matter
- n. 物质;原因;事件
- vi. 有关系;要紧
- n. (Matter)人名;(英、法)马特;(西)马特尔
实用场景例句
- It was clear that she wanted to discuss some private matter...
- 很明显,她想谈些私事。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- History is always a matter of interpretation...
- 历史总是一种阐释角度的问题。
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- Observance of the law is a matter of principle for us...
- 守法是我们的一个原则问题。
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- ...the Government's plans to levy VAT on printed matter.
- 政府对印刷品征收增值税的计划
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- ...a rich variety of reading matter.
- 种类繁多的阅读材料
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- A proton is an elementary particle of matter.
- 质子是物质的基本粒子。
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- 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。
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- They feed mostly on decaying vegetable matter.
- 它们大多以腐烂的蔬菜为食。
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- ...waste matter from industries.
- 工业废料
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- Carole, what's the matter? You don't seem happy...
- 卡萝尔,出什么事了?你好像不开心。
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- What's the matter with your office?...
- 你们部门出什么事了吗?
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- Within a matter of days she was back at work...
- 仅仅几天后,她又回去上班了。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- Your doctor and health visitor can help a great deal and you need to talk about it with them as a matter of urgency.
- 你的医生和家访护士会帮很大的忙。你应该和他们谈一谈,这是当务之急。
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- Choosing the colour for the drawing-room walls was no easy matter.
- 选择客厅墙壁的颜色绝非易事。
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- 'He's moving in here,' Maria said. 'So that's the end of the matter.'
- “他就要搬来住了,”玛丽亚说,“那么就这么定了。”
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- 'Did I wake you?' — 'Yes, but it doesn't matter.'
- “我把你吵醒了?”——“是的,不过没关系。”
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- '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。”
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Their behaviour is an offence. It's no laughing matter.
- 他们这么做是犯罪,这可不是开玩笑的。
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同义词辨析
affair, business, matter, concern, thing
这些名词均含"事情"之意。
affair:含义较广,侧重指已发生或必须去做的任何事情或事务。复数形式多指重大或较复杂的事务。
business:通常指较重要或较难而又必须承担的事情,也可指商事。
matter:普通用词,着重指一件考虑中的或需要处理的事。
concern:往往强调与个人或团体利害有直接或重大关系的事。
thing:用作"事情"解时,词义较笼统、含糊,多用于指不很具体的事。
material, matter, substance, stuff
这些名词均含"物质,东西"之意。
material: 通常指组成客观存在物的部分或其原料。
matter: 通常指构成实物的物质,与精神相对立。在科学上,指占有空间,并能以某种方式被感官觉察的一切东西。
substance: 多指某一种形式的物质,既可指元素也可指化合物。
stuff: 多用于日常生活中,非正式用词。常指构成整体的所有部分、物体或项目。有时指劣等材料,含轻蔑意味。
problem, question, issue, matter
这些名词均含"问题"之意。
problem: 指客观上存在的、难以处理或难以理解的问题。
question: 通常指用口头或书面提出来要求回答或有待讨论解决的问题。
issue: 多指意见能达到一致的问题,着重争论或讨论中的问题。
matter: 含义不很具体,暗示人们考虑和关心的事和话题。