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.
实用例句
1. The relief was almost tangible.
这种解脱几乎可以感觉得到。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The policy has not yet brought any tangible benefits.
这项政策还没有带来任何实质性的好处.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Sculpture is a tangible art form.
雕刻是一种可触摸的艺术形式.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. There should be some tangible evidence that the economy is starting to recover.
应该有明显迹象表明经济开始复苏了。
来自柯林斯例句
5. There are tangible signs that the republic's successfully breaking its bonds with Moscow.
