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mat.ter[`mætɚ; ˈmætə]《源自拉丁文“木材”的意思》名词1 (U)a. (与精神相对的) 物质, 物体 (→ substance【同义字】)M~ can exist as a solid, liquid, or gas.物体存在的形态有固体, 液体, 气体b. …质, …素, …体organic [inorganic] ~有机 [无机] 物 (质)coloring ~色素solid ~固体2 (U) (有别于形式, 论文、书籍等的) 内容, 本体→ subject matterHis speech contained very little ~.他的演讲没有什么内容3 (C)a. 问题; 事情[of]a ~ of life and death生死攸关的问题a ~ of the greatest importance非常重要的问题a ~ of opinion颇有争议的问题the ~ in dispute [question]争论中的问题the ~ in hand当前的问题He is careless about money ~s.他对金钱方面的事情漫不经心b. (引起某种感情的) 事 [for, of]It is a ~ for [of] regret.那是令人遗憾的事It is no laughing ~.那不是开玩笑的事a hanging ~ → hanging adj. 1.c. [常 ~s]事态, 事物take ~s easy [seriously]把问题看得轻松 [严重]So ~s went from bad to worse with him.所以对他来说, 事态愈来愈严重to make ~s worse把事情弄得更糟let the ~ drop [rest]此事暂且不谈, 到此为止不必多谈as ~s stand=as the ~ stands照目前状况4 [the ~]困扰的事, 麻烦的事[with]What's the ~ (with you)?.你怎么了? 你发生了什么事? 你有何困难?Nothing is the ~ (with me). (我) 没什么事Is there anything the ~ with her?.她怎么了?5(U)重要的事an event of little ~不很重要的事情It is [makes] no ~ whether he comes or not.他来不来都无关紧要" She's not here." -" No ~." .“她不在”“没关系”6(U)[集合称] (印刷 [出版、邮寄] ) 物, 品printed ~印刷品postal ~邮件first-class ~第一类邮件→ reading matter.7(U) (肿疮、伤口等的) 脓8(U)‘印刷’ (排成的) 版, 原稿■ a matter of﹍(1) → 3a(2) 大约…, 顶多… (about)I paid a ~ of ten dollars.我大约付了十美元(as) a matter of course当然之事Freedom of speech is taken as a ~ of course.言论自由被视为理所当然之事as a matter of fact实际上As a ~ of fact, he was pretending to be ill.实际上他是在装病for that matter =(罕)for the matter of that关于那件事, 说到那件事, 进一步说With Philippine Airlines you can go to Manila, or for that ~, to Singapore.搭菲航可到马尼拉, 噢, 说起来, 你甚至可以搭到新加坡in the matter of﹍ 关于… (as regards)He was very strict in the ~ of money.他对于有关金钱的事很仔细 (一丝不茍)no matter what [which, who, where, when, why, how]﹍无论什么 [哪一个, 什么人, 什么地方, 什么时候, 为什么, 怎么样]No ~ what he says, don't go.无论他怎么说, 都别去You'll never succeed, no ~ how hard you (may) try.无论你怎么努力, 你都不会成功的not mince matters坦率地说, 直言不讳地说, 毫不顾忌地说不及物动词1 有问题, 关系重要What does it ~?.那有什么关系呢?It doesn't ~ a bit if we are late.如果我们迟到, 一点也没有关系It doesn't ~ how you do it.你怎么做都没关系2 (罕)化脓 |