matter

高中CET4CET6

英[ˈmætə(r)]
美[ˈmætər]

基本释义

n.
事情; 事态; 关乎…的问题; 材料; 物质
v.
要紧; 有关系

词性变化

实用例句

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。

真题例句

You feel the same emotions – it is just as raw, just as fresh… You can't turn off that stream of memories, no matter how hard you try.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Often the best ideas for big changes come from unexpected places—it's just a matter of tuning in.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

With Facebook she could stay connected with her family no matter how far away they were.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

We didn’t have much money, but it didn’t matter.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

What matters, she added, is a combination of what people bring in with them, and what they find there.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

What mattered most was the residents' physical health and mental status.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

I am about to make things more complicated by suggesting that what kind of facility an older person lives in may matter less than we have assumed.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

College graduates, for example, are particularly interested in driverless cars compared with those who have less education: 59 percent of college graduates said they would like to use a driverless car compared with 38 percent of those with a high-school diploma or lessWhere a person lives matters, toIt will not necessarily reduce road accidents.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

But both studies show that long life isn't just a matter of your physical health but of your mental health.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

As a matter of fact, consumers expressed higher satisfaction with the one-star facilities, the lowest rated, than with the five-star ones.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Was it because of the growing attraction of the Internet, video games and endless TV channels? Never disconnecting from work? No matter how it happened, millions of Americans are putting their health, quality of life and even length of life in danger.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

Whether such taxes work is a matter of debate.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

No matter how the math works out, you persistently view restaurants with voluntary tipping systems as being a better value, which makes it extremely difficult for restaurants and bars to do away with the tipping system.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

It is but a matter of personal taste.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

It is a thing of no great difficulty, according to Plutarch, to raise objections against another man's speech, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Isn't it a bit weird that spending it should happen in half a blink of an eye? Doesn't a wallet—that time-honoured Friday-night feeling of pleasing, promising fatness—represent something that matters? But I'll leave the economics to the experts.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

For the consumer, it's a matter of paying now for the hardware to save later on the utilities.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

But it actually shouldn't matter to you nearly as much as you think.

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

That's because job growth numbers don't matter to job hunters as much as job turnover (人员更替) data

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

There may be some matters of life and death or highest principle, which might justify such a risk, but there aren't many things that fall in this category.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

Integrity matters in that all social activities rely on people's honesty and good faith

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

The author suggests at the end of the passage that couples should discuss money matters to maintain a healthy relationship.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

discuss money matters to maintain a healthy relationship

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

avoid arguing about money matters to remain romantic

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

Wild places need encouraging for this reason, no matter how small their contribution.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

Bishop describes the problem as simply a matter of priorities, which can be solved by encouraging people to prioritize other life goals and plans in place of time spent online.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

It doesn't matter when or how much a person sleeps.

出自-2014年6月听力原文

He is tied up in family matters.

出自-2012年12月听力原文

Although no form of matter yet discovered moves as fast as or faster than light, scientific experiments have already confirmed that accelerated motion causes a traveler's time to be stretched.

出自-2011年6月听力原文

A search is now under way to confirm the suspected existence of particles of matter that move at a speed greater than light, and therefore, might serve as our passports to the past

出自-2011年6月听力原文

Wow, with the museums and restaurants in Washington, I'd be happy here no matter what the temperature.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

No matter what the content of the message, its real point is, "I want you to know that I care about you

出自-2010年12月听力原文

"It is a thing of no great difficulty," according to Plutarch," to raise objections against another man's speech, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome."

2015年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

A review of 54 studies found that there is no consensus yet on what type of breakfast is healthier, and conclude that the type of breakfast doesn't matter as much as simply eating something.

2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

And no matter how tiny it is, it's still good news.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

As I sat blocked and clueless for two solid days, I momentarily wondered if I couldn't just call an expert on the subject matter which I was tackling, or someone who took the class previously, to get me going.

2017年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Getting around a city is one thing — and then there's the matter of getting from one city to another.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

I will give you a call that morning no matter what.

2019年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

In an effort to understand the matter further, I spoke with doctors Mark Beckhoff a researcher and former professor of animal behavior.

2019年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

No matter how many different remedies I tried, I still couldn't get rid of the cough.

2018年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A

Then, within a matter of weeks, it was completely gone!

2018年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A

We didn't have much money, but it didn't matter.

2017年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

We have no choice in the matter.

2016年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

When I asked his opinion on this matter, he responded, ui like in-class exams because the time is already reserved, as opposed to using my free time at home to work on a test.

2017年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

While 53% believe men will continue to hold more top executive positions in business in die future, 44% say it's only a matter of time before as many women are in top executive positions as men.

2019年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

with Facebook she could stay connected with her family no matter how far away they were.

2017年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

Can you tell us how you first became interested in this subject matter? Wh e n f a c i n g a n e w situation, some people tend to rehearse their defeat by spending too much time anticipating the worst.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

Today's teenagers admire their parents and welcome parental guidance about important matters such as career choice—though certainly not Mom and Dad's advice on matters of personal taste, such as music or fashion.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Teenagers of today often turn to their parents for advice on such important matters as career choice.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Interviews with students find many of them are only concerned about personal matters.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

But as the working classes prospered and the servant shortage set in, housekeeping became a matter of interest to the educated classes.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

The ROWE participants were allowed to freely determine when, where and how they worked – the only thing that mattered was that they got the job done.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

One reason any campaign wants a popular celebrity spokesperson is because kids are attracted to them no matter what they are doing.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

To make matters worse, these schools are ill-equipped to graduate these students— young adults who face specific challenges and obstacles.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

No matter how hard you try, you can't turn something that large on a dime ,or even a few thousand dimes.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

But it actually shouldn’t matter to you nearly as much as you think.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

L) The college admission essay contains the grandest American themes―status anxiety, parental piety (孝顺), intellectual standards—and so it is only a matter of time before it becomes infected by the country's culture of excessive concern with self-esteem.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

But, Kapur notes, none of us like to fail, no matter how often Silicon Valley entrepreneurs praise the beneficial effects of an idea that fails or a start-up company that crashes and burns

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

That should be a matter of concern in a presidential election year.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

None of this is a matter of asceticism(苦行主义); it is just pure selfishness.

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

Graduating them is another matter.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

But schools rarely dig down to find out what really makes an applicant succeed, to create a class which also contains diversity of attitude and approach – arguably the only diversity that, in a business context, really matters.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

But it is not a simple matter of offering financial incentives or providing more child care.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

Because America's population will still be growing when that of most other developed countries is shrinking, America will be the only developed country that still matters geopolitically (地缘政治上).

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

Less concern with money matters.

出自-2014年6月听力原文

And although she didn't have many symptoms, she knew it was just a matter of time.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

Report the matter to their boss

出自-2013年12月听力原文

With no known vaccination or cure available, it seems only a matter of time until another epidemic erupts.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

A finding that was a bit surprising is that to consumers, the inner parts of high-tech devices do apparently matter.

2015年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

Because there was slightly more matter, the collisions quickly depleted all the anti-matter and left just enough matter to create stars, planets, and eventually us.

2018年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

But a recent study seems to point to the fact that when matter and anti-matter were first created, there were slightly more particles of matter, which allowed the universe we all live in to form?

2018年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

But it actually shouldn't matter to you nearly as much as you think.

2015年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

But rainfall can revive them in a matter of hours.

2018年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Can you tell us how you first became interested in this subject matter?

2017年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

Even the self identified auditory learners, their preference didn't seem to matter.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

External conditions also matter in terms of when and how often we lie.

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

It is clear now that it's a matter of time before the entire European coastline disappears under water.

2017年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

Matter and the now more exotic anti-matter would have had little space to avoid each other.

2018年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

No matter how hard you try, you can't turn something that large on a dime, or even a few thousand dimes.

2015年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Sometimes a young child may get overexcited and be a little too rough, but it's never a serious matter.

2018年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

Successful people tend to be successful no matter where they go to school.

2018年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

That's because job growth numbers don't matter to job hunters as much as job turnover data.

2015年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

That's because matter and anti- matter are basically opposites of each other.

2018年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

They found that students with more potential earned more as adults, and the reverse held true as well, no matter where they went to school.

2018年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

Too many people in this country, including some among our elected leadership, still do not understand how science works or why robust, long-range investments in research vitally matter.

2016年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

Whether they should bet on the traditional players who run those stores now is another matter.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

As a matter of fact, I'm feeling a bit cold.

2016年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

As a matter of fact, we can see this principle at work in people of all ages.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 完形填空 原文

But no matter how rich they were, Dawson was never comfortable.

2018年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

By helping them develop classic skills that will serve them well no matter what the future holds.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Conclusion· Small talk really matters a lot to us.

2015年高考英语安徽卷 任务型读写 原文

Delayed reward may be expected from news of public affairs, economic matters, social problems, science, education, and health.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

Dreaming about whether you would want to read minds, see through walls, or have superhuman strength may sound silly, but it actually gets to the heart of what really matters in your life.

2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Each person, no matter who they are, has psychological imbalances.

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

He assists her in cooking matters.

2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

However, if others benefit in the process, and I get some reward too, does it really matter where my motivation lies?

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

If someone knocks and it's not an important matter.

2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

It matters as much as a formal talk.

2018年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

It provides a dozen definitions of a key term for us to find the heart/core of the matter.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

It would not matter if these misjudgments were just a matter of people's opinions.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

It's our experience of the garden that matters.

2016年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 选项

It's our experience of the garden that matters―how being in those gardens made us feel.

2016年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

We would talk about the news of the day; no matter how insignificant, it was never taken lightly.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Next time you take a walk, no matter where it is, take in all the sights, sounds and sensations.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

No matter how attractive they look in the store, once I get them home they're unfailingly dry, hard, and tasteless.

2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

No matter how boring it is now, education will help you be a productive member in society.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(10月) 阅读理解 七选五 原文

No matter what you like to do, there is a way to get involved in various activities on earth day.

2019年高考英语北京卷 语法填空 原文

No matter where you are on the risk-seeking range, scientists say that your willingness to take risks increases during your teenage years.

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

One should always be full of passion in his life no matter how old he is.

2015年高考英语天津卷 答案 选项

Participants indicated the degree to which the social role mattered by responding to statements such as "volunteering in hospital is an important part of who I am".

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

So Alia took matters into her own hands.

2017年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 完形填空 原文

Stick to your set bedtime and wake-up time, no matter the day.

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 七选五 原文

The study shows mothers matter all year long and not just on mother's day.

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

There's also the matter of the fridge.

2017年高考英语浙江卷(11月) 听力 原文

They discussed various matters all over the world.

2017年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 完形填空 原文

To make matters worse, Moth was diagnosed with a serious disease.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 完形填空 原文

Your major does not matter as much in your first of college.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 阅读理解 七选五 原文

We have no land ethic yet, but we have at least drawn nearer the point of admitting that birds should continue as a matter of intrinsic right,regardless of the presence or absence of economic advantage to us.

出自-2010年考研翻译原文

There is no gap between mind and matter.

出自-2011年考研翻译原文

Because most of us believe that mind is separate from matter, we think that thoughts can be hidden and made powerless; this allows us to think one way and act another.

出自-2011年考研翻译原文

But on the more important matter of the Constitution,the decision was an 8-0 defeat for the federal government and the states.

出自-2013年考研阅读原文

Americans, she finds, buy roughly 20 billion garments a year – about 64 items per person – and no matter how much they give away, this excess leads to waste.

出自-2013年考研阅读原文

“The Heart of the Matter,” the just-released report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , deserves praise for affirming the importance of the humanities and social sciences to the prosperity and security of liberal democracy in America.

出自-2014年考研阅读原文

Unfortunately, despite years in the making, “The Heart of the Matter” never gets to the heart of the matter: the illiberal nature of liberal education at our leading colleges and universities.

出自-2014年考研阅读原文

The words that have mattered are efficiency, flexibility, shareholder value, business–friendly, wealth generation, sales, impact and, in newspapers, circulation.

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

Mental health allows us to view others with sympathy if they are having troubles ,with kindness if they are in pain,and with unconditional love no matter who they are.

出自-2016年考研翻译原文

No matter how formal or informal the work environment, the way you present yourself has an impact.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

Exactly when that day will be is a matter of debate.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

It measures things that do not matter and misses things that do.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

What matters is that they will belong to a private monopoly which developed them using public resources.

出自-2018年考研阅读原文

"The Heart of the Matter," the just-released report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, deserves praise for affirming the importance of the humanities and social sciences to the prosperity and security of liberal democracy in America.

2014年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

After all, four decades of evidence has now shown that corporations in Europe as well as the US are evading the meritocratic hiring and promotion of women to top position—no matter how much "soft pressure" is put upon them.

2013年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Americans, she finds, buy roughly 20 billion garments a year-about 64 items per person一and no matter how much they give away, this excess leads to waste.

2013年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

But on the more important matter of the Constitution,the decision was an 8-0 defeat for the Administration's effort to upset the balance of power between the federal government and the states.

2013年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Children were not colour-coded at all until the early 20th century: in the era before domestic washing machines all babies wore white as a practical matter, since the only way of getting clothes clean was to boil them.

2012年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

It did not matter what was done in the experiment; so long as something was changed, productivity rose.

2010年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

No matter how isolated you might feel and how serious the situation is, you should always remember that you are not alone.

2015年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Obesity is probably less a matter of weight than body fat.

2014年考研真题(英语二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

The homework rules should be put on hold while the school board, which is responsible for setting educational policy, looks into the matter and conducts public hearings.

2012年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Those things might be social, sporting, creative or completely random -It doesn't matter, so long as they're enjoyable, and not likely to have negative side effects, such as drinking too much alcohol or going on a wild spending spree if you're on a tight

2016年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Unfortunately, despite 2.5 years in the making, "The Heart of the Matter" never gets to the heart of the matter: the illiberal nature of liberal education at our leading colleges and universities.

2014年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Whether the separation distances involved would satisfy air-traffic-control regulations is another matter although a working group at the International civil Aviation Organisation has included the possibility of formation flying in a blueprint for new ope

2010年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Younger children should feel like they're choosing their home—without actually getting a choice in the matter, said Adam Bailey, a real estate attorney based in New York.

2019年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun
  • 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"

Verb
  • 1. have weight; have import, carry weight;

    "It does not matter much"

同义词辨析

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。

同义词

n.事情;事件;活动

activityconcernaffairbusiness

反义词

n.物质;事情;情势

mindspirit

其他释义

mindspirit

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