matter
/ˈmætɚ/ 名词 A1中文： 物质、事情、事、事件
- Anything with mass and volume.
- Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles.
- A kind of substance. · vegetable matter
- Printed material, especially in books or magazines. · He always took some reading matter with him on the plane.
- Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.
- An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic. · Something is the matter with him.· The diplomats met to discuss state matters.
- An approximate amount or extent. · I stayed for a matter of months.
- Legal services provided by a lawyer or firm to their client in relation to a particular issue. · Please find attached an invoice for three outstanding matters.
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First it marked out a race-course, in a sort of circle, (“the exact shape doesn’t matter,” it said,) and then all the party were placed along the course, here and there.
This was such a new idea to Alice, that she was quite silent for a minute or two, which gave the Pigeon the opportunity of adding, “You’re looking for eggs, I know _that_ well enough; and what does it matter to me whether you’re a little girl or a serpent?”
“It matters a good deal to _me_,” said Alice hastily; “but I’m not looking for eggs, as it happens; and if I was, I shouldn’t want _yours_: I don’t like them raw.”
The baby grunted again, and Alice looked very anxiously into its face to see what was the matter with it.
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