形容詞 immaterial:

1. of no importance or relevance especially to a law case
2. without material form or substance
   同義詞：incorporeal
3. not consisting of matter
   同義詞：nonmaterial
4. not pertinent to the matter under consideration
   同義詞：extraneous, impertinent, orthogonal
5. (often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other
   同義詞：indifferent

1. The doctrine that the material world is an immaterial product of the senses.
   物質世界幻覺說認為物質世界是感覺的精神上產(chǎn)物的信仰
2. The body is material but the soul is immaterial.
   軀體是有形的，而靈魂是無形的。

im.ma.te.ri.al

adj.（形容詞）
Of no importance or relevance; inconsequential or irrelevant.
不重要的，不相關的；無關緊要的，離題的
Having no material body or form.
非物質的，無形的

【引伸】
im.mate.rially
adv.（副詞）
im.mate.rialness
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>immaterial,incorporeal,insubstantial,metaphysical,spiritualThe central meaning shared by these adjectives is .lacking material body, form, or substance.:
這些形容詞共有的中心意思是.沒有物質實體、形式或實質的.：
例句：
immaterial apparitions;
無形的幽靈；

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an incorporeal spirit;
無形的精靈；

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imaginary and insubstantial victories;
臆想和空想的勝利；

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metaphysical forces;
抽象的力量；

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spiritual beings. See also Synonyms at irrelevant material
神靈 參見同義詞 irrelevantmaterial

<注釋>The wordimmaterial, meaning .of no importance or relevance,. has made its way in the world in spite of the opposition of no less a figure than Samuel Johnson. Johnson stated that .this sense has crept into the conversation and writings of barbarians; but ought to be utterly rejected..More than two centuries laterit is difficult for us to recover Johnson`s strength of feeling,and this tale might in fact serve as a warning to those who believe that the usages they abominate will not survive and become standard.Although Johnson was a man of immense learning,he did not have the lexicographical resources available today.If Johnson had had access to theOxford Latin Dictionary and the Middle English Dictionary, among other works, he would have seen that fromm3ter, meaning .a mother,. .a plant as the source of things such as cuttings or fruit,. and .a source,.was derived the wordm3teria, meaning .wood as a building material,. .any substance of which a physical object is made,. .the subject matter of a speech or book,. and .the condition whereby an action is effected..The adjectivem3teri3lis derived from m3teria only meant .of or concerned with subject matter. in Classical Latin, but its descendant in Late and Medieval Latin and its descendants in Old French (materiel ) and Middle English ( material ) developed other meanings, such as .consisting of matter..One Middle English sense, .important, relevant,.that probably harks back to senses of Classical Latinm3teria such as .subject matter. continued in existence after Middle English times. So it was natural for the English wordimmaterial, first recorded in the 5th century, to come to mean .not important,. in spite of Johnson`s wrath.
盡管不只塞繆爾·約翰遜一個人反對意思為.不重要的，無關緊要的.，immaterial 這個詞還是產(chǎn)生了。 約翰遜聲明：.這個意思偷偷出現(xiàn)在野蠻民族的對話和寫作中；但應該遭到完全抵制。.兩個多世紀之后，我們很難重新找到約翰遜強烈的感受。這個故事實際上可以算是對那些認為他們厭惡的用法不可能生存和標準化的人的一種警告。盡管約翰遜是一個博學的人，但是他沒有今天可以得到的詞匯學的資料。如果約翰遜除了其他著作外能得到牛津拉丁語詞典 和 中古英語詞典 的話， 他就能從中認識到這一點：mater ， 意思為.母親.，.作為諸如剪下的東西或水果來源的一株植物.和.來源.，是由materia ， 意思為.建筑用的木材.，.用于制造物體的任何材料.，.講話或著作的主題.和.影響一個行動的條件.而衍變而來的。形容詞materalis 是由在古典拉丁語中僅僅意味著.和主題有關的. materia 衍變而來的， 但它在中古拉丁語和后期拉丁語中的衍生詞和古法語中的衍生詞(materiel )以及中古英語中的衍生詞( material )繼續(xù)發(fā)展有了其他的意思， 如.由物質組成的.。中古英語的一個意思.重要的、有關的.，很可能追溯到古典拉丁語materia 的意思如.主題.在中古英語時期之后繼續(xù)存在。 因此，最早在5世紀被記錄下來的英語單詞immaterial 至今仍有.不重要的.的意思是很自然的， 盡管約翰遜對此很憤怒