be a materialist
materialist 作表语时前须有不定冠词 a/an。
He is a materialist and only cares about money.
他是个物质主义者,只在乎钱。
物质主义者;追求物质享受的人
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物质主义者;追求物质享受的人
someone who cares too much about material possessions
He is a materialist and only cares about money.
他是个物质主义者,只在乎钱。
追求物质享受的人;只关心物质财富的人。
Someone who is materialistic, concerned only with material possessions.
哲学唯物主义的追随者或支持者。
A follower or proponent of philosophical materialism.
As a materialist, he believes that the brain alone creates all human thoughts.
作为一个唯物主义者,他认为仅仅是大脑就创造了人类所有的思想。
Materialists think that nothing exists except matter and energy.
唯物主义者认为,除了物质和能量,什么都不存在。
She described herself as a materialist because she only trusted scientific evidence.
她把自己描述为唯物主义者,因为她只相信科学证据。
materialist 作表语时前须有不定冠词 a/an。
He is a materialist and only cares about money.
他是个物质主义者,只在乎钱。
materialist 可直接修饰名词,含义接近 materialistic(唯物主义的)。
She gave a purely materialist view of history.
她对历史作了纯粹的唯物主义解读。
此句体现哲学含义:认为除了物质之外别无存在。
Materialists believe that all phenomena have a physical basis.
唯物主义者认为一切现象都有物理基础。
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Materialist believes that nothing exists but physical matter.
Use this
A materialist believes that nothing exists but physical matter.
materialist 是可数名词,单数形式在表示类指或泛指时前面需要加冠词 a/an。中文说“唯物主义者认为……”没有冠词,所以容易漏掉 a。
Not this
He believes in materialist.
Use this
He believes in materialism.
表达“信奉唯物主义”时,要用抽象名词 materialism(唯物主义);materialist 指“唯物主义者、物质主义者”,是表示人的名词,不能跟在 in 后面表示学说。
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辩证唯物主义者
He approaches history as a dialectical materialist, seeing change as the product of contradictions.
他以辩证唯物主义者的视角研究历史,认为变化是矛盾作用的结果。
历史唯物主义者
She is a historical materialist, so she explains political revolutions through economic conditions.
她是历史唯物主义者,因此用经济条件来解释政治革命。
庸俗的物质主义者;一味追求物质享受的人
He accused her of being a crass materialist because she cared more about jewelry than about their friendship.
他指责她是个庸俗的物质主义者,因为她更在乎珠宝而不是他们的友谊。
彻头彻尾的唯物主义者
He was a materialist through and through, and he refused to entertain any talk of fate or destiny.
他是个彻头彻尾的唯物主义者,拒绝理会任何有关命运或天意的说法。
唯物主义者:指不相信非物质存在的人。
Ambrose Bierce's 'The Devil's Dictionary' gives this cynical definition, satirizing any materialist who refuses to accept anything beyond the physical world.
安布罗斯·比尔斯在《魔鬼词典》中给出这条尖刻的定义,讽刺任何拒绝接受物质世界之外事物的唯物主义者。
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material(物质)+ ist(者)= 只看重物质的人。想象一个人满眼都是钱财和东西,就是 materialist。
语域:mixed 常见场景:philosophical or academic discussions、everyday conversation about values or lifestyle 该词有两个常见义项:在日常口语中多指追求物质享受的人;在哲学或学术语境中则指唯物主义者。选择时可依据话题判断,前者比较随意,后者较为正式。
真正的押韵词是 imperialist /ɪmˈpɪəriəlɪst/:与 materialist /məˈtiəriəlist/ 的重读元音同为 /ɪə/,后面都跟 /riəlist/。capitalist、naturalist、specialist、realist、idealist 只是拼写或词尾相近,重音和元音不同,不要按 materialist 的读音类推。
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