Archaeologists study physical remains such as pottery and tools to reconstruct ancient daily life.
考古学家通过研究陶器和工具等实物遗存来重建古代日常生活。
Interviews conducted with retired professional musicians revealed that most did not cite performance anxiety or physical injury as their primary reason for retiring, but rather a gradual loss of enjoyment that developed after years of touring on a fixed schedule dictated by others.
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A survey of office workers found that employees who had a plant on their desk reported similar levels of reported stress to employees without a desk plant, but employees with a plant reported significantly higher satisfaction with their physical workspace.
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A longitudinal study tracking over two thousand adults found that maintaining close friendships in one's thirties predicted better physical health in one's sixties more strongly than exercise habits reported during the same thirties did.
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Which choice best defines “physical”?
D — Relating to the body or material things. “physical” means relating to the body or material things.
Which word means “relating to the body or material things”?
B — physical. “physical” means relating to the body or material things.
physical — relating to the body or material things. In Chinese: 身体的，物理的.
physical is pronounced /ˈfɪzɪkl/.
Archaeologists study physical remains such as pottery and tools to reconstruct ancient daily life. (考古学家通过研究陶器和工具等实物遗存来重建古代日常生活。)
bodily, corporeal, material — all close in meaning to physical (relating to the body or material things).
mental, spiritual — each the opposite of physical (relating to the body or material things).
Yes. physical is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
physics(matter)+al(adjective)