materialisation

gb/mˈeɪtˈɛɹiəlɪsˈeɪʃən/ us/mˈeɪtˈɛɹiəlɪsˈeɪʃən/

C1 英语

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名词 formal C1 process

becoming real or actual

when an idea or plan becomes real

用法模式： the materialisation of [a plan/idea/hope]

常见错误：

Often confused with material (meaning ‘substance’); materialisation is about something becoming real, not about physical materials.

近义词

realisation (More general; can also mean understanding, not only ‘becoming real’.) | implementation (Focuses on putting a plan into action.) | actualisation (More abstract and less common in everyday contexts.)

反义词

cancellation (The plan or idea is stopped before it happens.) | failure (The expected result does not happen.)

搭配

主题

general |plans |change

例句

They had waited years for the materialisation of their expansion plans.
The funding delays threatened the materialisation of the project.
It took a lot of negotiation for the idea to reach materialisation.

学习者例句

The materialisation of the plan took time.
We are working on the materialisation of our idea.

名词 business C1 event

a risk or fear happening

when a risk really happens

用法模式： the materialisation of [a risk/threat/fear]

常见错误：

In business English, materialisation refers to a risk occurring, not to making something physically ‘material’.

近义词

occurrence (Neutral term; less specific to risks.) | crystallisation (Often used in similar business contexts; slightly more metaphorical.)

反义词

mitigation (Actions taken to reduce the chance or impact of a risk.) | avoidance (Preventing the risk from happening.)

搭配

主题

business |risk |finance

例句

The company increased reserves to cover the possible materialisation of credit losses.
Better monitoring reduced the likelihood of the materialisation of operational risks.
They redesigned the process to prevent the materialisation of that threat.

学习者例句

Good controls can stop the materialisation of risks.

名词 literary C2 event

appearing in physical form

when something seems to appear suddenly and become solid

用法模式： the materialisation of [a figure/spirit/object]

常见错误：

This sense is mainly used in fiction or spiritualist contexts; in everyday writing, people more often say ‘appearance’.

近义词

appearance (More common and less dramatic; not necessarily ‘becoming physical’.) | manifestation (Can suggest a supernatural or symbolic showing.)

反义词

disappearance (The person or thing vanishes from view.)

搭配

主题

arts |belief |fiction

例句

In the story, the materialisation of the stranger in the doorway shocks everyone.
Witnesses described the materialisation of a pale figure beside the bed.
The trick relied on the materialisation of a coin in the magician’s hand.

学习者例句

The film shows the materialisation of a ghost.

名词 technical C2 process

making data physically stored

when a system stores a result as real data

用法模式： materialisation of [data/results/a view]

常见错误：

In computing, materialisation is about storing or precomputing results, not about physical materials.

近义词

caching (Similar goal (speed) but broader; caching may be temporary and not a full stored representation.) | persisting (Emphasises saving data to storage, not the act of computing it.)

反义词

virtualisation (Keeping something abstracted or computed on demand rather than stored as concrete data.)

搭配

主题

technology |computing |data

例句

Materialisation of the view reduced query time but increased storage use.
The optimiser chose materialisation of intermediate results to avoid recomputation.
They disabled automatic materialisation to keep the pipeline fully streaming.

语法

词典原形

materialisation

IPA

GB/mˈeɪtˈɛɹiəlɪsˈeɪʃən/

US/mˈeɪtˈɛɹiəlɪsˈeɪʃən/

音节与重音

ma - ter - i - al - isa - tion （6 个音节）

Stress on 1st syllable (ma)

词形变化

Noun

Base: materialisation
Plural: materialisation

词族

Core family

material noun A2 materialise verb C1

Related words

materialize verb B2 materialization noun C1 materially adverb

Negative and opposite forms

immaterial adjective C1

Advanced or less common

materialism noun C1 materialist noun materialistic adjective B2