tangible: [16] Tangible means literally ‘touchable’. It comes via French tangible from late Latin tangibilis, a derivative of Latin tangere ‘touch’. Other English words from this source include tangent [16], etymologically a line ‘touching’ a circle. Its past participle tactus has contributed contact, intact, and tact, while the base from which it was formed, *tag-, has also produced contagion, contaminate, entire, and integrity. => contact, contagion, contaminate, intact, integrity, tact, task, taste, tax
tangible (adj.)
1580s, "capable of being touched," from Middle French tangible and directly from Late Latin tangibilis "that may be touched," from Latin tangere "to touch" (see tangent (adj.)). Sense of "material" (as in tangible reward) is first recorded 1610s; that of "able to be realized or dealt with" is from 1709. Related: Tangibly.
雙語例句
1. The relief was almost tangible.
這種解脫幾乎可以感覺得到。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The policy has not yet brought any tangible benefits.
這項政策還沒有帶來任何實質性的好處.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Sculpture is a tangible art form.
雕刻是一種可觸摸的藝術形式.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. There should be some tangible evidence that the economy is starting to recover.
應該有明顯跡象表明經濟開始復蘇了。
來自柯林斯例句
5. There are tangible signs that the republic's successfully breaking its bonds with Moscow.