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Other kinds of matter don't have a physical form, like a concern, problem, or even something that people think about, like a worrisome money matter, a personal matter, or a movie with a particular subject matter. Matter can also be a verb, meaning "to be important," as in: "Good health matters to me." |
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1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]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. It was clear that she wanted to discuss some private matter... 很明显，她想谈些私事。 Until the matter is resolved the athletes will be ineligible to compete... 除非这个问题得以解决，否则这些运动员没有资格参加比赛。 Don't you think this is now a matter for the police?... 难道你不觉得这件事现在该交由警方处理吗？ Business matters drew him to Paris. 他因公前往巴黎。
2 [N-PLURAL 复数名词]事态；情况；局面 You use matters to refer to the situation you are talking about, especially when something is affecting the situation in some way. If your ordinary life is out of control, then retreating into a cosy ritual will not improve matters... 如果正常生活都一团糟了，那么再讲究小情调根本无济于事。 If it would facilitate matters, I would be happy to come to New York... 如果对事态发展有利，我很乐意来纽约。 Matters took an unexpected turn. 事态发生了意想不到的转变。
3 [N-SING 单数名词](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. History is always a matter of interpretation... 历史总是一种阐释角度的问题。 Observance of the law is a matter of principle for us... 守法是我们的一个原则问题。 After that, life became a matter of defying school rules... 从那以后，生活便成了处处与校规作对。 Jack had attended these meetings as a matter of routine for years. 数年来，杰克把参加这些会议当成是例行公事。
4 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](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. 5 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](有形的)物质 Matter is the physical part of the universe consisting of solids, liquids, and gases. A proton is an elementary particle of matter. 质子是物质的基本粒子。 He has spent his career studying how matter behaves at the fine edge between order and disorder. 他从事研究物质在有序与无序的细微临界处的行为变化。
6 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](某一类型的)物质 You use matter to refer to a particular type of substance. 7 [N-SING 单数名词]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. Carole, what's the matter? You don't seem happy... 卡萝尔，出什么事了？你好像不开心。 What's the matter with your office?... 你们部门出什么事了吗？ She told him there was nothing the matter. 她告诉他没出什么事。
8 [N-SING 单数名词](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. Within a matter of days she was back at work... 仅仅几天后，她又回去上班了。 He expected to be at East Grinstead station in a matter of hours... 他希望几个小时内可以到达东格林斯特德站。 This time the journey was short, a matter of four or five miles up into the hills. 这次的旅程很短，只有上山的四五英里路。
9 [VERB 动词]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. [V] [it V wh] [it V that] [V to n] [Also it V] [no cont] A lot of the food goes on the floor but that doesn't matter... 许多食品掉在地板上，不过也没什么关系。 As for Laura and me, the colour of our skin has never mattered... 至于我和劳拉，肤色根本不是问题。 As long as staff are smart, it does not matter how long their hair is... 员工只要聪明，头发留多长没什么关系。 Does it matter that people don't know this?... 人们对此事不知情，这重要吗？ Money is the only thing that matters to them. 对他们来说，钱是唯一重要的东西。
10 See also:grey matter ； subject matter ； 11 [PHRASE 短语]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. Being responsible for one's own health is one thing, but being responsible for another person's health is quite a different matter... 对自己的健康负责是一回事，对他人的健康负责就完全是另一回事了。 You have no business going into such places all by yourselves. If your parents take you, of course, that's another matter. 你们不该自己去这些地方。不过如果是父母带你们去的，那就另当别论了。
12 [PHRASE 短语]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. 13 [PHRASE短语 ]难事；并非易事 If something is no easy matter, it is difficult to do it. 14 [PHRASE 短语]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. 15 [PHRASE 短语]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. The fact of the matter is that most people consume far more protein than they actually need... 真实的情况是，大多数人摄入的蛋白质比他们实际所需的多出许多。 The truth of the matter is that he was having an identity crisis when he met Carina. 实际情况是，他认识卡丽娜时正在迷失自我。
16 [PHRASE 短语]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. The irony was that Shawn had not seen her. Nor for that matter had anyone else... 具有讽刺意味的是，肖恩并没有见过她，别人也同样如此。 A great deal of hard work was done and, for that matter, is continuing. 大量艰苦的工作已经完成，同样，大量艰苦的工作也仍在继续。
17 [CONVENTION 惯用语]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. 18 [CONVENTION 惯用语]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. 'Steve, what do you want?' — 'Coke, Pepsi, it doesn't matter.' “史蒂夫，你要喝点什么？”——“可口可乐，百事，随便啦。”
19 [PHRASE 短语]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. 20 [PHRASE 短语]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. Don't let yourself despair； this will only make matters worse... 不要想不开，这样只能使情况变得更糟。 To make matters worse, it started to rain again. 更糟的是，又开始下雨了。
21 [CONVENTION 惯用语]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. 'Didn't you ever read the book?' Keating shook his head. 'Well, no matter.'... “你从没看过这本书？”基廷摇了摇头。“嗯，没关系。” 'Shoddy workmanship these days,' he remarked. 'No matter, it will still bear my weight.' “现如今的做工实在是差劲，”他说，“无所谓了，好歹还撑得住我的体重。”
22 [PHRASE 短语]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. No matter what your age, you can lose weight by following this program... 不论年龄多大，都可以按这套方案来减肥。 No matter how often they were urged, they could not bring themselves to join in... 就算别人说破了嘴皮，他们就是不加入。 Jenkins would reward all investors, no matter when they made their investment. 无论投资人何时投资，詹金斯都会让他们得到回报。
23 [PHRASE 短语]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. He had decided to publish the manuscript no matter what... 他决定无论如何都要出版那部手稿。 I vowed then, no matter what, I would never be like those people. 于是我发誓，无论如何，我和他们那种人都不会成为一丘之貉。
24 [PHRASE 短语]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. 25 [PHRASE 短语](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. 26 a matter of life and death→see: death ； as a matter of course →see: course ； as a matter of fact →see: fact ； mind over matter →see: mind ； |