| 词汇 | mattered |
| 释义 | mattered past simple and past participle ofmatter matter verb[ I ] uk /ˈmæt.ər/ us /ˈmæt̬.ɚ/ B2 to be important, or to affect what happens: 要紧，重要，有关系 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."“你说什么？”“哦，没什么要紧的。” [ + question word ]It doesn't matter what you wear - just as long as you come.只要你来，穿什么都没关系。 [ + that ]It didn't matter that our best player was injured after ten minutes - we still won.我们最好的球员比赛开始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项目，但它对我来说很重要。 Compare countverb Oh just put it anywhere - it doesn't matter where. Her health is what matters - the cost of the treatment is of secondary importance.她的健康是最重要的，治疗费用是其次的。 It's the sum total of what you eat over a long period that matters and not what you consume in a day.重要的是你长期所吃的食物的总和，而不是你某一天所吃的东西。 The only thing that matters is that the baby is healthy.唯一要紧的是婴儿身体健康。 It doesn't matter if you fail, just do your best.即使失败了也没关系，只要你尽了力就行。 Being important and having importance beat big deal bulk bulk largeidiom centrality count countable echo down/through the agesidiom equally fish front and centre have bigger/other fish to fryidiom have/take pride of placeidiom matter preponderate pride reign rise the beating heart of somethingidiom treasurable GrammarMatter We can use matter as a verb or a noun. It is a very common word with a number of different uses and grammatical patterns. … Matter as a verb The most common use of the verb matter is in the expression it doesn’t matter (and the less common forms it didn’t matter, it wouldn’t matter and it won’t matter). It doesn’t matter means ‘it is not important’, ‘I don’t mind’ or ‘it is not a problem’: … Matter as a noun We can use what’s the matter (with …)? to ask someone about a problem or to ask for an explanation of a situation that looks problematic: … No matter We can use no matter to link two clauses as a conjunction. It is a short form of it does not matter. We can use no matter with what, when, where, which, who and how to refer to a situation that cannot be changed, even though we try: … Matter: typical errors The noun matter, meaning ‘question, problem or issue’, is countable: … Examples of matteredmattered In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Factional differences and personal animosity appear to have mattered more than party throughout these debates. This resulted in higher self-esteem when approaching the task and a sense of importance that their opinions and their choices mattered. It was the control of prices and profits that mattered and this had to be general. It mattered that we 'offered ministry', rather than 'improvised'. For such communities, strategies of risk aversion, as well as customary responses to famine, would still have mattered. The bits of bureaucracy that mattered were run by important princes or by commoners very close to the court. It is probably true that most candidates would be moderate if ideological positions were all that mattered in general elections, but they are not. What mattered most was the sort of place in which you lived. Twelve thought this mattered and twelve did not. What mattered was that others invested time and money to come and see a local object. All that mattered was moving in his own time, like the growing plants. On a larger scale, sympathetic partnership always mattered. The economics of science: methodology and epistemology as if economics really mattered. All that mattered was the honesty of the answer. What mattered to him was the establishment of his episcopal authority at the expense of that of the martyrs. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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