英汉词典

matter 基本解释

• 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

matter 词态变化

matter 中文词源

来自拉丁语mater,母亲，词源同mother.引申词义来源，源头，问题的实质，事实，事情等。

matter 英文词源

matter

matter: [14] Matter comes via Anglo-Norman matere from Latin māteria ‘matter’. This was originally applied to the ‘hard inner wood of a tree’, and etymologically denoted the ‘matrix’ or ‘mother’ from which the tree’s new growth came (it was a derivative of Latin māter ‘mother’). The verbal use of matter dates from the late 16th century. Material originated as a derivative of Latin māteria.
=> material, mother

matter (n.)

c. 1200, materie, "subject of thought, speech, or expression," from Anglo-French matere, Old French matere "subject, theme, topic; substance, content, material; character, education" (12c., Modern French matière), from Latin materia "substance from which something is made," also "hard inner wood of a tree" (source also of Portuguese madeira "wood"), from mater "origin, source, mother" (see mother (n.1)). Or, on another theory, it represents *dmateria, from PIE root *dem-/*dom- (source of Latin domus "house," English timber). With sense development in Latin influenced by Greek hyle, of which it was the equivalent in philosophy.

Meaning "physical substance generally, matter, material" is early 14c.; that of "substance of which some specific object is made or consists of" is attested from late 14c. That of "piece of business, affair, activity, situation, circumstance" is from late 14c. From mid-14c. as "subject of a literary work, content of what is written, main theme." Also in Middle English as "cause, reasons, ground; essential character; field of investigation."

Matter of course "something expected" attested from 1739. For that matter attested from 1670s. What is the matter "what concerns (someone), the cause of the difficulty" is attested from mid-15c. To make no matter "be no difference to" also is mid-15c.

matter (v.)

"to be of importance or consequence," 1580s, from matter (n.). Related: Mattered; mattering.

matter 词组搭配

matter 英文释义

1. that which has mass and occupies space;

"an atom is the smallest indivisible unit of matter"

2. a vaguely specified concern;

"several matters to attend to"

"it is none of your affair"

"things are going well"

3. some situation or event that is thought about;

"he kept drifting off the topic"

"he had been thinking about the subject for several years"

"it is a matter for the police"

4. a problem;

"is anything the matter?"

5. (used with negation) having consequence;

"they were friends and it was no matter who won the games"

6. written works (especially in books or magazines);

"he always took some reading matter with him on the plane"

matter 同义词解析

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。

matter 双语例句

1. No matter where you go in life or how old you get, there's always something new to learn about. After all, life is full of surprises.

不管你生活在哪里，你有多少岁，总有新东西要学习，毕竟，生活总是充满惊喜。

来自金山词霸 每日一句

2. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

努力过，失败过，没关系，屡战屡败，屡败屡战，每一次失败都比上一次更好。

来自金山词霸 每日一句

3. "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。”

来自柯林斯例句

4. "I know you," he said flatly, matter-of-fact, neutral in tone.

“我认识你。”他平淡地说道，就事论事，不带任何感情。

来自柯林斯例句

5. Social progress is normally a matter of struggles and conflicts.

社会进步通常是斗争和冲突的结果。

来自柯林斯例句

matter 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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a rich variety of reading matter.

种类繁多的阅读材料

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。”

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

'Did I wake you?' — 'Yes, but it doesn't matter.'

“我把你吵醒了？”——“是的，不过没关系。”

柯林斯高阶英语词典

'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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