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0 a situation or subject that is being dealt with or considered
Please phone me back - it's a matter of some importance. 可否回電話給我——有比較重要的事。
Talking about the world's problems is one thing, but solving them is another matter altogether (= is completely different). 談論世界所面臨的問題是一回事,而將之解決卻完全是另一回事。
Her resignation is not going to help matters. 她的辭職無助於解決問題。
Three of our players were ill, and to make matters worse, our main scorer had broken his ankle. 我們的三名隊員病了,更糟的是,主要得分手摔斷了腳踝。
Baking a cake isn't difficult - it's just a matter of following the recipe. 烤蛋糕並不難——只需照著食譜做就行。
Being arrested by the police is no laughing matter. 被警方逮捕可不是鬧著玩的。
2 physical substance in the universe
Some scientists believe that there is about ten times as much matter in the universe as astronomers have observed. 有些科學家認為,宇宙中的物質約是天文學家所觀測到的物質的十倍。
Most vegetable matter is compostable. 絕大部分蔬菜都可以用作堆肥。
3 a substance or things of a particular type
advertising/printed matter 廣告材料/印刷品
Do you find the subject matter of the book (= the subject that the book deals with) interesting? 你覺得這本書的題材有趣嗎?
4 used in expressions describing how small an amount or period of time is
She complained he had short-changed her, but it was only a matter of a few pence. 她抱怨說他少找了錢,其實只差了幾便士而已。
5 to be important, or to affect what happens
We were late but it didn't seem to matter. 我們遲到了,不過看來不要緊。
"What did you say?" "Oh, it doesn't matter." 「你說甚麼?」「哦,沒甚麼要緊的。」
[ + question word ] It doesn't matter what you wear - just as long as you come. 只要你來,穿甚麼都沒關係。
[ + that ] It didn't matter that our best player was injured after ten minutes - we still won. 我們最好的球員比賽開始後10分鐘就受傷了——但這無礙大局,我們還是贏了。
I know Charles doesn't think this project is important, but it matters to me. 我知道查爾斯並不看重這個專案計劃,但這對我來說很重要。