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I . matter [ˈmætə] N

1. matter:

matter
物质 wùzhì
matter
物体 wùtǐ

2. matter:

matter
事情 shìqing
matter
问题 wèntí

3. matter:

matter
麻烦事 máfanshì
matter
毛病 máobìng
What's the matter with you?
你怎么了？

4. matter:

matter
(书面)材料 cáiliào
matter
资料 zīliào
printed matter
印刷品

5. matter [表示数量]:

matter
…左右 zuǒyòu
matter
…上下 shàngxià
I only waited a matter of 5 minutes.
我只等了约5分钟。

6. matter:

matter
内容 nèiróng
matter
素材 sùcái

II . matter [ˈmætə] VB intr

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matter [ˈmætə]

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printed matter N

matter-of-fact ADJ

matte, matt [mæt] ADJ

Usage examples with matter

printed matter
印刷品
straighten out the matter
澄清事实
inquire into a matter
对事情进行调查
meditate on the matter
考虑某事
search into a matter
深入调查一件事
ponder on [or over] the matter
仔细思考这件事
What's the matter with you?
你怎么了？
a matter of great urgency
紧迫的事
the heart of a matter
问题的实质
a matter of primary importance
头等大事
This matter received wide publicity.
此事引起了广泛的关注。
a matter of great moment
一件极重要的事
view the matter with breadth
大度地看待问题
as a matter of fact
事实上 shìshíshang
I can't pass this matter by.
我不能对此置之不理。
We're of like mind in this matter.
在这件事上我们意见相同。
The matter has quite escaped my memory.
这件事我完全记不起来了。
as a matter of fact [or in fact]
事实上 shìshíshang
query about [or as to] a matter
询问某事

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The idea that he could forget three or four big cheques like this is either risible, or a matter for a neurosurgeon.
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Divorces were frowned upon, no matter what the provocation, and a man who was sued at law, particularly upon his promissory note, was almost disgraced in the public mind.
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If your five-year-old body and your seventy-year-old body consist of different matter, then what makes them the same body?
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She resolved the matter five months after the lien was filed.
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Divided skirts, bloomers and knickerbockers were tried as fashionable women attempted to resolve the matter without provoking hostility, ridicule or violence.
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This bears out my suspicion about the neglect of this important matter at that university -- Cantab behind the curve.
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Thus, programmable matter has come to mean any bulk substance which can be programmed to change its physical properties.
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Immoderate drinkers who worked out had far more white matter than their sedentary peers.
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He then matter-of-factly describes his undressing and subsequent massage.
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No matter how down you were before, he made you want to charge back into the battle, but with a smile, knowing, by gosh, we can really win this thing.
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