词语释义

英 ['mætə] 美 ['mætɚ]

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

单词分析：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。 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。

记忆方法：暂无,等待补充.

英英释义

Noun:

a vaguely specified concern;"several matters to attend to"
"it is none of your affair"
"things are going well"

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"

that which has mass and occupies space;"physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"

a problem;"is anything the matter?"

(used with negation) having consequence;"they were friends and it was no matter who won the games"

written works (especially in books or magazines);"he always took some reading matter with him on the plane"

Verb:

have weight; have import, carry weight;"It does not matter much"

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单词词源

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。

英语词源

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.

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;

权威造句

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。

来自金山词霸 每日一句

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。

来自金山词霸 每日一句

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。”

来自柯林斯例句

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。

来自柯林斯例句

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。

来自柯林斯例句

近反义词

n.

affair

argument

business

discharge

v.

count

signify

discharge

secrete

相似短语

for the matter of that 就此而言, 至于那个, 说到那一点

the matter 麻烦事，毛病

in the matter of adv.就...而论

in this matter prep.关于此事

matter to phr. 关系到，影响到

in matter of 与...有关

on the matter 在这个问题上,有关这个问题

for that matter 就此而言, 至于那个, 说到那一点

no matter 1.无论...，不管2.无论怎样

the matter ... …出问题,…出麻烦,…出毛病