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词汇 mattering
释义 mattering
present 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。
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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。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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

Grammar



Matter
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 mattering


mattering

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


I discuss different types of inflation mattering to different investors below.
Mattering : inferred significance and mental health among adolescents.
Rather, it is an expression of a desperation in the face of nothing's mattering : we are here dealing with a spiritual disintegration or scatter.
Cutting off access to hired labor directly by not allowing hiring or indirectly by dramatically increasing the wage affects deforestation, with method mattering for incomes.
Perhaps later he could explain to me what he said in relation to it not mattering.
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Their earnings are not second incomes in the sense of not mattering to the family.
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It does depend on there being in every person's life an element of personal challenge, a sense of mattering and a sense of caring.
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It is really a case of people mattering.
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Does he want to join it, actively seeking to do so and creating the conditions for it, or is it simply a spectator sport, not mattering either way?
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Again, this is not a large sum, but it is just this cheeseparing of small sums which might very well be left out of account without mattering much to anybody.
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The alumni have the necessary professional and generic competences for their development in the laboral field, not mattering if is local, regional or national.
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The brothers bicker half-heartedly, their differences no longer mattering enough to keep them apart.
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But he's well on his way to not mattering.
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Positive self-esteem has been linked to factors such as psychological health, mattering to others, and both body image and physical health.
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