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  • Conjugation : past  mattered ; pp  mattered ; ing  mattering
  • Derivatives : adj  matterless
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

matter ['mætər]
  1. 1. noun [c] (affair,situation,problem) 事件
    Will you report the matter to the authorities?
    你会将该事件报告当局吗?
  2. 2. noun [u] [物] 物质
    An atom is the smallest indivisible particle of matter.
    原子是最小的不可分的物质微粒
  3. 3. noun [u] waste/vegetable matter 废物/植物
  4. 4. vi. (be important) 要紧
    Your happiness is the only thing that matters.
    你的幸福惟一要紧的事。
  5. 5. n pl matters 事态
    It is hard to see how this would improve matters.
    很难看出这会对事态怎样改善
    what's the matter (with...)?
    (…)怎么了?
    in a matter of days/weeks
    仅几天/几周
    as a matter of urgency {or} priority
    作为紧急{或}优先考虑事情
    no matter what
    不管发生什么
    another {or} a different matter
    一回事
    it is only a matter of time
    仅仅时间问题
    as a matter of course
    理所当然的事
    as a matter of fact
    事实上
    for that matter
    而且
    no matter how/what/who
    不管怎样/无论什么/无论谁
    it doesn't matter
    没关系

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

matter [ˈmætər]
  1. 1. noun [Philosophy] 物质存在
  2. 2. n.[c] 事情事务
    He has reported the matter to the police.
    他已将此事警察汇报了。
    The truth of the matter probably lies somewhere in between.
    事情真相可能藏在哪里
  3. 3. n.[u] 主题话题题材
    Behrens's book pays no attention to politics or to public matters.
    贝伦斯的书籍关注政治公共话题
    Dudek was surprised at the request; it was not a course designed to deal with such matters.
    杜德克对于这个请求非常诧异这个请求不是处理这种问题方法
    It is a matter for the police.
    这是警察的事。
  4. 4. n.[u] 物质物体实体
    In Physics you will study the properties and interactions of matter and energy.
    物理学中,你将会学到物体各种属性相互反应
    Physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it.
    物理学家同时研究物质的本质以及支配它们的外力
  5. 5. n.[c] [Singular] 麻烦难题
    What's the matter with you?
    怎么了?
    Finding a character that is true in every moment is quite another matter.
    要找一个每时每刻都表里如一的人,是另外一个难题
    Is anything the matter?
    什么事了吗?
  6. 6. n.[u] 要紧重要
    Taking a loan is not a trivial matter.
    贷款不是一件微不足道事情
    They were friends and it was no matter who won the games.
    他们朋友,游戏中谁胜谁负无伤大雅
  7. 7. n.[u] 文字材料
    Still, given his choice of reading matter, he was happy to have a classic book to read.
    如果让他选择阅读材料,他还是非常高兴地选一本经典著作
    He always took some reading matter with him on the plane.
    乘飞机总是随身带几本读物
  8. 8. n.[u] 身体排出物;脓
  9. 9. n.[c] [Singular] 左右多少
    Whether people like or dislike what they see is a matter of attitudes.
    人们是否喜欢他们所见到的一切,是一个态度问题
  10. 10. n.[u] 邮件
  11. 11. n.[c] 材料原料
    Plants creating plenty of organic matter do most to improve the soil structure.
    植物生产大量有机物大大改善土壤的结构
  12. 12. vi. 要紧重要,有关系
    Quality of practice, rather than quantity, is what really matters.
    练习真正关键质量不是数量
    It does not matter much.
    这事不很重要

Collins English-English Dictionary

matter ['mætə]
  1. 1. n that which makes up something, esp a physical object; material
  2. 2. n substance that occupies space and has mass, as distinguished from substance that is mental, spiritual, etc
  3. 3. n substance of a specified type
    vegetable matter
    reading matter
  4. 4. n [sometimes foll by of or for] thing; affair; concern; question
    a matter of taste
    several matters to attend to
    no laughing matter
  5. 5. n a quantity or amount
    a matter of a few pence
  6. 6. n the content of written or verbal material as distinct from its style or form
  7. 7. n [used with a negative] importance; consequence
  8. 8. n [Philosophy] (in the writings of Aristotle and the Scholastics) that which is itself formless but can receive form and become substance
  9. 9. n [Philosophy] (in the Cartesian tradition) one of two basic modes of existence, the other being mind: matter being extended in space as well as time
  10. 10. n [printing] type set up, either standing or for use
  11. 11. n copy to be set in type
  12. 12. n a secretion or discharge, such as pus
  13. 13. n [law] something to be proved
  14. 14. n statements or allegations to be considered by a court
  15. 15. n See grey matter
  16. 16. vi. [intr] to be of consequence or importance
  17. 17. vi. to form and discharge pus
  18. 18. vi. [Etymology] C13 (n), C16 (vb): from Latin materia cause, substance, esp wood, or a substance that produces something else; related to mater mother

Examples

to take a broad view of a matter
观察事物目光远大
to argue a matter pro and Con
从正反两方面争论某一问题
Consult your own wishes in the matter.
在这件事上要考虑一下你自己的愿望。
the general classifications of matter
物质的总分类
to see someone's hand in a matter
看到某人对某一问题的作用
inert matter in a fertilizer
肥料中的惰性物质

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