matter

英[ˈmætə(r)]美[ˈmætər]

n.事情，事态，关乎…的问题，材料，物质；

v.要紧，有关系；

复数：matters;

第三人称单数：matters;

过去式：mattered;

过去分词：mattered;

现在分词：mattering;

例句

We must get to the bottom of the matter.我们必须弄清这件事的内情。

Mr. Smith is seeing people all morning, but if the matter is urgent I'll see if I can crowd you in.整个上午史密斯先生都在接待来客, 但如果你的事情紧急, 我就看看能不能为你安排一下会面。

As a matter of course, he was elected monitor.他当选为班长是理所当然的事。

He promised to see about the matter.他答应处理此事。

When will the government move on this important matter?*府什么时候对这一重要事情采取行动?

I look to you to support me in this matter.在这件事上我要靠你支持。

He had no business getting mixed up in such a matter.他不该卷进这样的一件事情中去。

He doesn't trust his partner.For that matter I can't blame him.他不信任自己的合伙人, 就那一点来说, 我不能责怪他。

We're not at liberty to discuss this matter.我们无权讨论这个问题。

This job will only take a matter of minutes.这件事只要几分钟就会做好。

英语六级真题

Can you tell us how you first became interested in this subject matter?( ' , 9 ) Wh e n f a c i n g a n e w situation, some people tend to rehearse their defeat by spending too much time anticipating the worst.

Today's teenagers admire their parents and welcome parental guidance about important matters such as career choice—though certainly not Mom and Dad's advice on matters of personal taste, such as music or fashion.

Teenagers of today often turn to their parents for advice on such important matters as career choice.

Interviews with students find many of them are only concerned about personal matters.

But as the working classes prospered and the servant shortage set in, housekeeping became a matter of interest to the educated classes.

The ROWE participants were allowed to freely determine when, where and how they worked – the only thing that mattered was that they got the job done.

One reason any campaign wants a popular celebrity spokesperson is because kids are attracted to them no matter what they are doing.

To make matters worse, these schools are ill-equipped to graduate these students— young adults who face specific challenges and obstacles.

No matter how hard you try, you can't turn something that large on a dime ( ' , 10 美分硬币 ),or even a few thousand dimes.

But it actually shouldn’t matter to you nearly as much as you think.

L) The college admission essay contains the grandest American themes―status anxiety, parental piety (孝顺), intellectual standards—and so it is only a matter of time before it becomes infected by the country's culture of excessive concern with self-esteem.

But, Kapur notes, none of us like to fail, no matter how often Silicon Valley entrepreneurs praise the beneficial effects of an idea that fails or a start-up company that crashes and burns

That should be a matter of concern in a presidential election year.

None of this is a matter of asceticism（苦行主义）; it is just pure selfishness.

Graduating them is another matter.

But schools rarely dig down to find out what really makes an applicant succeed, to create a class which also contains diversity of attitude and approach – arguably the only diversity that, in a business context, really matters.

But it is not a simple matter of offering financial incentives or providing more child care.

Because America's population will still be growing when that of most other developed countries is shrinking, America will be the only developed country that still matters geopolitically (地缘**上).

Less concern with money matters.

And although she didn't have many symptoms, she knew it was just a matter of time.

Report the matter to their boss

With no known vaccination or cure available, it seems only a matter of time until another epidemic erupts.

A finding that was a bit surprising is that to consumers, the inner parts of high-tech devices do apparently matter.

Because there was slightly more matter, the collisions quickly depleted all the anti-matter and left just enough matter to create stars, planets, and eventually us.

But a recent study seems to point to the fact that when matter and anti-matter were first created, there were slightly more particles of matter, which allowed the universe we all live in to form?

But it actually shouldn't matter to you nearly as much as you think.

But rainfall can revive them in a matter of hours.

Can you tell us how you first became interested in this subject matter?

Even the self identified auditory learners, their preference didn't seem to matter.

External conditions also matter in terms of when and how often we lie.

It is clear now that it's a matter of time before the entire European coastline disappears under water.

Matter and the now more exotic anti-matter would have had little space to avoid each other.

No matter how hard you try, you can't turn something that large on a dime, or even a few thousand dimes.

Sometimes a young child may get overexcited and be a little too rough, but it's never a serious matter.

Successful people tend to be successful no matter where they go to school.

That's because job growth numbers don't matter to job hunters as much as job turnover data.

That's because matter and anti- matter are basically opposites of each other.

They found that students with more potential earned more as adults, and the reverse held true as well, no matter where they went to school.

Too many people in this country, including some among our elected leadership, still do not understand how science works or why robust, long-range investments in research vitally matter.

Whether they should bet on the traditional players who run those stores now is another matter.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-COUNT

事情;状况;问题

A matter is a task, situation, or event which you have to deal with or think about, especially one that involves problems.

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N-PLURAL

事态;情况;*面

You use matters to refer to the situation you are talking about, especially when something is affecting the situation in some way.

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N-SING

(是…的)问题;取决于…的问题;关乎…的问题

If you say that a situation is a matter of a particular thing, you mean that that is the most important thing to be done or considered when you are involved in the situation or explaining it.

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(印刷或阅读的)材料

Printed matter consists of books, newspapers, and other texts that are printed. Reading matter consists of things that are suitable for reading, such as books and newspapers.

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(有形的)物质

Matter is the physical part of the universe consisting of solids, liquids, and gases.

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N-UNCOUNT

(某一类型的)物质

You use matter to refer to a particular type of substance.

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N-SING

麻烦事;问题

You use matter in expressions such as 'What's the matter?' or 'Is anything the matter?' when you think that someone has a problem and you want to know what it is.

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N-SING

(强调数量少、时间短)

You use matter in expressions such as 'a matter of weeks' when you are emphasizing how small an amount is or how short a period of time is.

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VERB

有关系;要紧;有影响

If you say that something does not matter, you mean that it is not important to you because it does not have an effect on you or on a particular situation.

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PHRASE

另一码事；另一回事;不同情形

If you say that something is another matter or a different matter, you mean that it is very different from the situation that you have just discussed.

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PHRASE

出于（时间）的考虑;作为（紧急）事件（处理）

If you are going to do something as a matter of urgency or priority, you are going to do it as soon as possible, because it is important.

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PHRASE

难事;并非易事

If something is no easy matter, it is difficult to do it.

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PHRASE

此事已定;(事情)到此为止，到此结束

If someone says that's the end of the matter or that's an end to the matter, they mean that a decision that has been taken must not be changed or discussed any more.

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PHRASE

事实真相是;真实情况是

You use the fact of the matter is or the truth of the matter is to introduce a fact which supports what you are saying or which is not widely known, for example because it is a secret.

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PHRASE

同样;而且

You can use for that matter to emphasize that the remark you are making is true in the same way as your previous, similar remark.

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CONVENTION

不要紧;没关系

You say 'it doesn't matter' to tell someone who is apologizing to you that you are not angry or upset, and that they should not worry.

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CONVENTION

都行;无所谓;随便

You say 'it doesn't matter' when someone offers you a choice between two or more things and you do not mind which is chosen.

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PHRASE

正经事；非同儿戏

If you say that something is no laughing matter, you mean that it is very serious and not something that you should laugh or joke about.

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PHRASE

使情况变得更糟

If you say that something makes matters worse, you mean that it makes a difficult situation even more difficult.

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CONVENTION

没关系;不要紧

You say 'no matter' after you have just asked a question or mentioned an idea or doubt and you have decided that it is not really important, interesting, or worth discussing.

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PHRASE

不管…;无论…

You use no matter in expressions such as 'no matter how' and 'no matter what' to say that something is true or happens in all circumstances.

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PHRASE

不管怎样;无论如何

If you say that you are going to do something no matter what, you are emphasizing that you are definitely going to do it, even if there are obstacles or difficulties.

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PHRASE

看法问题;看法因人而异的事情

If you say that a statement is a matter of opinion, you mean that it is not a fact, and that other people, including yourself, do not agree with it.

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(只是)时间的问题（用于说明某事必定发生）

If you say that something is just a matter of time, you mean that it is certain to happen at some time in the future.

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英汉词典释义

n.

物质, 物体

题材, 内容

事情; 问题

困难, 毛病, 麻烦

重要性

事态；当前的状况

课题

（询问某人的情况）怎么了

关乎…的事情

（某种）东西，物品，材料

原料；物料

事实；实质；实体

事件

(讨论、考虑等的)问题；有争议的问题

(文章、讲话等的)内容；素材；题材

理由；根据；原因；事由

【逻辑学】 命题内容

重要事项；重大；要紧(事)

vi.

要紧, 有关系

有重大影响

有重要性；有重大关系

化脓；出脓

英英词典释义

Noun

1. that which has mass and occupies space;

2. a vaguely specified concern;

3. some situation or event that is thought about;

4. a problem;

5. (used with negation) having consequence;

6. written works (especially in books or magazines);

Verb

1. have weight; have import, carry weight;

行业词典

医学： 物质：同substance；脓：同pus；

哲学： 物质；

法律： 法律上的问题；

物理学： 物质；