•Could I talk to you about a personal matter?我能和你谈件私事吗？

•Alois denied any knowledge of the matter.阿洛伊斯否认对此事知情。

•Will you phone me back - it's a matter of some importance.可否回电话给我——有比较重要的事。

•Talking about the world's problems is one thing, but solving them is another matter altogether (= is completely different).谈论世界所面临的问题是一回事，而将之解决却完全是另一回事。

•Her resignation is not going to help matters.她的辞职无助于解决问题。

•Three of our players were ill, and to make matters worse, our main scorer had broken his ankle.我们的三名队员病了，更糟的是，主要得分手摔断了脚踝。

•Baking a cake isn't difficult - it's just a matter of following the recipe.烤蛋糕并不难——只需照着食谱做就行。

•Being arrested by the police is no laughing matter.被警方逮捕可不是闹着玩的。

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•What's the matter with your hand? It's bleeding.你的手怎么了？都流血了。

•Is anything the matter?有甚么麻烦吗？

•I don't know what the matter is with the car, but it won't start.我不知道汽车出了甚么毛病，就是开不动。

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•Some scientists believe that there is about ten times as much matter in the universe as astronomers have observed.有些科学家认为，宇宙中的物质约是天文学家所观测到的物质的十倍。

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•Do you find the subject matter of the book (= the subject that the book deals with) interesting?你觉得这本书的题材有趣吗？

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•The interview was over in a matter of minutes.采访约几分钟就结束了。

•She complained he had short-changed her, but it was only a matter of a few pence.她抱怨说他少找了钱，其实只差了几便士而已。

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•Safety precautions are observed as a matter of course.采取安全防范措施被认为是理所当然的事。

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•It's only a matter of time before he's forced to resign.他被迫辞职只是迟早的事。

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•And if you miss the bus, well, it's not a matter of life and death.如果你错过了公车，也不是甚么大不了的事。

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•Both performances were excellent, it's simply a matter of opinion as to whose was better.两场演出都很精彩，哪一场较好不过是见仁见智的事。

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•Ming's never been to Spain, or to any European country for that matter.明从未去过西班牙，而且没去过欧洲任何国家。

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•Do these figures have any bearing on the matter in hand?这些数字和手头上的事情有关系吗？

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•"I haven't got that form with me." "No matter - here's another."“我没带那张表格。”“不要紧──这里还有一张。”

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•I never seem to lose any weight, no matter how hard I try.不管我怎么努力，体重似乎都减不下来。

•Anyway, we've got to get to the airport on time, no matter what.总之，我们必须按时到机场，不管用甚么办法。

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•When the police failed to catch her son's murderer, she decided to take matters into her own hands.警方未能抓到杀害她儿子的凶手，于是她决定自己来解决此事。

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•"Anyway, she's a wonderful mother." "That's a matter of opinion."“不管怎么说，她都是个很棒的母亲。”“那是你个人的看法。”

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•We were late but it didn't seem to matter.我们迟到了，不过看来不要紧。

•"What did you say?" "Oh, it doesn't matter."“你说甚么？”“哦，没甚么要紧的。”

•[+ question word] It doesn't matter wh at you wear - just as long as you come.只要你来，穿甚么都没关系。

•[+ that] It didn't matter that our best player was injured after 10 minutes - we still won.我们最好的球员比赛开始后10分钟就受伤了——但这无碍大局，我们还是赢了。

•I know Charles doesn't think this project is important, but it matters to me.我知道查尔斯并不看重这个专案计划，但这对我来说很重要。