英语解释

matter

音标['mætә]

汉语翻译

n. 事件, 物质, 原因, 素材, 实体, 重要
vi. 有关系
【化】物质
【医】物质, 脓
相关词组:
no matter how...
no matter what...
no matter when...
no matter where...
no matter who...
no matter whether...
What matter if
a matter of opinion
There's nothing the matter with...
What's the matter with...?
a matter of
a matter of course
a matter of life and death
as a matter of fact
for that matter
no matter
in the matter of

词型变化

动词过去式:mattered 过去分词:mattered 现在分词:mattering 第三人称单数:matters

词意辨析

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，但要通过争论或讨论解决。
matter: 含义不很具体，暗示人们考虑和关心的事和话题。

英语解释

名词 matter:

that which has mass and occupies space
同义词：substance
a vaguely specified concern
同义词：affair, thing
some situation or event that is thought about
同义词：topic, subject, issue
a problem
(used with negation) having consequence
written works (especially in books or magazines)

动词 matter:

have weight; have import, carry weight
同义词：count, weigh

例句

It may be a matter of months before it's ready.
要准备好可能得数月时间。
I want to speak to her in the matter of my salary.
我想跟她谈谈我的薪水问题。
Is anything the matter?
有什么问题吗？
She reluctantly agreed to let the matter drop.
她勉强同意这事到此为止。
It doesn't matter to me what you do.
你做什么都跟我毫无关系。
What's the matter? Why are you crying?
怎么回事？你为什么哭？
It doesn't matter about the price.
价格没关系。
I don't talk with my boss about my private matters.
我不和我的老板谈私事。

详细解释

mat.ter

n.（名词）

Something that occupies space and can be perceived by one or more senses; a physical body, a physical substance, or the universe as a whole.
物质：占据一定空间并能被一种或多种感觉感知到的东西；实体、物质或整个宇宙
Physics Something that has mass and exists as a solid, liquid, or gas.
【物理学】 物体：有质量并以固态、液态或气态形式存在的东西
A specific type of substance:
物质的一种特定形式：
例句：
inorganic matter.
无机物

Discharge or waste, such as pus or feces, from a living organism.
排出物：从生命体排生物或废物，如脓、屎、尿等
Philosophy In Aristotelian and Scholastic use, that which is in itself undifferentiated and formless and which, as the subject of change and development, receives form and becomes substance and experience.
【哲学】 命题的本质，内容：亚里斯多德学派和学术派用法，他们认为物质自身是无显著特点的、无形的，但作为变化和发展的主体有其形式并成为实质和体验
Christian Science That which is postulated by the mortal mind, regarded as illusion and as the opposite of substance or God:
【基督教科学派】 幻觉意识：心里假想为真的或正确的东西，被认为是幻觉，有悖于物质和上帝：
例句：
.Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal.(Mary Baker Eddy)
.精神是真实的、永恒的；物质是不真实的、短暂的.(玛丽·贝克·艾迪)

The substance of thought or expression as opposed to the manner in which it is stated or conveyed.
思想的本质：与思维和表达的方式相悖的思想或表达的本质
A subject of concern, feeling, or action:
考量，事物：关心、感情或行为的承受者：
例句：
matters of foreign policy; a personal matter.See Synonyms at subject
外交政策的问题；私事参见 subject

Trouble or difficulty:
麻烦，困难：
例句：
What`s the matter with your carô
你的车出什么毛病了ô

An approximated quantity, amount, or extent:
近似量：大约的数量、总额或范围：
例句：
The construction will last a matter of years.
这项工程将会持续一年左右

Something printed or otherwise set down in writing:
印刷品，书写之物：
例句：
reading matter.
阅读材料

Something sent by mail.
邮件：邮寄的东西
Printing
【印刷术】
Composed type.
排版
Material to be set in type.
被编排的材料
v.intr.（不及物动词）
mat.tered,mat.ter.ing,mat.ters
To be of importance:
要紧，有关系：
例句：
.Love is most nearly itself/When here and now cease to matter.(T.S. Eliot)See Synonyms at count
.爱就是爱；从现在开始停止对它的任何评价吧.(T.S.艾略特)参见 count

<习惯用语>as a matter of fact
In fact; actually.
事实上；实际上
for that matter
So far as that is concerned; as for that.
就此而言，至于此
no matter
Regardless of:
不论：
例句：
.Yet there isn`t a train I wouldn`t take,/No matter where it`s going.(Edna St. Vincent Millay)
.可我会踏上任何一辆火车，不管它去哪里.(埃德娜·圣文森特·米莱)

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French matere
源自古法语 matere
from Latin m3teria * see m3ter-
源自拉丁语 m3teria *参见 m3ter-

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