matter n. 1.物质 (opp. spirit, mind);物体。 2.【逻辑学】命题的本质;【哲学】内容 (opp. form);(书籍、演说等的)内容、主旨(opp. manner, style)。 3.材料,要素,成分。 4.原因,根据,理由。 5.物品,物件;邮件。 6.事,事情,事件;〔pl.〕〔代名词性质的用法〕事态,情形,情况。 7.重大事件,重要事故;麻烦,毛病。 8.(议论、讨论等的)问题。 9.【医学】脓;【印刷】原稿;排版。 animal [vegetable, mineral] matter 动物[植物、矿物]质。 solid [liquid, gaseous] matter 固[液、气]体。 coloring matter 色素。 printed matter 印刷品。 postal matter 邮件。 M-s are different. 情形有所不同。 How have matters stood 一向情况怎样? What's the matter with you 你怎么啦? 出了甚么事? 〔对不平、不幸等说〕。 Nothing is the matter (with me). (我)没甚么。 It won't matter. 那也不要紧。 It is no laughing matter. 这可不是开玩笑的事。 a matter of political power 政权问题。 a matter for [of] complaint 令人抱怨的事。 a matter in dispute [question] 争执中的问题。 a matter in hand 当前的问题,眼前的问题。 a matter of 1. …的问题 (a matter of life and death 生死攸关的问题。a matter of habit 习惯问题)。 2. 大约;…左右(for a matter of 30 years 约三十年)。 a matter of course 理所当然的(事情)〔cf. matter-of-course〕。 a matter of fact 1. 事实,事实问题〔cf. matter-of-fact〕。 2. 【法律】按证据来判定可靠与否的陈述。 a matter of opinion 有争论余地的问题。 a matter of record 法院有案可查的案件。 as a matter of fact 事实上,其实。 as matters stand = as the matter stands 照目前状况。 carry matters with a high hand 处事专横。 for that matter = for the matter of that 讲到那件事;关于那一点。 in the matter of 关于…;就…而论。 no matter 没事儿,不要紧(It is no matter. = It makes no matter. 那不算一回事;那不要紧)。 no matter how [what, when, which, who, where...] 不管怎样[什么,什么时候,哪一个,谁,什么地方](No matter what he says, don't go. 不管他怎么讲都不要去。It is not true, no matter who may say so. 不管谁那样讲都不是真的)。 on certain specialized matters 就某些专业方面。 take matters easy [seriously] 轻视[重视]问题。 take up a matter with 和…交涉。 to make matters worse 尤其糟糕的是。 What is the matter with...? 怎么啦? 出了什么事? 出了什么毛病? 〔戏谑语〕…有什么不好? What's the matter ?怎么一回事? 出了什么事? What matter? = No matter. 那有什么要紧? 不要紧。 vi. 1.要紧,重要,有重大关系。 ★主要用于否定句、疑问句。 2.化脓,出脓。 It does not matter (if...). (即使…也)不要紧。 What does it matter 那有什么要紧?
course n. 1.进程,经过,过程,趋势;经过期间。 2.进路;水路;路程;路线;航线;【火箭】导引。 3.行进方向;航向;走向,(矿)脉;(行动的)方针,方法;程序;举动;行动;〔pl.〕〔古语〕品行,行为。 4.行列,层次。 5.学科,课程,教程;【医学】疗程。 6.经历,生涯。 7.赛跑场;跑道;跑马场。 8.(用狗)追猎。 9.(比赛的)一场,一回合;一道菜;【建筑】一层(砖等),一排;【造船】下桁大横帆。 10.〔pl.〕 月经。 11.〔又写作 'course〕〔俚,美〕= of course. a dog course=a pursuit course 【航空】追踪飞行。 a pre-computed course 【火箭】程序控制导引;自动导航。 a collision course【航空】迎面航向;拦截方向。 What course do you advise 你说怎么办好呢? the science [literature] course(大学的)理[文]科。 the preparatory course预科。 a dinner of five courses 五道菜的一餐饭。 a course of lectures 连续讲演,讲座。 a degree in course 〔美国〕(经过)正式(课程而获得的)学位。 (as) a matter of course (作为)当然的事情。 adopt a middle course 采取稳健办法。 be on her [its] course (船)航向不变。 by course of 照…的常例。 course bond =course of headers 【建筑】丁砖层。 course crabbing 〔美俚〕讨好老师,取得老师的欢心。 course of events 事件的经过。 course of exchange (外汇)兑换率[行情表]。 course of things 事态,趋势。 course of treatments 【医学】疗程。 follow a middle course 采取稳健办法。 follow [persue] her course 照一定航线航行。 hold [keep on] one's course 不变方向;抱定宗旨。 in course 1. 〔美国〕按正规课程(得到的)。 2. 〔俚语〕= of course. 3. 〔古语〕=in due course. in course of 在…中(The house is in course of construction. 房子正在建造中)。 in due course 及时;顺次,依次序。 in full course 〔口语〕快;用全速。 in mid course 在半路,中途。 in short course 〔口语〕立即,马上。 in the course of 在…之中 (in the course of today 在今天以内。 in the course of things 在事情顺利发展中,在正常情况下)。 in the ordinary course of events 按正常趋势。 lay the course 砌砖。 of course当然。 run its [their] course (疾病、岁月等自然而然地)经过,进展。 shape one's course 决定路线;制定方针。 stay the course 坚持到底,始终不渝。 take a course 【航海】采一定航路。 take one's own course 按自己办法,走自己的道路。 take to evil courses 开始放荡。 walk over the course 【赛马】(因无劲敌)从容得胜。 vt. 追,赶,猎,跑马,越过,跑过,横断(原野)。 vi. (用猎狗)追猎;(马、孩子等的)快跑;(血液)循环;(眼泪)不住地淌;(云等)乱飞;决定航线[方针]。
I check my in-tray every morning as a matter of course . 我肯定每天早晨查看收文盘。
Same took his long days as a matter of course . 岁月悠长,桑姆这样过日子已习以为常了。
Americans had assumed as a matter of course since 1914 that the allies would win . 从1914年起,美国人就认为协约国必胜。
Caraher as a matter of course set the whiskey bottle at his elbow . 卡拉埃尔呢,理所当然地拿出一瓶威士忌来,放在他手边。
As far as the world went, he believed in the conventions. he took it as a matter of course . 只要世界还存在,他就相信风俗,觉得这是理所当然的事。
When they had entered this apartment, tummas as a matter of course offered, and as a matter of course mr. stubbs accepted . 他们既然进了屋子,图马斯先生少不了要招待一番,斯塔布斯先生也情不可却。
I check my in - tray every morning as a matter of course 我照例每天早晨查看收文盘
Mothers as a matter of course have much affection for their children 母亲自然地很疼爱孩子
As a matter of course , ? he was elected mayor 他当选市长是理所当然。
Mothers as a matter of course have much affection for their children 母亲自然地很疼爱孩子。