substantially
UK/səb'stænʃ(ə)lɪ/US/sәb'stænʃәli/
TOEFL六级A2
释义
adv.
To a large degree; considerably
大幅地,相当大程度上
adv.
In essence; for the most part
大体上,实质上
词根拆分
词根派生substantial 的副词:sub-(在下面)+ st(站立)= "立在下面"撑着的东西,即坚实的实质。substantially 表示"实打实地"——要么是"大幅"(substantially more),要么是"实质上"(substantially the same)。这里的 -ant 是后缀,所以词根归 st。
词根 st 还连着 376 个词常用搭配
- 1.substantially increase大幅增加
- 2.substantially different有很大不同
- 3.substantially the same基本相同
- 4.substantially reduce大幅减少
例句
- 1.
Sales have increased substantially this quarter.
本季度销售额大幅增长。
- 2.
The two versions are substantially the same.
这两个版本大体上是一样的。