| 单词 | matter¹ |
| 释义 | mat·ter¹ /`mætə; ˈmætə/n 1. [c] a subject or situation that you have to think about or deal with, often one that causes problems 事情; 问题:◇several important matters were discussed. 几个重要的问题得到讨论。◇he's busy with family matters. 他忙于家事。◇make matters worse (=make a bad situation even more serious) 使不好的情况更糟 2. what's the matter? especially spoken used to ask or talk about why someone is upset, angry etc 【尤口】怎么了？［用于询问某人沮丧、生气等的原因］:◇+ with what's the matter with ellie? 埃利怎么了？ 3. there's something/nothing the matter with spoken used to say that there is or is not a problem with something 【口】 ［某物］有问题/没问题:◇there's something the matter with the computer. 电脑出了毛病。◇what's the matter with the phone? (=why is it not working normally?) 电话出了什么毛病？ 4. as a matter of fact spoken used when you are giving a surprising or unexpected answer to a question or statement 【口】 实际上，事实上［用于给出令人吃惊或意外的回答］:◇"do you know liz?" "yes, as a matter of fact we're cousins." “你认识利兹吗？”“认识，其实我们是表姐妹。” 5. no matter how/where/what etc spoken used to say that something remains the same whatever happens, or in spite of someone's efforts to change it 【口】 不管怎样/哪里/什么等［用于表示不管发生什么事或某人怎么努力改变某事物，它仍保持原状］:◇no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get the door open. 不管多么用力，她都打不开门。 6. [u] a) technical the material that everything in the universe is made of 【术语】 ［构成宇宙万物的］物质 b) formal physical material of a particular kind 【正式】 材料; 物质:◇waste matter 废料◇vegetable matter 植物性物质 7. be a matter of practice/luck etc to involve practice, luck etc 工多艺熟/是运气问题等:◇learning to drive is a matter of using your common sense. 学驾驶涉及常识的运用。 8. a matter of seconds/days/inches etc only a few seconds, days etc 只有几秒/几天/几英寸等:◇we'll be in singapore in a matter of hours. 我们几小时后就会到新加坡。 9. it's only/just a matter of time used in order to say that something will definitely happen even though you cannot say exactly when 只是时间问题［用于表示某事早晚会发生］:◇it's only a matter of time before a child is killed on that road. 有孩子在那条路上丧生只是时间问题。 10. be a matter of opinion used to say that people have different opinions about something 是见仁见智的问题 11. a matter of life and death a very dangerous or serious situation 是生死攸关的问题 12. for that matter when what you have said about one thing is also true about another 对…同样如此:◇i don't like him, or his sister for that matter! 我不喜欢他，也不喜欢他的妹妹！ 13. as a matter of course/routine used to say that someone, especially in a company or official organization, does something because that is what is normally done in that situation 是理所当然的事 |
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