materialize

• vt. 使具體化，使有形；使突然出現；使重物質而輕精神
• vi. 實現，成形；突然出現

來自material,物質，-ize,使。即使成為客觀的物質和事實，引申詞義使實現，發生。

materialize (v.)

1710, "represent as material," from material (adj.) + -ize. Meaning “appear in bodily form” is 1880, in spiritualism. Related: Materialized; materializing.

1. A rebellion by radicals failed to materialize.

激進分子的叛亂沒有得逞。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The promotion he had been promised failed to materialize.

答應給他晉升的許諾未能實現。

來自《權威詞典》

3. Their much vaunted reforms did not materialize.

他們大肆吹噓的改革並沒有實現。

來自《權威詞典》

4. The rise in share prices failed to materialize.

股價沒有上漲.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. I don't think her idealistic plans will ever materialize.

我以為她那些空想的計劃永遠不會實現。

來自辭典例句