ma·te·ri·al·ize (also materialise British English) /məˈtɪəriəlaɪz $ -ˈtɪr-/ verb [intransitiveI] 1 HAPPENto happen or appear in the way that you expected 成为现实,实现;发生,出现 Problems were expected, but they never materialized. 估计会有问题,但一直没有发生。
The money we had been promised failed to materialize. 答应给我们的钱并没有兑现。
2 APPEARto appear in an unexpected and strange way 突然出现 The figure of a man suddenly materialized in the shadows. 阴影里突然出现了一个男人的身影。
—materialization /məˌtɪəriəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -lə-/ noun [uncountableU]