mattermat•ter /'mætəʳ/

n

1. C 事情；问题

• Never talk about private matters at office hours. 上班时间不要说私事。

• the matter under discussion 正在讨论的问题

• a matter of importance 重要的事

• a matter of life and death 生死攸关的问题

2. 用作单 麻烦事，毛病；障碍

• What's the matter (with you)？ (你)怎么啦？

• Something is the matter with the computer. 这台计算机好像有点毛病。

3. U (与精神相对的)物质

• The universe is composed of matter. 宇宙是物质组成的。

4. U (思想、讲话等的)内容，主题

• subject matter 主题

5. U 物品；资料；材料

• postal matter 邮件

• reading matter 读物

6. [～s] 事态；情势

• The last bus had gone, and to make matters worse, I didn't have enough money to take a taxi. 末班车已经开走了，更糟的是我的钱不够乘出租车。

• He decided to take matters into his own hands and offer a reward for the murderer. 他决定靠自己，悬赏捉拿凶手。

7. U 【医】 脓；身体排泄物

词组as a matter of fact 见fact for that matter 就那件事而言

• I don't know what he is doing, and for that matter, I don't want to know. 我不知道他在干什么，而且也不想知道。

• She likes going windowshopping. So am I, for that matter. 她喜欢逛街，我也是。

in the matter of sth. 关于

• I'm going to disscuss with him in the matter of our plan. 我要和他讨论一下我们的计划。

let the matter drop(或rest) 不再提起(或不再改变)某事

• She reluctantly agreed to let the matter drop. 她勉强同意这事到此为止。

no laughing matter 正经事，非同儿戏 no matter 没关系，不要紧

• “She's not in.” “No matter; I'll call later.” “她不在。”“没关系，我过会儿再打。”

no matter (how, who, where, when, what, etc) 无论，不管

• I'll find him no matter where he is. 无论他在哪儿我都能找到他。

• No matter how hard we work, we cannot finish it on time. 不管我们怎么努力都不能按时完成了。