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

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