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materially

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ma·te·ri·al·ly /məˈtɪəriəli $ -ˈtɪr-/ adverb  1 ENOUGH formal in a big enough or strong enough way to change a situation 极大地;强有力地;实质性地 This would materially affect US security. 这将会严重影响美国的安全。2 MONEY[sentence adverb] in relation to possessions and money, rather than the needs of a person’s mind or soul 物质上 OPP spiritually Materially, we are better off than ever before. 在物质上我们比以前任何时候都更富有。
Examples from the Corpus
materiallyNow that label had gone but they were relatively poor and worse off materially.In each case the actuarial assumptions agreed can materially affect the size of the transfer value.The outcome of the entire war is unlikely to be materially affected by what he, as an individual, does.Many people hunger for a materially better life.It is hard to imagine anyone else in this island who was more isolated and more materially deprived.Is the high-performance approach materially different, or is it just a new label for a set of old ideas?For a file of this size, no value has been altered materially due to the simplification of using Poisson values.The problems arise because old age is a period of increasing dependency - materially, physically, socially and emotionally.Our situation has gotten materially worse.
ma·te·ri·al·ly adverbChineseSyllable
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materially
materially /məˈtɪəriəli $ -ˈtɪr-/ adverb1. formal in a big enough or strong enough way to change a situation:
    This would materially affect US security.
2. [sentence adverb] in relation to possessions and money, rather than the needs of a person’s mind or soul
   OPP  spiritually:
    Materially, we are better off than ever before.