matter

【发音】
美 /'mætɚ/ 英 /'mætə(r)/
【翻译】
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v.重要;要紧
英释:to be important, especially to be important to you, or to have an effect on what happens
【短语】
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no matter : 不论怎样;不要紧
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a matter of : 大约;…的问题
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no matter how : 不管怎样
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no matter what : 不管什么,无论什么
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organic matter : 有机质;有机物;有机物质
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subject matter : 主题;主旨
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doesn't matter : 无所谓;无关紧要
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matter of fact : n. 事实
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no matter where : 无论哪里
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for that matter : 就此而言;至于那个;说到那一点
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dry matter : 干物质,固形物
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no matter what happens : 无论发生什么事;无论出现什么情况
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no matter who : conj. 不管是谁
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on the matter : 在这件事情上;对这个问题
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no matter whether : conj. 无论(不管是)
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a matter of time : 只是时间问题;某事肯定发生只是时间问题而已
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in the matter of : 就…而论,在…方面
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in a matter of : 左右;大约只不过在…之内
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no matter which : 无论哪一个
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dark matter : 暗物质
【例句】
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If I have to stay late at work tonight, it won’t matter because we can go out another night.
如果今晚我必须工作到很晚的话,那也没关系,我们可以改天晚上再出去。
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Does it matter what I think?
我怎么想重要吗?
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Do you think it matters that the cups and saucers don’t match?
你觉得茶杯与杯托不相配要紧吗?
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campaigning on issues that really matter
以重大问题为竞选议题
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Money was the only thing that mattered to him.
对他来说,钱是唯一重要的东西。
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I don’t care what it looks like – what matters is that it works.
我不在乎外观——要紧的是它要管用。
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At last she was with the man she loved and nothing else mattered .
最终她和她所爱的男人在一起了,其他都无关紧要。
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She said very little during the meal. Not that it mattered (= it was not important ) .
她吃饭时话很少,那倒无所谓。
【同、近义词】
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n.[物]物质;原因;事件
substance/event/consideration/circumstance/occurrence/scene/
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vi.有关系;要紧
to be related/make a difference/
【同根词】
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adj
matrimonial : 婚姻的;与婚姻有关的;根据结婚的惯例的