Substantial

(adj.) having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; 'the substantial world'; 'a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical'; 'most ponderous and substantial things'- Shakespeare .

(adj.) having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable; 'substantial equivalents' .

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• The very beautiful and substantial side-wheel steamship Quaker City has been chartered for the occasion, and will leave New York June 8th. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• But permit me to say, my dear Doctor, that this objection is rather formal than substantial. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• It was only one substantial dish of meat (fit for the plain condition of a husbandman,) in a dish of about four-and-twenty feet diameter. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Brush and Edward Weston laid the deep foundation of modern arc lighting in America, securing as well substantial recognition abroad. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Lily had not been long in this pallid world without discovering that Mrs. Hatch was its most substantial figure. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• But instead of diminishing their claims to approbation and reward, it places those claims on a more substantial foundation than that of abstract original ideas. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• It has been fitted up with every attention to substantial comfort; perhaps to a little elegance besides; but of that you shall judge for yourselves. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The kitchen did look more substantial, because of the red-tiled floor and the stove, but it was cold and horrid. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It was to be the substantial realization of the peace. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Hence, after supplying an all-night customer whose lamps were on one side of the circuits, the company might be found to owe him some thing substantial in the morning. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The bonfire was by this time beginning to sink low, for the fuel had not been of that substantial sort which can support a blaze long. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• She felt the frivolity of pleasure and longed for more substantial benefits. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The outer door would not open to our knock, and nothing more substantial than a torrent of bad language came from behind it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Both in its fresh state and when salted and dried, it is a substantial and wholesome article of food. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Surely it is better for you to take the substantial sum which I offer than to ruin this woman's career, which can profit you in no way? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• If May's parents had entertained the Carfrys in Fifth Avenue they would have offered them something more substantial than a parson and a schoolmaster. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The angels that I know are creatures of unstable fancy--they will not fit in niches of substantial stone. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• This birthplace of Edison remains the plain, substantial little brick house it was originally: one-storied, with rooms finished on the attic floor. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Except me: I am substantial enough--touch me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• When we consider their sensible differences, we attribute to each of them a substantial and essential difference. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• We sell our victuals to the Islands for rum and sugar; the substantial necessaries of life for superfluities. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Good bottle of port, that--sound, substantial, old wine. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• It was a period of substantial change. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• She and her father kept up an indifferent conversation until Higgins, scarcely aware whether he ate or not, had made a very substantial meal. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Instead of getting a soft fence against the cold, shadowy, unapplausive audience of his life, had he only given it a more substantial presence? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Beaufort's fortune was substantial enough to stand the strain; and yet the disquieting rumours persisted, not only in Fifth Avenue but in Wall Street. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• In my case a substantial favour accompanied the honour. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Care should be constantly exercised to provide substantial foods of high fuel value. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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