having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable;
"substantial equivalents"
defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established;
"substantive law"
being on topic and prompting thought;
"a meaty discussion"
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The airwaves are noisy with nonsense at a time when we need serious, substantive information.当我们需要严肃而真实的信息的时候，电视广播却是充斥着废话的噪声。
The paper uses substantive cases to make it demotic and pellucid.本文通过运用大量的案例分析，希望能使行文表达通俗易懂。
Its importance was evident from the large number of substantive proposals tabled during the ongoing discussion.目前正进行的讨论中出现了大量的实质性提案体现了其重要意义。
It was a lengthy speech but he made few substantive points.那是一个冗长的演说但是他整理很少实质的要点。
Dominique Moisi, senior advisor to the French Institute for International Relations in Paris, tells VOA that key substantive issues are defense and security.设在巴黎的法国国际关系研究所高级顾问莫伊西对美国之音说，最实质的问题是国防和安全。
