詞語:matter
matter是什麼意思
簡明英漢詞典
matter
[5mAtE]
n.
事件, 問題, 物質, 內容, 實質, 原因, (印刷或書寫的)文件, (文章或講話等的)素材
vi.
有關係, 要緊
美國傳統詞典[雙解]
matter
mat.ter
AHD:[m2t「…r]
D.J.[6m#t*]
K.K.[6m#t+]
n.(名詞)
(1)Something that occupies space and can be perceived by one or more senses; a physical body, a physical substance, or the universe as a whole.
物質:佔據一定空間並能被一種或多種感覺感知到的東西;實體、物質或整個宇宙
(2)Physics Something that has mass and exists as a solid, liquid, or gas.
【物理學】 物體:有質量並以固態、液態或氣態形式存在的東西
(3)A specific type of substance:
物質的一種特定形式:
inorganic matter.
無機物
(4)Discharge or waste, such as pus or feces, from a living organism.
排出物:從生命體排生物或廢物,如膿、屎、尿等
(5)Philosophy In Aristotelian and Scholastic use, that which is in itself undifferentiated and formless and which, as the subject of change and development, receives form and becomes substance and experience.
【哲學】 命題的本質,內容:亞里斯多德學派和學術派用法,他們認為物質自身是無顯著特點的、無形的,但作為變化和發展的主體有其形式並成為實質和體驗
(6)Christian Science That which is postulated by the mortal mind, regarded as illusion and as the opposite of substance or God:
【基督教科學派】 幻覺意識:心裡假想為真的或正確的東西,被認為是幻覺,有悖於物質和上帝:
「Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal」(Mary Baker Eddy)
「精神是真實的、永恆的;物質是不真實的、短暫的」(瑪麗·貝克·艾迪)
(7)The substance of thought or expression as opposed to the manner in which it is stated or conveyed.
思想的本質:與思維和表達的方式相悖的思想或表達的本質
(8)A subject of concern, feeling, or action:
考量,事物:關心、感情或行為的承受者:
matters of foreign policy; a personal matter.See Synonyms at subject
外交政策的問題;私事參見 subject
(9)Trouble or difficulty:
麻煩,困難::
What's the matter with your car?
你的車出什麼毛病了?
(10)An approximated quantity, amount, or extent:
近似量:大約的數量、總額或範圍:
The construction will last a matter of years.
這項工程將會持續一年左右
(11)Something printed or otherwise set down in writing:
印刷品,書寫之物:
reading matter.
閱讀材料
(12)Something sent by mail.
郵件:郵寄的東西
(13)Printing
【印刷術】
(14)Composed type.
排版
(15)Material to be set in type.
被編排的材料
v.intr.(不及物動詞)
mat.tered, mat.ter.ing, mat.ters
To be of importance:
要緊,有關係:
「Love is most nearly itself/When here and now cease to matter」(T.S. Eliot)See Synonyms at count 1
「愛就是愛;從現在開始停止對它的任何評價吧」(T.S.艾略特)參見 count1
習慣用語
as a matter of fact
In fact; actually.
事實上;實際上
for that matter
So far as that is concerned; as for that.
就此而言,至於此
no matter
Regardless of:
不論:
「Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take,/No matter where it's going」(Edna St. Vincent Millay)
「可我會踏上任何一輛火車,不管它去哪裡」(埃德娜·聖文森特·米萊)
語源
(1)Middle English
中古英語
(2)from Old French matere
源自 古法語 matere
(3)from Latin m3a * see m3ter-
源自 拉丁語 m3a *參見 m3ter-
現代英漢詞典
matter
[5mAtE(r)]
n.
(1)物質;物體
Everything we can see and touch is made up of matter.
我們能看見和摸到的每件東西都由物質組成。
(2)內容;素材
subject matter
題材;題目;論題
(3)事情;問題
This is a matter of no account.
這是一件無關緊要的事。
I can't see the visitors right now. I have an urgent matter to attend to.
現在我不能接見客人,因為我有一件急事要辦。
I have an important matter to talk to you about.
我有件重要的事要和你談談。
(4)困難;毛病;麻煩
(5)文件資料
reading matter
閱讀材料
(6)膿
習慣用語
a matter of
數量的問題
a matter of ten minutes 10
分鐘
詞性變化
matter
vi.
(1)有重要性
It doesn't matter if you are late.
你如果遲到也沒關係。
But this does not matter, for, as he has often remarked, one is never too old to learn.
然而這沒有關係,因為正如他一向所說的,人要活到老學到老。
'It doesn't matter,' I said.
`不要緊,'我說。
It doesn't matter if I miss this bus, I can walk.
如果我錯過了公共汽車不要緊,我可以步行。
(2)化膿
現代英漢綜合大辭典
matter
[5mAtE]
n.
(1)物質; 物體, 實質; 實體
(2)(書或印刷品的)資料; 材料; 內容
(3)理由; 原因; 根源
(4)問題, 事故; [pl.]事態; 麻煩, 毛病
(5)(表示數量)...上下, ...左右
(6)重要事件
(7)重要性
(8)郵件, 郵寄的公文[信件]
(9)【刷】原稿; 排版
(10)【醫】膿; 生命體排出物
(11)幻覺意識(基督教科學派信仰療法認為對物質的感覺是虛幻的, 有罪、受苦和將死等意識都是錯覺, 糾正錯覺即可獲得健康)
printed matter
印刷品
postal matter
郵件
decisions of little matter
無關重要的決定
a matter of ten minutes
約十分鐘
matter of urgency
緊急事項
It was a matter of life and death for them.
這對他們來說是生死攸關的問題。
M-s went rapidly from bad to worse.
情況急遽每況愈下。
The matter in your essay is excellent but the style is deplorable.
你的文章內容不錯, 但是文體很糟。
M-exists in three states: solid, liquid and gas.
物質以三種狀態存在: 固態、液態和氣態。
詞性變化
matter
vi.
(1)[主要用於否定句、疑問句或條件句中]要緊, 重要, 有重大關係
(2)化膿, 出膿
What does it matter ?
那有什麼關係?
It does not matter (if ...)
(即使...也)不要緊
It doesn't matter about the price; buy it, whatever it costs.
價錢沒什麼關係; 不論多少錢都買。
We usually see eye to eye on the things that really matter.
我們對於重要事情總是看法一致。
繼承用法
matter-of-course
[7mAtErEv5kC:s]
adj.
當然的, 自然會發生的; 不用說的
matter-of-fact
[7mAtErEv5fAkt]
adj.
實際上的; 平凡的; 乏味的
習慣用語
a matter of
(1)大約, 大概
(2)...的問題
a matter of course
當然的事
a matter of opinion
看法不同的問題
as a matter of convenience
為方便起見
as a matter of course
自然, 不用說, 照例
as a matter of fact
實際上, 不瞞你說, 確實, 事實是
as a matter of record
根據所報數據
as a matter of routine
作為例行公事; 按常規
as matters stand [as the matter stands]
照目前的情況
carry matters with a high hand
採取高壓手段; 專橫跋扈
face a [the] matter out
堅持到底, 不讓步; 厚顏無恥地應付過去
for that matter (=for the matter of that)
關於那一點, 就此而言, 對此, 就那件事而論
in matter of
與...有關
in the matter of
至於; 關於, 在...方面
it is no matter that ...
是無關緊要的
let the matter drop [go, rest]
聽任事情自然發展
make a matter
大驚小怪, 引起一場風波
make matters [it] worse
更壞的是, 更糟的是
make sth. a matter of conscience
憑良心做某事
matter at issue
爭論點; 正在討論的問題
no laughing matter
不是鬧著玩的事
no matter
不要緊, 沒關係
no matter how [what, when, where, who]
不管怎樣[什麼, 何時, 哪裡, 誰]...
not (to) mince matters
直言不諱地說, 坦率地說
take up a matterwith
和...交涉
the matter
有問題, 有毛病
What matter ...?
又有什麼要緊?
what matter if
即使...又何妨
What's the matter?
[口]怎麼回事?出了什麼事?
What's the matter with ...?
[口]...怎麼啦? ...出了什麼事? ...生了什麼病?
特殊用法
active matter
活性物
active organic matter
活性有機質
advertisement matter
廣告郵件
agglutinating matter
絮凝劑, 凝集物, 絮凝物質, 燒結物質
alkaline matter
鹼性物質
amphoteric matter
兩性物質
annexed matter
圖書附錄
appellant matter
有關上訴事宜
artificial colouring matter
合成色素, 人工著色料
azine colouring matters
丫秦染料
back [reference] matter
書後所附參考或補充材料(如附錄、補遺、詞彙、參考文獻、索引等的統稱)
carbonaceous matter
含碳物質
circumstellar matter
拱星物質
civil matter
刑事事[案]件
close matter
(出版)密排版
colloid matter
膠體, 膠質
coloured illustrative matter
彩色插圖材料
colouring matter
色料, 染色物質
combustible matter
可燃物(質)
commercial matters
商務
contentious matter
【律】訴訟事項
craze matter
銀紋體
dark matter
暗物質
dead matter
【刷】待拆活字版
defamatory matter
誹謗事件
deposited matter
沉積物, 沉澱物
dialectics of matter
【哲】物質辯證法
diffuse matter
瀰漫物質
dissolved matter
溶解物
dissolved organic matter
溶解有機物
ejected matter
噴出物質, 排出物質
evidence matter
憑證事項
exogenous organic matter
外源有機物
extraneous matter
外來雜質; 異物
fat matter
【刷】易排印件
fatty matter
(含)脂肪物質, 脂肪性物
f(a)ecal matter
糞便物
financial matter
資金問題
flavouring matter
香料
foreign matter
雜質
foreign registered mail matter
外國掛號郵件
front matter
(出版)前頁(扉頁、版權頁、目次等)
gelatinous matter
凝膠狀物質, 凝膠體
grey matter
(中樞神經系統的)灰質, 灰白質; [口]頭腦
gritty matter
硬粒物質
gummy matter
膠質
hanging matter
絞刑案件
humic matter
腐殖質
hygroscopic matter
吸濕性物質
illegal printing matter
非法印刷品
illustrative matter
(出版)插圖材料
incidental matter
偶發事項
incrusting matter
包被物(細胞膜的纖維素結合物質), 結殼物質
infective matter
傳染物
inflammable matter
可燃物
isoluble matter
不溶性物質
insurable subject matter
【經貿】保險標的物
intergalactic matter
【天】星系際物質
interlinear matter
行間註釋
interplanetary matter
行星際物質
interstellar matter
星際物質
invisible matter
不可見物質
judge of criminal matter
【律】刑事法官
lean matter
(出版)排版印版
legal matter
法律事件[資料]
litigious matter
可引起訴訟的事件
liquidationmatter
清算事項
living matter
生活物質, 活質
mail matter
郵件
mat matter
植氈
meteorite matter
隕石物質
monetary matters
金融事項
money matter
賺錢, 積財; (金錢的)借貸事件
native soil organic matter
土壤原有機質
new matter
新的事物
nitrogenous matter
氮質物
nude matter
無證據事件
nutritive matter
營養物質
obnoxious matter
應受處罰的事件
organic matter
有機物
over matter
(出版)待印件
particulate matter
顆粒物質
particulate organic matter
顆粒有機物
plant colouring matters
植物色素
popular reading matter
通俗讀物
post matters
郵件
prefatory matter
(出版)序言
preliminary matter
正文前的圖文
prime matter
原始物質, 純物質
printed matter
印刷品
procedural matter
程序事項
proximate matter
型材, 坯
radiant matter
輻射物(質)
radioactive matter
放射性物質
reducing matter
還原劑, 還原物質
reacting matter
反應物質
reading matter
讀物
registered matter
已備案事件
reference matter
(出版)文後欄目
reqistered mail matter
掛號郵件
resinous matter
樹脂狀物質
saline matter
鹽分
saponifiable matter
可皂化物
scientific matter
學術[科學]問題
seasoning matter
調味料, 佐料
secret matter
秘密事件
settling matter
沉降物
soil organic matter
土壤有機質
solid matter
固體物質
soluble matter
可溶性物質
standing matter
存版, 存稿
sticky matter
膠粘物質, 粘稠物
straight matter
(出版)無插圖表格的)全文字圖書subject matter 題材; 學科內容, 教材subject matter as phenomenon 作為現象的題材subject matters (
besides liability) for regulation
需要規定的事項(賠償責任除外)
用法詞典
matter
(中古英語 matiere
相關:matter的翻译及解釋