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出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第772页（1294字）

【释义】：

n．①物质；物体：Matter exists in three states：solid．liquid and gas．物质有三态：固体、液体和气体．Consciousness can be transformed into matter．精神变物质．②事情，问题，情况：a matter of ideology and understanding思想认识问题．This is no small matter．这不是小事情．Class struggle is an objective matter．阶级斗争是客观存在的．as a matter of fact其实，事实上．a matter of course当然的事，惯例：He reached his office as a matter of course at seven．他照例七点到办公室．for that matter(=for the matter of that)关于那一点．in the matter of关于：He is strict in the matter of discipline．在纪律方面他是严格的．no laughing matter 不是开玩笑的事．③要事，大事：no matter 1)不要紧：It is no matter whether you get there early or late．你早到或晚到都没有关系．2)无论：Personal affairs，no matter how big，are small matters．个人的事再大也是小事．We’ll defen事．We’lldefend our motherland，no matter what happens．我们誓死保卫祖国．④(the matter)麻烦事，毛病：be the matter(with)出了毛病，发生困难：What’s the matter with you?你怎么了?What’s the matter with it?【口语】这有什么差错吗?Is there anything the matter with him?他发生什么事了吗?⑤(书籍、演说)实质，内容：The matter in your essay is good．你的文章内容是好的．⑥物件，物品：printed matter 印刷品．posta matter 邮件．⑦脓．

△a matter of左右，上下：a matter of 3o years(li)．三十年(里)左右．

－vi．要紧(通常只用于否定句、疑问句或条件句中)：What does it matter?这有什么关系?It does not matter if one makes a mistake，the important thing is to correct it．犯错误不要紧，改了就好了．