tangible

英 ['t?n(d)??b(?)l] 美['t?nd??bl]

近義詞concrete

反義詞

CET6+TEM4IELTSGRE低頻詞擴展詞匯

副詞:?tangibly;

tangible 可接觸的，可感知的，有形的，實際的

來自拉丁語 tangere,接觸，觸摸，來自 PIE*tag,接觸，觸摸，安排，詞源同 integer,contact.

tangible: tangible: [16] Tangible means literally ‘touchable’. It comes via French tangible from late Latin tangibilis, a derivative of Latin tangere ‘touch’. Other English words from this source include tangent [16], etymologically a line ‘touching’ a circle. Its past participle tactus has contributed contact, intact, and tact, while the base from which it was formed, *tag-, has also produced contagion, contaminate, entire, and integrity.
=> contact, contagion, contaminate, intact, integrity, tact, task, taste, tax
tangible (adj.): 1580s, "capable of being touched," from Middle French tangible and directly from Late Latin tangibilis "that may be touched," from Latin tangere "to touch" (see tangent (adj.)). Sense of "material" (as in tangible reward) is first recorded 1610s; that of "able to be realized or dealt with" is from 1709. Related: Tangibly.

2. The policy has not yet brought any tangible benefits.: 這項政策還沒有帶來任何實質性的好處.

4. There should be some tangible evidence that the economy is starting to recover.: 應該有明顯跡象表明經濟開始復蘇了。

5. There are tangible signs that the republic's successfully breaking its bonds with Moscow.: 有明顯跡象表明該共和國成功地斷絕了與莫斯科的密切聯系。