substantially
🇬🇧 UK/səb'stænʃ(ə)lɪ/🇺🇸 US/sәb'stænʃәli/
TOEFLA2
Definitions
adv.
To a great or significant degree; essentially or largely.
大体上;相当大程度上;实质上
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedsubunder, below
+
aconnector
+
alrelating to, having the nature of
+
lyin the manner of
=substantially
Common Collocations
- 1.substantially different有很大不同
- 2.substantially increase大幅增加
- 3.substantially reduce大幅减少
- 4.substantially the same基本相同
Example Sentences
- 1.
The new design is substantially different from the original version.
- 2.
Living costs have risen substantially over the past decade.
- 3.
The two reports are substantially the same in their conclusions.