ma·te·ri·al·ize (also materialise British English) /məˈtɪəriəlaɪz $ -ˈtɪr-/ verb [intransitiveI]1 HAPPENto happen or appear in the way that you expected 成爲現實,實現;發生,出現Problems were expected, but they never materialized. 估計會有問題,但一直沒有發生。
The money we had been promised failed to materialize. 答應給我們的錢並沒有兌現。
2 APPEARto appear in an unexpected and strange way 突然出現The figure of a man suddenly materialized in the shadows. 陰影裏突然出現了一個男人的身影。
—materialization /məˌtɪəriəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -lə-/ noun [uncountableU]