的; “能够实现或处理”一词源自 1709 年。有形性;有形性。 1890 年作为名词,表示“触觉或物体”。相关条目及更多


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