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materialisms
物质至上；拜金主义
materialisms is the plural of materialism.
核心释义
指追求财富和物质享受而忽视道德或精神价值；勿与哲学上的“唯物主义”混淆。
A desire for wealth and material possessions, with little interest in ethical or spiritual values.
- 1.
对物质财富的持续关注；过度重视世俗事物
Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.
- 2.
哲学上认为只有物质存在,别无他物
The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.
唯物主义；唯物论；对物质财富的持续关注；过度重视世俗事物；哲学上认为只有物质存在,别无他物；唯物主义
用法In use
In today's lecture, the professor explained how materialism shaped modern physics.
用法提示：此处 materialism 为名词，意为‘唯物主义’（一种哲学理论）。
The two philosophers had a long argument about materialism and the existence of the soul.
用法提示：此处 materialism 作介词 about 的宾语，指‘唯物主义’这一哲学立场。
According to materialism, nothing exists except matter and its movements.
用法提示：materialism 作 according to 的宾语，表示‘唯物主义’这一理论。
the materialism of [era/society]
此结构多用于谈论社会风气，含批评意味。
The materialism of modern society often gets blamed for rising inequality.
现代社会的物质至上常被归咎于日益严重的不平等。
materialism about [domain]
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- historical materialism
- 历史唯物主义
- Historical materialism argues that economic conditions shape society.历史唯物主义认为经济条件塑造社会。
- dialectical materialism
- 辩证唯物主义
- Dialectical materialism was developed by Marx and Engels.辩证唯物主义由马克思和恩格斯创立。
- philosophical materialism
- 哲学唯物主义；唯物论
- Philosophical materialism claims that matter is the only reality.哲学唯物主义主张物质是唯一的实在。
- crass materialism
- 庸俗的物质主义；赤裸裸的拜金主义
- The film satirizes the crass materialism of the rich.这部电影讽刺了富人庸俗的物质主义。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
由 material（物质）+ ism（主义）构成：想象眼中只有金银财宝，把物质当成唯一信仰，就是 materialism。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：社会评论与新闻报道、哲学与理论讨论 作‘物质至上/拜金主义’讲时，多用于社会评论或新闻报道，语气常含批评；作哲学义‘唯物主义’时，通常用于学术写作或理论讨论，语气正式。具体含义需靠上下文判断。
语法说明Grammar Note
复数形式 materialisms 一般只用于哲学/理论讨论，指不同的唯物主义流派或体系，日常表达中很少出现。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
No common English word rhymes exactly with /məˈtiəriəlizm/ because its stressed vowel and the following /riəlizm/ sounds are distinctive. The words above all end in the spelling -ism, but their stress falls earlier and the suffix sounds like /-ɪzəm/, so they are spelling lookalikes, not sound matches. In particular, realism and idealism look similar to materialism but sound quite different: /ˈriːəlɪzəm/ and /aɪˈdiːəlɪzəm/.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.