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matter

英 ['mætə] 美['mætɚ]

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n. 物质；原因；事件
vi. 有关系；要紧
n. (Matter)人名；(英、法)马特；(西)马特尔

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You feel the same emotions – it is just as raw, just as fresh… You can't turn off that stream of memories, no matter how hard you try.

Often the best ideas for big changes come from unexpected places—it's just a matter of tuning in.

With Facebook she could stay connected with her family no matter how far away they were.

We didn’t have much money, but it didn’t matter.

What matters, she added, is a combination of what people bring in with them, and what they find there.

What mattered most was the residents' physical health and mental status.

I am about to make things more complicated by suggesting that what kind of facility an older person lives in may matter less than we have assumed.

College graduates, for example, are particularly interested in driverless cars compared with those who have less education: 59 percent of college graduates said they would like to use a driverless car compared with 38 percent of those with a high-school diploma or lessWhere a person lives matters, toIt will not necessarily reduce road accidents.

But both studies show that long life isn't just a matter of your physical health but of your mental health.

As a matter of fact, consumers expressed higher satisfaction with the one-star facilities, the lowest rated, than with the five-star ones.

Was it because of the growing attraction of the Internet, video games and endless TV channels? Never disconnecting from work? No matter how it happened, millions of Americans are putting their health, quality of life and even length of life in danger.

Whether such taxes work is a matter of debate.

No matter how the math works out, you persistently view restaurants with voluntary tipping systems as being a better value, which makes it extremely difficult for restaurants and bars to do away with the tipping system.

It is but a matter of personal taste.

It is a thing of no great difficulty, according to Plutarch, to raise objections against another man's speech, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.

Isn't it a bit weird that spending it should happen in half a blink ( ' , 眨眼 ) of an eye? Doesn't a wallet—that time-honoured Friday-night feeling of pleasing, promising fatness—represent something that matters? But I'll leave the economics to the experts.

For the consumer, it's a matter of paying now for the hardware to save later on the utilities.

But it actually shouldn't matter to you nearly as much as you think.

That's because job growth numbers don't matter to job hunters as much as job turnover （人员更替） data

There may be some matters of life and death or highest principle, which might justify such a risk, but there aren't many things that fall in this category.

Integrity matters in that all social activities rely on people's honesty and good faith

The author suggests at the end of the passage that couples should discuss money matters to maintain a healthy relationship.

discuss money matters to maintain a healthy relationship

avoid arguing about money matters to remain romantic

Wild places need encouraging for this reason, no matter how small their contribution.

Bishop describes the problem as simply a matter of priorities, which can be solved by encouraging people to prioritize other life goals and plans in place of time spent online.

It doesn't matter when or how much a person sleeps.

He is tied up in family matters.

Although no form of matter yet discovered moves as fast as or faster than light, scientific experiments have already confirmed that accelerated motion causes a traveler's time to be stretched.

A search is now under way to confirm the suspected existence of particles of matter that move at a speed greater than light, and therefore, might serve as our passports to the past

Wow, with the museums and restaurants in Washington, I'd be happy here no matter what the temperature.

No matter what the content of the message, its real point is, "I want you to know that I care about you

"It is a thing of no great difficulty," according to Plutarch," to raise objections against another man's speech, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome."

A review of 54 studies found that there is no consensus yet on what type of breakfast is healthier, and conclude that the type of breakfast doesn't matter as much as simply eating something.

And no matter how tiny it is, it's still good news.

As I sat blocked and clueless for two solid days, I momentarily wondered if I couldn't just call an expert on the subject matter which I was tackling, or someone who took the class previously, to get me going.

Getting around a city is one thing — and then there's the matter of getting from one city to another.

I will give you a call that morning no matter what.

In an effort to understand the matter further, I spoke with doctors Mark Beckhoff a researcher and former professor of animal behavior.

No matter how many different remedies I tried, I still couldn't get rid of the cough.

Then, within a matter of weeks, it was completely gone!

We didn't have much money, but it didn't matter.

We have no choice in the matter.

When I asked his opinion on this matter, he responded, ui like in-class exams because the time is already reserved, as opposed to using my free time at home to work on a test.

While 53% believe men will continue to hold more top executive positions in business in die future, 44% say it's only a matter of time before as many women are in top executive positions as men.

with Facebook she could stay connected with her family no matter how far away they were.

Can you tell us how you first became interested in this subject matter?( ' , 9 ) Wh e n f a c i n g a n e w situation, some people tend to rehearse their defeat by spending too much time anticipating the worst.

Today's teenagers admire their parents and welcome parental guidance about important matters such as career choice—though certainly not Mom and Dad's advice on matters of personal taste, such as music or fashion.

Teenagers of today often turn to their parents for advice on such important matters as career choice.

Interviews with students find many of them are only concerned about personal matters.

But as the working classes prospered and the servant shortage set in, housekeeping became a matter of interest to the educated classes.

The ROWE participants were allowed to freely determine when, where and how they worked – the only thing that mattered was that they got the job done.

One reason any campaign wants a popular celebrity spokesperson is because kids are attracted to them no matter what they are doing.

To make matters worse, these schools are ill-equipped to graduate these students— young adults who face specific challenges and obstacles.

No matter how hard you try, you can't turn something that large on a dime ( ' , 10 美分硬币 ),or even a few thousand dimes.

But it actually shouldn’t matter to you nearly as much as you think.

L) The college admission essay contains the grandest American themes―status anxiety, parental piety (孝顺), intellectual standards—and so it is only a matter of time before it becomes infected by the country's culture of excessive concern with self-esteem.

But, Kapur notes, none of us like to fail, no matter how often Silicon Valley entrepreneurs praise the beneficial effects of an idea that fails or a start-up company that crashes and burns

That should be a matter of concern in a presidential election year.

None of this is a matter of asceticism（苦行主义）; it is just pure selfishness.

Graduating them is another matter.

But schools rarely dig down to find out what really makes an applicant succeed, to create a class which also contains diversity of attitude and approach – arguably the only diversity that, in a business context, really matters.

But it is not a simple matter of offering financial incentives or providing more child care.

Because America's population will still be growing when that of most other developed countries is shrinking, America will be the only developed country that still matters geopolitically (地缘政治上).

Less concern with money matters.

And although she didn't have many symptoms, she knew it was just a matter of time.

Report the matter to their boss

With no known vaccination or cure available, it seems only a matter of time until another epidemic erupts.

A finding that was a bit surprising is that to consumers, the inner parts of high-tech devices do apparently matter.

Because there was slightly more matter, the collisions quickly depleted all the anti-matter and left just enough matter to create stars, planets, and eventually us.

But a recent study seems to point to the fact that when matter and anti-matter were first created, there were slightly more particles of matter, which allowed the universe we all live in to form?

But it actually shouldn't matter to you nearly as much as you think.

But rainfall can revive them in a matter of hours.

Can you tell us how you first became interested in this subject matter?

Even the self identified auditory learners, their preference didn't seem to matter.

External conditions also matter in terms of when and how often we lie.

It is clear now that it's a matter of time before the entire European coastline disappears under water.

Matter and the now more exotic anti-matter would have had little space to avoid each other.

No matter how hard you try, you can't turn something that large on a dime, or even a few thousand dimes.

Sometimes a young child may get overexcited and be a little too rough, but it's never a serious matter.

Successful people tend to be successful no matter where they go to school.

That's because job growth numbers don't matter to job hunters as much as job turnover data.

That's because matter and anti- matter are basically opposites of each other.

They found that students with more potential earned more as adults, and the reverse held true as well, no matter where they went to school.

Too many people in this country, including some among our elected leadership, still do not understand how science works or why robust, long-range investments in research vitally matter.

Whether they should bet on the traditional players who run those stores now is another matter.

As a matter of fact, I'm feeling a bit cold.

As a matter of fact, we can see this principle at work in people of all ages.

But no matter how rich they were, Dawson was never comfortable.

By helping them develop classic skills that will serve them well no matter what the future holds.

Conclusion· Small talk really matters a lot to us.

Delayed reward may be expected from news of public affairs, economic matters, social problems, science, education, and health.

Dreaming about whether you would want to read minds, see through walls, or have superhuman strength may sound silly, but it actually gets to the heart of what really matters in your life.

Each person, no matter who they are, has psychological imbalances.

He assists her in cooking matters.

However, if others benefit in the process, and I get some reward too, does it really matter where my motivation lies?

If someone knocks and it's not an important matter.

It matters as much as a formal talk.

It provides a dozen definitions of a key term for us to find the heart/core of the matter.

It would not matter if these misjudgments were just a matter of people's opinions.

It's our experience of the garden that matters.

It's our experience of the garden that matters―how being in those gardens made us feel.

We would talk about the news of the day; no matter how insignificant, it was never taken lightly.

Next time you take a walk, no matter where it is, take in all the sights, sounds and sensations.

No matter how attractive they look in the store, once I get them home they're unfailingly dry, hard, and tasteless.

No matter how boring it is now, education will help you be a productive member in society.

No matter what you like to do, there is a way to get involved in various activities on earth day.

No matter where you are on the risk-seeking range, scientists say that your willingness to take risks increases during your teenage years.

One should always be full of passion in his life no matter how old he is.

Participants indicated the degree to which the social role mattered by responding to statements such as "volunteering in hospital is an important part of who I am".

So Alia took matters into her own hands.

Stick to your set bedtime and wake-up time, no matter the day.

The study shows mothers matter all year long and not just on mother's day.

There's also the matter of the fridge.

They discussed various matters all over the world.

To make matters worse, Moth was diagnosed with a serious disease.

Your major does not matter as much in your first of college.

We have no land ethic yet, but we have at least drawn nearer the point of admitting that birds should continue as a matter of intrinsic right,regardless of the presence or absence of economic advantage to us.

There is no gap between mind and matter.

Because most of us believe that mind is separate from matter， we think that thoughts can be hidden and made powerless； this allows us to think one way and act another.

But on the more important matter of the Constitution,the decision was an 8-0 defeat for the federal government and the states.

Americans, she finds, buy roughly 20 billion garments a year – about 64 items per person – and no matter how much they give away, this excess leads to waste.

“The Heart of the Matter,” the just-released report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences ( ' , AAAS), deserves praise for affirming the importance of the humanities and social sciences to the prosperity and security of liberal democracy in America.

Unfortunately, despite years in the making, “The Heart of the Matter” never gets to the heart of the matter: the illiberal nature of liberal education at our leading colleges and universities.

The words that have mattered are efficiency, flexibility, shareholder value, business–friendly, wealth generation, sales, impact and, in newspapers, circulation.

Mental health allows us to view others with sympathy if they are having troubles ,with kindness if they are in pain,and with unconditional love no matter who they are.

No matter how formal or informal the work environment, the way you present yourself has an impact.

Exactly when that day will be is a matter of debate.

It measures things that do not matter and misses things that do.

What matters is that they will belong to a private monopoly which developed them using public resources.

"The Heart of the Matter," the just-released report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, deserves praise for affirming the importance of the humanities and social sciences to the prosperity and security of liberal democracy in America.

After all, four decades of evidence has now shown that corporations in Europe as well as the US are evading the meritocratic hiring and promotion of women to top position—no matter how much "soft pressure" is put upon them.

Americans, she finds, buy roughly 20 billion garments a year-about 64 items per person一and no matter how much they give away, this excess leads to waste.

But on the more important matter of the Constitution,the decision was an 8-0 defeat for the Administration's effort to upset the balance of power between the federal government and the states.

Children were not colour-coded at all until the early 20th century: in the era before domestic washing machines all babies wore white as a practical matter, since the only way of getting clothes clean was to boil them.

It did not matter what was done in the experiment; so long as something was changed, productivity rose.

No matter how isolated you might feel and how serious the situation is, you should always remember that you are not alone.

Obesity is probably less a matter of weight than body fat.

The homework rules should be put on hold while the school board, which is responsible for setting educational policy, looks into the matter and conducts public hearings.

Those things might be social, sporting, creative or completely random -It doesn't matter, so long as they're enjoyable, and not likely to have negative side effects, such as drinking too much alcohol or going on a wild spending spree if you're on a tight

Unfortunately, despite 2.5 years in the making, "The Heart of the Matter" never gets to the heart of the matter: the illiberal nature of liberal education at our leading colleges and universities.

Whether the separation distances involved would satisfy air-traffic-control regulations is another matter although a working group at the International civil Aviation Organisation has included the possibility of formation flying in a blueprint for new ope

Younger children should feel like they're choosing their home—without actually getting a choice in the matter, said Adam Bailey, a real estate attorney based in New York.