matter
- n.问题；事情；材料；事态
- v.要紧；事关紧要；有重大影响
- 网络物质；事件；有关系
复数：matters 现在分词：mattering 过去式：mattered
mattermatter
课题；情况subject/situation
1.[c]课题；事情；问题a subject or situation that you must consider or deal with
2.[pl]事态；当前的状况the present situation, or the situation that you are talking about
问题problem
3.[sing]（用于询问某人的情况）used (to ask) if sb is upset, unhappy, etc. or if there is a problem
关于…的问题a matter of sth/of doing sth
4.[sing]关乎…的事情a situation that involves sth or depends on sth
物质substance
5.[u]（统称）物质physical substance in general that everything in the world consists of; not mind or spirit
6.[u]（某种）东西，物品，材料a substance or things of a particular sort
as a matter of fact
事实上；其实；说真的used to add a comment on sth that you have just said, usually adding sth that you think the other person will be interested in
be another/a different matter
另外一回事；又是一回事；另当别论to be very different
for that matter
就此而论；在这方面used to add a comment on sth that you have just said
its just/only a matter of time (before…)
早晚的事；只是时间问题used to say that sth will definitely happen, although you are not sure when
(as) a matter of course
（作为）理所当然的事；（当作）常规(as) the usual and correct thing to do
a matter of hours, minutes, etc.|a matter of inches, metres, etc.
只有几个小时、几分钟（或几英寸、几米等）之多；不多于…only a few hours, minutes, etc.
a matter of life and death
生死攸关的事；成败的关键used to describe a situation that is very important or serious
a matter of record
有案可查的事something that has been recorded as being true
no matter
没关系；不要紧；不重要used to say that sth is not important
no matter who, what, where, etc.
不论…；无论…；不管…used to say that sth is always true, whatever the situation is, or that sb should certainly do sth