Matter

(noun.) that which has mass and occupies space; 'physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it'.

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

(noun.) a vaguely specified concern; 'several matters to attend to'; 'it is none of your affair'; 'things are going well'.

(noun.) a problem; 'is anything the matter?'.

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

阿德拉录入

• He thought no more of the matter until he heard in the evening of the tragedy that had occurred. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• I am also to take it as a matter of fact that the proposal to withdraw from the engagement came, in the first instance, from YOU? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Animal and vegetable matter buried in the depth of the earth sometimes undergoes natural distillation, and as a result gas is formed. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• It made her blood run sharp, to be thwarted in even so trifling a matter. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• A departure was early made in the matter of strengthening the ribs of oak to better meet the strains from the rough seas. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• It may be questioned whether some of the present pedagogical interest in the matter of values of studies is not either excessive or else too narrow. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• And he had hardly looked up, to see what the matter was, when he was stopped by having a pair of arms thrown tight round his neck. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Indisputably, Mr. Home owned manly self-control, however he might secretly feel on some matters. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I would suggest that in the meantime, we remain perfectly quiet, and keep these matters secret even from Oliver himself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• A harp, and other matters of a very uncanonical appearance, were also visible when this dark recess was opened. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Whether of questionable childishness or not in any other matters, Mr. Skimpole had a child's enjoyment of change and bright weather. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Biddy, said I, I think you might have written to me about these sad matters. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• But there were matters of interest about us. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• She shall not go out as long as I remain to watch over her; And as for my health, what matters it? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• If he had kept true to that clasp, death would not have mattered. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• She accepted it without remark, nothing mattered to her. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It mattered little, as I thought. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• And what's so funny, she used to be all for the children--nothing mattered, nothing whatever mattered but the children. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Yet of course, she cared a great deal, outwardly--and outwardly was all that mattered, for inwardly was a bad joke. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• What mattered was the great social productive machine. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• When these things of the ancient régime had vanished, it seemed as if they had never mattered. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It is not a question of gaining a social advantage by a s mattering of foreign languages. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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