Physical

(adj.) having substance or material existence; perceptible to the senses; 'a physical manifestation'; 'surrounded by tangible objects' .

(adj.) concerned with material things; 'physical properties'; 'the physical characteristics of the earth'; 'the physical size of a computer' .

(adj.) characterized by energetic bodily activity; 'a very physical dance performance' .

(adj.) according with material things or natural laws (other than those peculiar to living matter); 'a reflex response to physical stimuli' .

(adj.) involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit; 'physical exercise'; 'physical suffering'; 'was sloppy about everything but her physical appearance' .

(adj.) relating to the sciences dealing with matter and energy; especially physics; 'physical sciences'; 'physical laws' .

整理:卢修斯

• To talk about training a power, mental or physical, in general, apart from the subject matter involved in its exercise, is nonsense. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• We have been speaking of life in its lowest terms--as a physical thing. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• In the physical as in the financial world, nothing is to be had without a price. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The moral oppression had produced a physical craving for air, and he strode on, opening his lungs to the reverberating coldness of the night. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• He is slender, not tall, wiry, and looks as if he could endure any amount of physical exercise. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• A smile, a frown, a rebuke, a word of warning or encouragement, all involve some physical change. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The ailment is not physical. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Something which is called mind or consciousness is severed from the physical organs of activity. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• At last a day and night of peculiarly agonizing depression were succeeded by physical illness, I took perforce to my bed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• He saw vividly with his spirit the grey, forward-stretching face of the negro woman, African and tense, abstracted in utter physical stress. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Names give abstract meanings a physical locus and body. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The boilers were fired by wood, as the economical transportation of coal was a physical impossibility. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Another night was coming on, for another night he was to be suspended in chain of physical life, over the bottomless pit of nothingness. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The discovery may long precede its adaptation in physical form, and both the discovery and adaptation may occur together. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The originality of his principles, his eloquence, and his great physical strength and beauty created a profound sensation. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

整理:帕斯夸里