affair, business, matter, concern, thing

material, matter, substance, stuff

problem, question, issue, matter

名詞 matter:

1. that which has mass and occupies space
   同義詞：substance
2. a vaguely specified concern
   同義詞：affair, thing
3. some situation or event that is thought about
   同義詞：topic, subject, issue
4. a problem
5. (used with negation) having consequence
6. written works (especially in books or magazines)

動(dòng)詞 matter:

1. have weight; have import, carry weight
   同義詞：count, weigh

1. It may be a matter of months before it's ready.
   要準(zhǔn)備好可能得數(shù)月時(shí)間。
2. I want to speak to her in the matter of my salary.
   我想跟她談?wù)勎业男剿畣栴}。
3. Is anything the matter?
   有什么問題嗎？
4. She reluctantly agreed to let the matter drop.
   她勉強(qiáng)同意這事到此為止。
5. It doesn't matter to me what you do.
   你做什么都跟我毫無關(guān)系。
6. What's the matter? Why are you crying?
   怎么回事？你為什么哭？
7. It doesn't matter about the price.
   價(jià)格沒關(guān)系。
8. I don't talk with my boss about my private matters.
   我不和我的老板談私事。

mat.ter

n.（名詞）

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(zhì)：占據(jù)一定空間并能被一種或多種感覺感知到的東西；實(shí)體、物質(zhì)或整個(gè)宇宙
Physics Something that has mass and exists as a solid, liquid, or gas.
【物理學(xué)】 物體：有質(zhì)量并以固態(tài)、液態(tài)或氣態(tài)形式存在的東西
A specific type of substance:
物質(zhì)的一種特定形式：
例句：
inorganic matter.
無機(jī)物

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
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(xué)】 命題的本質(zhì)，內(nèi)容：亞里斯多德學(xué)派和學(xué)術(shù)派用法，他們認(rèn)為物質(zhì)自身是無顯著特點(diǎn)的、無形的，但作為變化和發(fā)展的主體有其形式并成為實(shí)質(zhì)和體驗(yàn)
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(xué)派】 幻覺意識(shí)：心里假想為真的或正確的東西，被認(rèn)為是幻覺，有悖于物質(zhì)和上帝：
例句：
.Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal.(Mary Baker Eddy)
.精神是真實(shí)的、永恒的；物質(zhì)是不真實(shí)的、短暫的.(瑪麗·貝克·艾迪)

The substance of thought or expression as opposed to the manner in which it is stated or conveyed.
思想的本質(zhì)：與思維和表達(dá)的方式相悖的思想或表達(dá)的本質(zhì)
A subject of concern, feeling, or action:
考量，事物：關(guān)心、感情或行為的承受者：
例句：
matters of foreign policy; a personal matter.See Synonyms at subject
外交政策的問題；私事參見 subject

Trouble or difficulty:
麻煩，困難：
例句：
What`s the matter with your carô
你的車出什么毛病了ô

An approximated quantity, amount, or extent:
近似量：大約的數(shù)量、總額或范圍：
例句：
The construction will last a matter of years.
這項(xiàng)工程將會(huì)持續(xù)一年左右

Something printed or otherwise set down in writing:
印刷品，書寫之物：
例句：
reading matter.
閱讀材料

Something sent by mail.
郵件：郵寄的東西
Printing
【印刷術(shù)】
Composed type.
排版
Material to be set in type.
被編排的材料
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
mat.tered,mat.ter.ing,mat.ters
To be of importance:
要緊，有關(guān)系：
例句：
.Love is most nearly itself/When here and now cease to matter.(T.S. Eliot)See Synonyms at count
.愛就是愛；從現(xiàn)在開始停止對(duì)它的任何評(píng)價(jià)吧.(T.S.艾略特)參見 count

<習(xí)慣用語>as a matter of fact
In fact; actually.
事實(shí)上；實(shí)際上
for that matter
So far as that is concerned; as for that.
就此而言，至于此
no matter
Regardless of:
不論：
例句：
.Yet there isn`t a train I wouldn`t take,/No matter where it`s going.(Edna St. Vincent Millay)
.可我會(huì)踏上任何一輛火車，不管它去哪里.(埃德娜·圣文森特·米萊)

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French matere
源自 古法語 matere
from Latin m3teria * see m3ter-
源自 拉丁語 m3teria *參見 m3ter-