matter

matter

美 [ˈmætər] 　英 [ˈmætə(r)]

  • n.问题；事情；材料；事态
  • v.要紧；事关紧要；有重大影响
  • 网络物质；事件；有关系

词形变化

复数：matters  现在分词：mattering  过去式：mattered  

反义词

英汉双解

n.
课题；情况subject/situation
1.
[c]
课题；事情；问题a subject or situation that you must consider or deal with
It's a private matter.
这是件私事儿。
They had important matters to discuss.
他们有些重要的问题要讨论。
She may need your help with some business matters.
她也许需要你帮助处理一些生意方面的事情。
I always consulted him on matters of policy.
我总是向他咨询一些政策问题。
It's a matter for the police(= for them to deal with) .
这事须由警方处理。
That's a matter for you to take up with your boss.
这个问题你得去和你的老板进行交涉。
Let's get on with the matter in hand(= what we need to deal with now) .
我们继续解决手头的问题吧。
I wasn't prepared to let the matter drop(= stop discussing it) .
我没打算把这件事搁下不提。
It was no easy matter getting him to change his mind.
让他改变主意可不是件容易的事儿。
It should have been a simple matter to check.
检查核对本来应该是件简单的事情。
And then there's the little matter of the fifty pounds you owe me.
还有件小事儿，你欠我五十英镑呢。
It was a matter of some concern to most of those present(= something they were worried about) .
这是当时在场的多数人关心的问题。
I did not feel that we had got to the heart of the matter(= the most important part) .
我认为我们还没有触及问题的关键。
And that is the crux of the matter(= the most important thing about the situation) .
这就是问题的症结所在。
2.
[pl]
事态；当前的状况the present situation, or the situation that you are talking about
Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do to improve matters.
很遗憾，我们无力改善目前的状况。
I'd forgotten the keys, which didn't help matters .
我忘记带钥匙了，这让我情况更糟。
Matters were made worse by a fire in the warehouse.
仓库失火使得事态更为严重。
And then, to make matters worse , his parents turned up.
接着，更糟糕的是，他的父母亲来了。
I decided to take matters into my own hands(= deal with the situation myself) .
我决定亲自处理问题。
Matters came to a head(= the situation became very difficult) with his resignation.
随着他的辞职，局面恶化得难以收拾。
问题problem
3.
[sing]
（用于询问某人的情况）used (to ask) if sb is upset, unhappy, etc. or if there is a problem
What's the matter? Is there something wrong?
怎么了？出了什么事儿吗？
Is anything the matter ?
有什么问题吗？
Is something the matter with Bob? He seems very down.
鲍勃有什么事儿吧？他好像情绪很低落。
There's something the matter with my eyes.
我的眼睛出了点毛病。
‘We've bought a new TV.’ ‘What was the matter with the old one?’
“我们买了台新电视。”“那台旧的怎么了？”
What's the matter with you today(= why are you behaving like this) ?
你今天是怎么了？
关于…的问题a matter of sth/of doing sth
4.
[sing]
关乎…的事情a situation that involves sth or depends on sth
Learning to drive is all a matter of coordination.
学开车主要是靠协调。
Planning a project is just a matter of working out the right order to do things in.
规划一个项目就是要设计出正确的工作顺序。
That's not a problem. It's simply a matter of letting people know in time.
这没问题，不就是及时通知大家吗。
Some people prefer the older version to the new one. It's a matter of taste .
有些人喜欢老版本而不喜欢新版本。这只是个趣味问题。
She resigned over a matter of principle .
她因为原则问题而辞职。
The government must deal with this as a matter of urgency .
政府必须将此事当作紧急的事情来处理。
Just as a matter of interest(= because it is interesting, not because it is important) , how much did you pay for it?
我只是感兴趣，你这是花多少钱买的？
‘I think this is the best so far.’ ‘Well, that's a matter of opinion(= other people may think differently) .
“我认为这是迄今为止最好的。”“唔，仁者见仁，智者见智嘛。”
物质substance
5.
[u]
（统称）物质physical substance in general that everything in the world consists of; not mind or spirit
to study the properties of matter
研究物质的属性
6.
[u]
（某种）东西，物品，材料a substance or things of a particular sort
Add plenty of organic matter to improve the soil.
施用大量的有机肥料以改良土壤。
elimination of waste matter from the body
体内废物的排除
She didn't approve of their choice of reading matter .
她不赞同他们选用的阅读材料。
v.
1.
[i][t]
事关紧要；要紧；有重大影响to be important or have an important effect on sb/sth
The children matter more to her than anything else in the world.
对于她来说，在这个世界上没有比孩子更重要的了。
‘What did you say?’ ‘Oh, it doesn't matter(= it is not important enough to repeat) .’
“你说什么？”“噢，没什么。”
‘I'm afraid I forgot that book again.’ ‘It doesn't matter(= it is not important enough to worry about) .’
“很抱歉，我又忘了把那本书带来了。”“没事儿。”
What does it matter if I spent $100 on it─it's my money!
我花 100 元钱买这东西有什么关系，那是我的钱！
As long as you're happy, that's all that matters .
你幸福就行了，这才是最重要的。
After his death, nothing seemed to matter any more.
他死了以后，好像一切都无所谓了。
He's been in prison, you know─ not that it matters(= that information does not affect my opinion of him) .
你知道，他坐过牢，可那倒无关紧要。
Does it really matter who did it?
是谁干的真的很重要吗？
It doesn't matter to me what you do.
你做什么我无所谓。
It didn't matter that the weather was bad.
天气不好并没什么影响。

习惯用语

as a matter of fact
事实上；其实；说真的used to add a comment on sth that you have just said, usually adding sth that you think the other person will be interested in
It's a nice place. We've stayed there ourselves, as a matter of fact.
那个地方不错。事实上，我们在那儿待过。
（表示不同意）事实上，其实used to disagree with sth that sb has just said
‘I suppose you'll be leaving soon, then?’ ‘No, as a matter of fact I'll be staying for another two years.’
“我想你快要离开了吧？”“不。事实上，我还要再待两年呢。”
be another/a different matter
另外一回事；又是一回事；另当别论to be very different
I know which area they live in, but whether I can find their house is a different matter.
我知道他们住在哪一地区，但能不能找到他们的房子则是另外一回事了。
for that matter
就此而论；在这方面used to add a comment on sth that you have just said
I didn't like it much. Nor did the kids, for that matter.
我不怎么喜欢它。孩子们也同样不喜欢。
its just/only a matter of time (before…)
早晚的事；只是时间问题used to say that sth will definitely happen, although you are not sure when
It's only a matter of time before they bring out their own version of the software.
他们推出自己的软件只是个时间问题。
(as) a matter of course
（作为）理所当然的事；（当作）常规(as) the usual and correct thing to do
We always check people's addresses as a matter of course.
我们总是照例检查一下人们的地址。
a matter of hours, minutes, etc.|a matter of inches, metres, etc.
只有几个小时、几分钟（或几英寸、几米等）之多；不多于…only a few hours, minutes, etc.
It was all over in a matter of minutes.
几分钟就全部结束了。
The bullet missed her by a matter of inches.
子弹几乎擦着她的身体飞过。
a matter of life and death
生死攸关的事；成败的关键used to describe a situation that is very important or serious
a matter of record
有案可查的事something that has been recorded as being true
no matter
没关系；不要紧；不重要used to say that sth is not important
no matter who, what, where, etc.
不论…；无论…；不管…used to say that sth is always true, whatever the situation is, or that sb should certainly do sth
They don't last long no matter how careful you are.
不管你如何小心，这些东西都维持不了很久。
Call me when you get there, no matter what the time is.
无论什么时间，你到了那儿就给我打电话。

英汉解释

n.
1.
事,事情,事件;事态,情形,情况
2.
物质;物体
3.
(议论,讨论等的)问题
4.
【哲】内容;(书籍,演说等的)内容,主旨;【逻】命题的本质
5.
材料,要素,成分
6.
重大事件,重要事故;麻烦,毛病
7.
原因,根据,理由
8.
物品,物件;邮件
9.
【印】原稿;排版;【医】脓
v.
1.
要紧,重要,有重大关系
2.
化脓,出脓

英英解释

n.
1.
something that you are discussing, considering, or dealing with
2.
used for talking about problems or bad situations
3.
a situation that someone is involved in
4.
a particular type of substance; the physical substance that everything in the world is made of; the yellow substance that a part of your body produces when it is infected
5.
used for emphasizing how short a period of time is
v.
1.
to be important

例句

I knew the words meant something, but I could only stare, bewildered. How could the meaning matter at this point?

我该知道这句话代表什么，但是我只是不知所措的看着他。为何要问这句话谁会在乎呢？

Smaller condensations of matter began to form within the gaseous cloud, slowly revolving around the Sun.

问题更小的condensations开始形成在气体云彩之内，慢慢地围绕太阳。

Independent music labels also will participate, said other people familiar with the matter.

据其他知情人士透露，一些独立唱片公司也将参与其中。

But anyone who thought that would be an end to the matter was mistaken.

但有谁以为该问题将就此告一段落就错了。

No matter how sick I felt, I always found a sense of tranquility during my Wyoming visits.

不管我多么消沉沮丧，只要来到怀俄明州，我总能找到内心的宁静。

He seemed to look upon the matter as settled.

他似乎认为事情已成了定局。

After ending toward the matter, in the his colleague heart still angrily gravamen, penitence cross-examined exactly.

朝事结束后，他的同事心中仍然愤愤不平，后悔没有追问到底。

At the end of a year the matter will be reviewed again by Friends of Freedom.

一年结束时，“自由之友”将重新评价这一问题。

The fact of the matter is that it is NOW when ALL IS COMING TO LIGHT that you are able to comprehend WHY you are here.

事实的真相是，当光明照耀一切的时候，就是“当下”，你能够更好的理解“你为何在此”。

In extreme situations, local authorities could suspend an employer's operations until the matter is addressed.

在一些极端情况下，地方当局可以暂停用人单位的运营，直至问题解决。

Don't care of the matter that has nothing with you.

别管与自己无关的事情。

Many of these invasive feelings are not our own, they are imposed on us by the colonizers; we have no choice in the matter.

这些具有扩散性的感觉并不是我们自己的，而是殖民者强加给我们的；在这个问题上我们没有选择。

what's the matter with you, why don't you answer?

你怎么回事，怎么不回答？

For a start, Iraq will still need military aid, no matter how much its government throws its weight around.

首先，无论伊政府多么盛气凌人，伊拉克仍将需要军事援助。

What do you think the matter is with that boy who the nurse is talking to ?

你说正跟护士说话的那个男孩有什么问题啊？

He looked uncomfortable, as if he didn't like the name Lillian. "As a matter of fact, I have a niece named Lila but we all call her Lily. "

他看起来很不爽，看来他不喜欢那个名字，“其实，我有个侄女叫里拉，可是我们都叫她莉莉。”

You'll never beat a team no matter how much effort you made.

一场比赛一个人再努力累死也赢不了一个团体。

Flood shook his ponderous, crimson head slowly from side to side to emphasize his conviction in the matter.

弗拉德先生左右摇晃着他那笨重、绯红的脑袋来强调自己对这事确定不疑。

Bigger felt that he was caught up in a vast but delicate machine whose wheels would whirl no matter what was pitted against them.

那人一再提到别格的名字，别格觉得自己卷入了一个巨大而精密的机器，它的轮子不管受任何阻挠都会照常运转。

It was just a matter of time before someone built a more effective scaffolding system.

构建更有效的搭建系统只是个时间早晚的问题。

Your mother has behaved dishonourably all through the matter.

你母亲在这件事情中的所作所为始终是不光彩的。

Now I was free from the spectacle of Mrs. Strickland's distress I could consider the matter more calmly.

现在我的眼睛已经看不到思特里克兰德太太一副痛苦不堪的样子，好象能够更冷静地考虑这件事了。

Martin was unconvinced, but let the matter drop.

马丁并不那么信服，但也不再提这件事了。

He puzzled over the matter some time, and finally decided that some witch had interfered and broken the charm.

他为这桩事情伤了一阵脑筋，最后断定是有一个妖巫来捣蛋，破了他的符咒。

He has said the last word on the matter.

他对于这一问题提出了决定性意见。

Just drop the matter if he doesn't agree to it. Don't force him.

他不同意就算了吧，不要勉强。

His daughter he had asserted her to be, and his daughter she should always think herself, no matter what hypocrisy it involved.

他既然肯定地说出了她是他的女儿，那就不管这里面包含有多少虚伪，也得叫她永远承认她是他的女儿吧。

They tried to explain, in all sorts of way, those properties of matter which had been discovered.

他们想出种种办法来解释被发现的物质特性。

At the end of a year the matter will be reviewed again by Friends of Freedom.

一年结束时，“自由之友”将重新评价这一问题。

Only if we understand them properly will we be able to get to the core of the matter.

只有对它们彻底通晓了，我们才能深入事物的核心。

When the railroad lands about Bonneville had been thrown open, there had been almost a rush in the matter of settlement.

当波恩维尔那一带铁路公司的土地开放时，人们简直一窝蜂似的争先恐后的来安家。

The matter is pressing [urgent] and must be dealt with at once.

事情很急，必须立即处理。

Such a matter would be unworthy of any inquiry and very unworthy of the consideration of the chaplain.

这样一件事不值得去研究，而且更不值得牧师会去考虑。

It's sad to see her moping about the house like this. What's the matter with her?

看见她在房里这样郁郁不乐地走来走去真是可怜。她出了什么事了？

Rear Admiral Spruance strolled in and asked what the matter was.

后面的斯普鲁思斯海军上将踱进来，问到底是怎么回事。

If the contract was not copied by evening Mr. Crosbie would hear of the matter.

要是今晚再不抄完合同，克罗斯比先生就要亲自过问此事。

He was silenced, till induced by her further smiles, to put the matter by for the present.

他沉默不语。后来，由于她继续对他笑脸相待，他才把这件事情暂时搁置一边。

First he told me he would put in for me to raffle, and did so, some small matter coming to his lot, he presented it to me.

开头他告诉我他要替我买一张彩票，他果然买了，得到一件小玩意儿，就送给了我。

The other is, when the matter of the point controverted is great, but it is driven to an overgreat subtility and obscurity.

还有一种就是所争之点是很重要的，然而争论到了后来趋于过于微秒或幽晦。

I suppose you have come in regard to the matter we were discussing this morning?

我想你是为了今天上午我们讨论的那件事情来的吧？

Maybe I can subrogate him to come down to take up the matter.

也许我可以替他不顾脸面地处理这事。

Then swiftly the matter became clear in his mind.

跟着他猛地恍然大悟啦。

Next, there was the matter of her clothes.

其次，还有她的服装问题。

He thought for a moment and then quickly dismissed the matter from his mind.

他思索了片刻后，便把这事抛到脑后去了。

While other people were turning over the matter, he leapt in with his proposal.

当别人还在再三考虑这件事时，他迅速提出自己的建议。

He looked at Joan out of the corners of his eyes and said: "what's the matter here? "

他从眼角扫了琼姑娘一眼，便问道：“这里出什么事了吗？”

The paragraph also summarizes for the reader what you understand to be the crux of the matter to be considered.

此段落也为收信人概括了你所了解的需要考虑的事情的要点。

He washed his hands of the matter.

他丢手不管了。

He always heaved up, what's the matter with him?

他总是呕吐，他得了什么病吗？

The politicians in Cairo realised that the matter had gone beyond one of personal rivalries or ambitions.

开罗的政界人士认识到，问题已超出个人争权夺利和个人野心的范围。

One of the people familiar with the matter said Mr. Lee is leaving to work on his own venture. Mr. Lee could not be reached for comment.

一位知情人士称，李开复是离职创业。记者目前无法联系到李开复置评。

A week later Ken and Mac met to discuss the matter.

那个长途电话一星期后，肯和马克两位老人见了一面，讨论这件事。

There is no need arguing with him about the matter.

没有必要就此事和他争论。

What's the matter with your pen? =What's wrong with your pen?

你的钢笔出了什么毛病了？

My master inquired what was the matter.

我的主人问他怎么回事。

No matter what trouble he gets into, he always seems to land on his feet.

不管他遭到了什么样的困难，他似乎总能顺利解决。

What's the matter? Your roommate told me that you had moved out.

你的室友对我说你搬出去了。怎么回事？

" The trouble, he said, is figuring out which of the company's myriad problems " really matter.

这些麻烦，他说，正在显现出哪些是公司的大多数问题的“真正重要的部分”。

There are a number of good books and tutorials published on the matter.

关于它们已经发布了许多好的书籍和教程。

There is another point in this vicious incident, I also hide the truth to the squad leader, there is no known of the matter.

还有一点，在这起恶性事件发生的时候，我还向班长隐瞒实情，没有将此事相告之。

A Cnooc spokesman said he was not familiar with the matter.

中海油一名发言人表示自己不了解情况。

It appeared to be only a matter of time before they were caught.

看来，抓住他们只不过是迟早的事。

It is also the stressful life of a dotted, though never, I did not feel the time desolate solemn and take the matter seriously.

那也是紧张生活的一种点缀吧，尽管从来，我也没有觉出那段时光的苍凉悲壮和郑重其事。

The Times said Obama would speak publicly about the matter in May with an eye toward possible legislation as early as the fall.

报导称奥巴马将于5月就此发表公开讲话，希望最早在秋季推出可能的立法。

Participation is often just a matter of formality or an "add-on" procedure.

分享时常是仅仅大约礼节或“数据片”程序。

Would-be road-builders must now consider appealing the matter to the Supreme Court.

想要建路的人现在就得考虑向最高法院提交申请。

A community meeting, where the matter is discussed, is appropriate.

恰当的做法是召开社区大会，讨论该问题。

Review the past for me, let us argue the matter together; state the case for your innocence.

你要提醒我，你我可以一同辩论；你可以将你的理陈明，自显为义。

Mrs. Stanley let on to Helen that Paul was responsible for the matter.

史坦利太太向海伦泄露保罗负责这件事。

Whether you're in an exotic foreign land, town or village, the Expo will definitely be familiar with the matter.

不管你身处异域他乡，还是乡村小镇，对于世博会这事一定不会陌生。

Clyde himself did not brood over the matter.

克莱德没把这件事放在心上。

It does not matter where we place the cross and where the dot; all that matters is the sequence of the factors.

把叉号放在哪儿，把圆点放在哪儿没有关系，有关系的只是各因子的次序。

So the matter rested. Within the family it was accepted that Ruth and Martin were engaged, but no announcement was made.

事情就这样搁下了。家庭内部承认罗丝和马丁订了婚，可并不对外宣布。

No matter how kind her mistress is, -no matter how much she loves her home, beg her not to go back, -for slavery always ends in misery.

不管她的主人心地多么好--不管她多么爱她的家乡，求她千万不要回去--因为奴隶的下场终归是悲惨的。

We are sure to come at the heart of the matter by your means, little old woman.

小老太太，凭你的本事，我们一定能达到目的。

The matter was one of fantastic complexity.

这一工作的复杂性简直难以想象。

She decided first to complete the matter which had taken her downstairs.

她决定先办理那件她曾为此下楼去的事情。

We've been arguing the matter out since it was brought up at the meeting yesterday.

这件事昨天提到会议上后，我们已经把它辩论出了个结果。

Bigger felt that he was caught up in a vast but delicate machine whose wheels would whirl no matter what was pitted against them.

那人一再提到别格的名字，别格觉得自己卷入了一个巨大而精密的机器，它的轮子不管受任何阻挠都会照常运转。

Before I could stir in the matter, the man who had followed me across the courtyard crowded in.

我还来不及动手干什么，那些跟着我穿过院子的人就冲了进来。

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