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(原料) material
building material
建筑材料
raw material
原材料
cheap materials
廉价材料
fire-resisting material
防火材料
Rubber is an elastic material.
橡胶是一种弹性材料。
(资料) data; material
reference material
参考材料
archival material
档案材料
firsthand information
第一手材料
data; findings
调查材料
gather material; collect data
搜集材料
material for study
学习材料
written material
书面材料
He is now collecting material for a biography of Tao Yuanming.
他正在为写陶渊明传记搜集材料。
(适于做某种事的人才) makings; stuff
He is not the stuff teachers are made of.; He does not have the makings of a teacher.
他不是做教师的材料。