matter

英式音标：matter怎么读

美式音标：matter怎么读

词汇归类： CET4,TEM4,考研,CET6,高频词,基本词汇

近义词： activity,concern,affair,business

反义词： mind,spirit

matter词义

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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

词态变化

复数: matters;第三人称单数: matters;过去式: mattered;过去分词: mattered;现在分词: mattering;

中文词源

matter 问题，事情，事实

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双语例句

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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。

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。

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。”

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。

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。

matter英文词源

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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实用场景例句

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It was clear that she wanted to discuss some private matter...: 很明显，她想谈些私事。

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。

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。

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。

History is always a matter of interpretation...: 历史总是一种阐释角度的问题。

Observance of the law is a matter of principle for us...: 守法是我们的一个原则问题。

...the Government's plans to levy VAT on printed matter.: 政府对印刷品征收增值税的计划

...a rich variety of reading matter.: 种类繁多的阅读材料

A proton is an elementary particle of matter.: 质子是物质的基本粒子。

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。

They feed mostly on decaying vegetable matter.: 它们大多以腐烂的蔬菜为食。

...waste matter from industries.: 工业废料

Carole, what's the matter? You don't seem happy...: 卡萝尔，出什么事了？你好像不开心。

What's the matter with your office?...: 你们部门出什么事了吗？

Within a matter of days she was back at work...: 仅仅几天后，她又回去上班了。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

'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。”

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。

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。

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。

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。

'Did I wake you?' — 'Yes, but it doesn't matter.': “我把你吵醒了？”——“是的，不过没关系。”

'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。”

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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