matter是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a situation or subject that is being dealt with or considered -- 事情，事件

  • Could I talk to you about a personal matter? 我能和你谈件私事吗？

  • Allen denied any knowledge of the matter. 艾伦否认对此事知情。

  • Please phone me back - it's a matter of some importance. 你能给我回电话吗——有比较重要的事。

  • Talking about the world's problems is one thing, but solving them is another matter altogether (= is completely different). 谈论世界所面临的问题是一回事，而解决它们却完全是另一回事。

  • Her resignation is not going to help matters. 她的辞职无助于解决问题。

  • Three of our players were ill, and to make matters worse, our main scorer had broken his ankle. 我们的3名队员病了，更糟的是，主要得分手摔断了脚踝。

  • Baking a cake isn't difficult - it's just a matter of following the recipe. 烤蛋糕并不难——只需照着烹饪指南做就行。

  • Being arrested by the police is no laughing matter. 被警方逮捕可不是开玩笑的事。

• 1 the reason for pain, worry, or a problem -- 麻烦事，问题；毛病

  • What's the matter? Why are you crying? 怎么了？你为什么哭？

  • What's the matter with your hand? It's bleeding. 你的手怎么了？都流血了。

  • Is anything the matter? 有什么麻烦吗？

  • I don't know what the matter is with the car, but it won't start. 我不知道这车出了什么毛病，但就是发动不起来。

• 2 physical substance in the universe -- 物质

  • Some scientists believe that there is about ten times as much matter in the universe as astronomers have observed. 有些科学家认为，宇宙中的物质约有天文学家所观测到的10倍之多。

  • Most vegetable matter is compostable. 绝大部分蔬菜都可以用作堆肥。

  • There's no waste matter left over. 没有任何浪费的东西剩下。

• 3 a substance or things of a particular type -- （某一类）物品

  • advertising/printed matter 广告材料／印刷品

  • Do you find the subject matter of the book (= the subject that the book deals with) interesting? 你觉得这本书的主题内容有趣吗？

• 4 used in expressions describing how small an amount or period of time is -- （表示数量或时间之少）大约，左右

  • The interview was over in a matter of minutes. 采访约几分钟就结束了。

  • She complained he had short-changed her, but it was only a matter of a few pence. 她说他少找她钱了，其实只差了几便士而已。

• 5 to be important, or to affect what happens -- 要紧，重要，有关系

  • We were late but it didn't seem to matter. 我们迟到了，不过看来不要紧。

  • "What did you say?" "Oh, it doesn't matter." “你说什么？”“哦，没什么要紧的。”

  • [ + question word ] It doesn't matter what you wear - just as long as you come. 只要你来，穿什么都没关系。

  • [ + that ] It didn't matter that our best player was injured after ten minutes - we still won. 我们最好的球员比赛开始10分钟就受伤了——但这无碍大局，我们还是赢了。

  • I know Charles doesn't think this project is important, but it matters to me. 我知道查尔斯并不看重这个项目，但它对我来说很重要。