Subsequent
7 R, c7 G8 L9 B4 p/ I2 y用法：①You use subsequent to describe something that happened or existed after the time or event that has just been referred to. 5 w, T F6 W( O# a6 [: w X0 T7 K
②If something happened subsequent to something else, it happened after that thing.
4 f$ _2 K4 C+ H: t* i% L例句：The parasite itself subsequently ceases to grow and is therefore restricted to one or a few cells around the entry site.(1996-01) , T0 d) F& _* z8 F5 ^
Subsequent reforms have made these notions seem quite out-of-date. (2000-01)
6 ~! U! N0 Z1 k6 B! NOr it can be transported vertically to higher levels in the atmosphere, where it forms clouds and subsequent storms, which then release the energy back to the atmosphere. (2002-08)
, l. j# B8 y. p5 P! ]- |" iSubstance
0 h7 Q7 C2 ]2 J$ X* _用法：①A substance is a solid, powder, liquid, or gas with particular properties.
/ O1 k/ i' J6 o7 J例句：These tar pits have been known for centuries and were formerly mined for their natural asphalt, a black or brown petroleum-like substance.(2000-08) 0 K0 ~2 J, }, e/ b
Snow accumulating yearly in Rainier’s summit craters is compacted and compressed into a dense form of ice called firm, a substance midway between ordinary ice and the denser crystalline ice that makes up glaciers.(1996-05) ) ]1 C0 M% _* ?) g
②Substance is the quality of being important or significant.
k: R9 x4 d- B# s③The substance of what someone says or writes is the main thing that they are trying to say.
3 [$ N* L1 o9 @1 s4 r$ ]( a' l④If you say that something has no substance, you mean that it is not true.=truth
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Substantial
1 a4 B: W1 n9 m' ^$ ^- q, \0 S用法：①Substantial means large in amount or degree.
! z5 B! \: ?( u; _( V ?# Y例句：Calcite and aragonite also contributed to a substantial number of fossils of certain organisms.(2002-09)
" D1 q& U4 b+ I4 p" I# o m7 TThe Blue Ridge Mountains form a substantial part, 615 miles, of the far-reaching Appalachians.(2004-10) ) e& F) ~" z9 I( A2 e1 J
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Successive
4 N9 z! N# a5 r3 M用法：①Successive means happening or existing one after another without a break.
4 R7 ]7 d$ }4 K E ?; p8 N例句：Native Americans probably arrived from Asia in successive waves over several millennia, crossing a plain hundreds of miles wide that now lies inundated by 160 feet of water released by melting glaciers. (2003-10)
F5 d) h4 }4 C1 A7 ]& t {- LAnimation traditionally is done by hand-drawing or painting successive frames of an object, each slightly different than the preceding frame. (2005-05) |
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