matter的解释

1. 物质
2. 问题
3. 事情，事件
4. 事态，情势
5. 内容
6. 材料
7. 物品
8. 重要性
9. 素材
10. 主题
11. 物体
12. 毛病
13. 原因，理由
14. 根据
15. 邮件

1. 有关系，相干，跟...有关系
2. 【医】化脓，出脓
3. 要紧，重要，至关紧要
4. 有重大影响
5. 有重要性，有重大关系

1. a vaguely specified concern;

   "several matters to attend to"
   "it is none of your affair"
   "things are going well"
   

2. some situation or event that is thought about;

   "he kept drifting off the topic"
   "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"
   "it is a matter for the police"
   

3. that which has mass and occupies space;

   "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
   

4. a problem;

   "is anything the matter?"
   

5. (used with negation) having consequence;

   "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games"
   

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

   "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane"
   

1. have weight; have import, carry weight;

   "It does not matter much"
   

1. matter

1. 事情：我们一生之中, 要牢记和要忘记的东西(thing)一样多; 记忆存在细胞(cell)里, 在身体里面, 与肉体永不分离(separation), 要摧毁它, 等于玉石俱焚; 然而, 有些事情(matter)必须牢记, 忘记痛苦(misery)(misery),

a matter of fact

事实上 the truth

a matter of life and death

生死攸关的事情；成败的关键 issue that is crucial to survival,success,etc.

a matter of opinion

看法不同的见解 sth about which people hold different views

as a matter of conscience

从道德观点出发 thinking of sth according to conscience

as a matter of course

自然,通常 naturally

as a matter of fact

事实上,其实 in truth

as a matter of routine

按照惯例 routinely

be a matter of

问题的关键是… be a question of what is necessary

be a matter of time

迟早要发生 will happen sooner or later

be the matter with

成为困难〔问题〕 be the difficulty〔problem〕

for that matter

就那件事而论,关于那一点 concerning that

(in) a matter of

大约,左右 about; or so

in the matter of

在…方面; 就…而论 about sth

matter in question

正在考虑〔讨论〕的问题 point being considered〔discussed〕

no laughing matter

需要严肃对待的事,正经事 serious thing

no matter

不管,不论 regardless of

no matter what

无论如何,不管怎样 whatever

not to mince matters

坦率地说 to be frank

what's the matter?

怎么回事?怎么啦? what is the problem?what is wrong?

matter about (v.+prep.)

对…重要 be important to (sb)
matter about sb/sth/v-ing

It doesn't matter about me; I can walk.

不要管我,我能走。

It doesn't matter about the price, buy it, whatever it costs.

不要考虑价钱,无论花多少钱,都买吧。

Is the idea clear?It does not matter about the actual numbers.

概念清楚了吗?具体数字倒没什么关系。

It doesn't matter if you close the door.

关门没关系。

matter to (v.+prep.)

对…重要 be important to (sb)
matter to sb/sth

My health matters more to my doctor than to my family.

我的健康状况对医生比对我家里人更为重要。

That was what mattered most to him.

那是对他至关重要的事。

It matters little to me.

这对我无所谓。

It matters greatly to our relationship.

这事对你我之间的关系影响重大。

I don't think anybody matters to her apart from herself.

我认为除了她自己以外,别人对她无关紧要。

• He vsed no golde but pure beryll and christall, and other like mattier to drinke in.

  出自：T. Elyot

• He was still unpersuaded that his own fate mattered very much.

  出自：V. Brome

• She hadn't brought her glasses with her; not that it really mattered.

  出自：R. Ingalls

• ☆ 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自殖英诺曼底语的matere；最初源自古典拉丁语的materia，意为一颗树的硬实的树心，组成事物的材料。