用作定语
▲~+n.
Those workers have built many substantial buildings in the recent years.近几年那些工人建造了许多坚固的建筑。
The country bought a substantial number of weapons.这个国家购买了大量武器。
They made substantial changes to the arrangements.他们在安排上作了重大变动。
The two stories were in substantial agreement.这两则故事大体上一致。
用作表语
▲S+be+~
The walls were substantial and did not fall.墙很坚固,没有倒塌。
The matter is substantial.这件事很重要。