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matters

/mat-er/US // ˈmæt ər //UK // (ˈmætə) //

事项,事务,事宜,事态

Related Words

thing事物,事,事项,事态material材料,材质,资料,物质element元素,元件,元器件affair事务,事情,事端,事宜transaction交易,成交,交易情况,交易方式proceeding进行中,着手进行,进行中的,进行business业务,商业,企业,生意circumstance情况,境况,情形,状况question问题,疑问,疑问句job工作,职务,工作机会,工作岗位topic主题,专题,题目,专题报道incident事件,事故,事变,事件发生situation情况,状况,局势,局面event事件,活动subject主题,课题,题目,题材point点,地点,指点,观点argument争论,争吵,争执,论点theme主题,专题,题目,课题interest利益,利益关系,利益驱动,利益相关者sense意义,感觉,感官,意识

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed: the matter of which the earth is made.
    • : physical or corporeal substance in general, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, especially as distinguished from incorporeal substance, as spirit or mind, or from qualities, actions, and the like.
    • : something that occupies space.
    • : a particular kind of substance: coloring matter.
    • : a situation, state, affair, or business: a trivial matter.
    • : an amount or extent reckoned approximately: a matter of 10 miles.
    • : something of consequence: matter for serious thought.
    • : importance or significance: decisions of little matter.
    • : difficulty; problem; trouble: Whatever is the matter?There is something the matter with the car.
    • : ground, reason, or cause: a matter for complaint.
    • : the material or substance of a discourse, book, etc., often as distinguished from its form.
    • : things put down in words, especially printed: reading matter.
    • : things sent by mail: postal matter.
    • : a substance discharged by a living body, especially pus.
    • : Philosophy. that which by integrative organization forms chemical substances and living things.Aristotelianism.that which relates to form as potentiality does to actuality.
    • : Law. statement or allegation.
    • : Printing. material for work; copy.type set up.
    • : Christian Science. the concept of substance shaped by the limitations of the human mind.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to be of importance; signify: It matters little.
    • : Pathology. to suppurate.

Phrases

  • matter of course, a
  • matter of fact, a
  • matter of life and death, a
  • matter of opinion, a
  • crux of the matter
  • for that matter
  • gray matter
  • mince matters
  • mind over matter
  • no joke (laughing matter)
  • no matter
  • the matter

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounsubstance
Synonyms
element元素,元件,元器件material材料,材质,资料,物质thing事物,事,事项,事态amount数量,数额,金额,量being是,是的,是一个body尸体constituents组成人员,成分,组成成分,组成corporeality肉体性,肉体,肉身,尸体entity实体,实实体,实体,实实individual个人,个人的,个体,个别object对象,物体,对象是,物件phenomenon现象protoplasm原生质体,原生质,原生质素,原质体quantity数量,数量方面,数量上,数量上的stuff东西,东西的,东西的问题substantiality实质性,实物,实体,实质性的sum总数,总和,总额,总结corporeity体质,肉体,体态,尸体materialness物质性,实质性,物质,材料physical world物理世界,物质世界,实际世界,物理世界中
nounconcern, issue
Synonyms
affair事务,事情,事端,事宜business业务,商业,企业,生意circumstance情况,境况,情形,状况event事件,活动incident事件,事故,事变,事件发生job工作,职务,工作机会,工作岗位proceeding进行中,着手进行,进行中的,进行question问题,疑问,疑问句situation情况,状况,局势,局面subject主题,课题,题目,题材thing事物,事,事项,事态topic主题,专题,题目,专题报道transaction交易,成交,交易情况,交易方式bag袋子,袋,包包,包episode小插曲,剧集,插曲,剧情lookout瞭望台,望风,瞭望,瞭望者nub块状物,块状,块头,块occurrence发生的情况,发生率,发生的事情,出现的情况undertaking承诺,事业,承诺书,承担goings-on活动情况,活动,活动内容,活动信息shooting match射击比赛,射击赛,射击竞赛,射击游戏
nounsubject, thesis
Synonyms
argument争论,争吵,争执,论点interest利益,利益关系,利益驱动,利益相关者point点,地点,指点,观点sense意义,感觉,感官,意识theme主题,专题,题目,课题topic主题,专题,题目,专题报道context背景,上下文,语境,情况focus焦点,关注,重点,焦点问题head头,头部,头颅,头头motif动议,动词,动机,动线motive动机,动议,动词,动动嘴皮子purport旨意,旨趣,恉,旨语resolution决议,决议案,决议草案,决议的substance物质,物体,物质的,物质上text文本,案文,案卷subject matter主题,主题内容,题材,课题
nounsignificance, meaning
Synonyms
consequence后果,后果是,后果是什么importance重要性,重要意义,重要程度,重要的是sense意义,感觉,感官,意识amount数量,数额,金额,量body尸体burden负担,负荷,负重,负载content内容,含量,内容简介core核心,核心部分,核心内容,核心提示extent程度,范围,规模,幅度gist要点,主旨,要领,主要内容import进口,输入,入口,进口产品magnitude规模,幅度,量级,大小meat肉类,肉類,肉食moment瞬间,时候,瞬时,矩neighborhood邻居,邻里,街坊,街坊邻居note备注,注,注意,说明order秩序,订单,顺序,命令pith精髓,髓,髓部,髓质range范围,系列,幅度,幅度大小substance物质,物体,物质的,物质上text文本,案文,案卷tune调,调整,调子,调头upshot结果,结果是vicinity附近地区,周边地区,邻近地区,附近的人weight重量
noundifficulty, problem
Synonyms
circumstance情况,境况,情形,状况complication复杂化,复杂性,复杂情况,复杂问题distress苦恼,危难,痛苦,困扰grievance申诉,冤情,怨气,抱怨perplexity困惑,迷茫,迷惑,疑惑predicament窘境,困境,困局,窘况to-do待办事项,要做的事,要做的事情,待办事宜trouble麻烦,麻烦的事,烦恼,困难upset心烦意乱,心乱如麻,烦乱,心烦意乱的worry担心,忧虑,担忧,烦恼
nounsecretion of a sore
Synonyms
discharge排放,排出,遣散,排放问题infection感染,感染问题,传感染,感染症maturation成熟期,成熟,成长,成熟度purulence净化,洁净度,净化作用,肃杀之气pus脓包,脓液,脓疱suppuration化脓,化脓性疾病,化脓症,化疗ulceration溃疡,溃烂,溃败,溃疡病
verbbe of consequence, importance
Synonyms
affect影响,影响到,受影响,受影响的count数,计算,数数,计数imply意味着,暗示,暗示着,暗指involve涉及,包括,牵涉到,涉及到mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是signify标志着,意味着,象征着express表示import进口,输入,入口,进口产品value价值,价值观,值,价值取向weigh衡量,称重,称量,秤量be important重要,很重要,重要的是,重要的be of value有价值,有价值的,有意义,具有价值be substantive实质性,实质性的,实质上是,实质carry weight载重,承载重量,负重,携带重量cut ice切冰,削冰,割冰,凿冰have influence有影响力,有影响,具有影响力,有影响力的make a difference做出改变,做出贡献,做出成绩,改变现状mean something意味着什么,有意义的事,意思是什么

Examples

  • These matters are not mere threats to abstract constitutional principles.

  • What matters is being honest, humble, and a faithful and loyal friend, father and member of your community.

  • Faal has some experience in both political and security matters, it seems.

  • But to see any actual smooching, fans had to take matters into their own .

  • Neither individual would go on the record due to the sensitivity of discussing personnel matters.

  • Then Paterno adroitly brought matters to a crisis in a bold peroration which changed the whole scene.

  • A letter from Fajardo to the king (December 10, 1621) concerns various matters of administration and business.

  • Various matters mentioned by the governor receive perfunctory and formal answers.

  • She continued to deliver herself upon a hundred topics, and it hardly matters where we take her up.

  • If it were not for the cowardly fear of being thought timid, there would be more care used in such matters.

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