Tangible

(adj.) perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch; 'skin with a tangible roughness' .

(adj.) (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value ; 'tangible property like real estate'; 'tangible assets such as machinery' .

录入:露西

• The Commission does not say, and I for one, ascribe the silence to the American preoccupation with immediate, definite, tangible interests. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The only tangible fact was that the commissionnaire's wife--Mrs. Tangey was the name--had hurried out of the place. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• I want a people that shall have a tangible, separate existence of its own; and where am I to look for it? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Their utilitarian value in forming habits of skill to be used for tangible results is important, but not when isolated from the appreciative side. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• This invisible and intangible distance is also found by experience to contain a capacity of receiving body, or of becoming visible and tangible. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• As they produced no visible effect on the object against whom they were discharged, however, he resorted to more tangible arguments. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• It had been well, if such vain terrors could have distracted our thoughts from more tangible evils. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• A clear line of difference divided like a tangible fence her experience within this maze of motion from her experience without it. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I apply the word to all who have something tangible to sell; but if you think the term is not correct, papa, I won't use it. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• The vote is the tangible thing, and for that these Socialist politicians work. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• During that time he had been living with his youthful memory of her; but she had doubtless had other and more tangible companionship. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Surrounded by poverty, decay and ruin, it conveys to us a more tangible impression of the former greatness of Pisa than books could give us. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• With increasing maturity, activity which does not give back results of tangible and visible achievement loses its interest. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• I think that there was probably some more tangible cause. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• In evoking dread and hope of specific tangible reward--say comfort and ease--many other capacities are left untouched. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.

整理:露丝