| 釋義 |
mattern.
1. material 材料。
△ Tw.3.4.158 (142):“More matterfor a May morning.”五月游戲的材料又來(lái)了。
2. business,affair 事務(wù)，事情。
△Oth.1.2.38: “What isthe matter,think you?” 什么事，你想？
△Com.4.2.41:“Why,man,what is the matter?” 嘿，到底是怎么回事？
△3H.VI.3.3.258: “Matter of marriage was thecharge he gave me，” 他交給我的任務(wù)本來(lái)是磋商婚事。
3. content,meaning,substance 內(nèi)容，意思，實(shí)質(zhì)。
△Mer.3.5. 76 (70): “Defy the matter.” 不顧內(nèi)容。
△Rom.2.6.30: “more rich in matter than in words，”更豐富的在于內(nèi)容而不在于言詞。
△Ham.2.2.197 (193): “What isthe matter,my lord?”講的什么事情啊，殿下？ (按：“事情”在此意指書(shū)里的“內(nèi)容”，但在下文中哈姆雷特另作解釋。)
△Lr.1.2.70 (63): “If the matter were good,my lord,Idurst swear it were his；” 如果內(nèi)容是好話，我敢發(fā)誓說(shuō)這是他的筆跡。
4. cause,reason 緣故，理由。
△R.III.1.1.51:“Butwhat’s the matter,Clarence,may I know?” 但究竟是什么緣故，克拉侖斯，我可以知道嗎？
5. deed,object,business one has to do 行動(dòng)，目的，要做的事。
△Ham.2.2.511(481):“And,like a neutral to hiswill and matter,/ Did nothing.” i. e.he stood mid-way between intention and performance. 仿佛在意圖和實(shí)行之間保持了中立，什么也不干。
6. something of importance 重要事情。
△Oth.3.4.138(139): “There’s matter in’t indeed,if he be angry.” 如果他生氣了，一定是出了大事。
7. meaning,significance 意思，意義。
△ Tw. 1.5.227(210): “my words are as full of peace as matter.” 我的話里充滿了和平，也充滿了意義。
△Ado.2.1.345 (330): “Iwas born to speak all mirth and no matter.”我生來(lái)愛(ài)說(shuō)笑話，沒(méi)有什么意義。(又譯：我這一張嘴是向來(lái)胡說(shuō)慣了，沒(méi)有一句正經(jīng)話。)
△Ham.4.1.1:“There's matter in these sighs,these profound heaves.”你這幾聲嘆息、幾聲長(zhǎng)嘆一定有什么意義。
△Ham.4.5. 173(174):“This nothing'smore than matter.”i.e. This nonsense conveys morethan sense would do. 這種胡扯比正經(jīng)話還有意味。
△H.VIII.1.1.125:“I read in's looks / Matter againstme，”我從他的神態(tài)上看出了他對(duì)我的敵意。
8. sense,ideas,thought見(jiàn)識(shí)，念頭，思想。
△As.2.1.67: “I love to cope him in these sullen fits,/ For thenhe's full of matter.”我愛(ài)在他發(fā)作這種憂郁癥的時(shí)候見(jiàn)到他，因?yàn)檫@時(shí)他最富于見(jiàn)識(shí)。
9. good sense,intelligence,wit明智，智力，智慧。
△Ado.1.1.289(279):“I have almost matter enough (i.e.sufficient wit) in me for such an embassage，”我多少還有些頭腦來(lái)辦這件差使。
10. sense,relevancy見(jiàn)識(shí)，中肯。
△Lr.4.6.179 (174):“O,matter and impertinency mixed；”啊，正經(jīng)話和胡話夾雜在一起。
11. point in question 本題。
△Ado.3.5.10 (9):“Goodman Verges,sir,speaks a little off the mat-ter；”i.e. he speaks irrelevantly. 弗吉斯君，先生，說(shuō)話有些不中肯。
12. subject for conversation話題。
△As.4.1.76 (74):“gravelled for lack of matter，” 因?yàn)闆](méi)話可說(shuō)停住了。
△As.4.1.78 (76): “and for lovers lacking...mat-ter，” 至于情人們沒(méi)話說(shuō)的時(shí)候.
△As.4.1.82 (79):“Then she puts you to entreaty,and there begins newmatter.”那么她就使得你向她請(qǐng)求，這樣就有新的話題了。
△2H.IV.5.1.86(78): “I will devise matter enoughout of this Shallow to keep Prince Harry in continuallaughter the wearing out of six fashions.”我要從這個(gè)夏祿身上制造出足夠的談話資料，使得哈利王子笑個(gè)不停，直到六種時(shí)尚的結(jié)束。
13. subject of contention爭(zhēng)論的問(wèn)題。
△1H.VI.5.4.100: “And here at hand the Dauphin and his train /Approacheth,to confer about some matter.”法國(guó)太子和他的隨行人員很快就要到來(lái)談判有關(guān)問(wèn)題。
14. cause for a dispute or quarrel爭(zhēng)端，事兒。
△Ham.2.2.198 (194): “Between who?” i.e. Matter between
whom?誰(shuí)跟誰(shuí)的事情??？ (按：哈姆雷特故意把“事情”理解為“爭(zhēng)端”。)
15. subject of complaint or grievance,argument怨訴或委屈的事由，情由。
△2H.IV.1.2.151(132):“I sent for you,when there were matters against you for yourlife,to come speak with me.”我派人找你有話要說(shuō)，因?yàn)槟惴赣邪盖樽阋詷?gòu)成死罪。
△Wiv.1.1.126 (122): “whatmatter have you against me?”你有什么理由要和我作對(duì)？
16. something amiss 毛病，問(wèn)題。
△L.L.L.3.1.125(119): “Till there be more matter in the shin.”等到腿出了問(wèn)題再說(shuō)吧。
17. thing or amount begged（乞討的）東西，數(shù)量。
△Tw.3.1.62 (54):“The matter,I hope,is not great,sirbegging but a beggar.”我希望，先生，你不會(huì)認(rèn)為我乞討的東西太大——我只想乞討一個(gè)乞丐。 matter物質(zhì)存在于宇宙中的實(shí)物。由原子或分子或兩者的混合體組成。通常有四種狀態(tài)：氣態(tài)、液態(tài)、固態(tài)和等離子態(tài)。引力和慣性為其基本性質(zhì)。 matter[?m?t?]n. 事情，事實(shí)，實(shí)質(zhì)，問(wèn)題，原稿，物資，材料，資料，內(nèi)容，金屬版用的雕刻工具
◇a matter of course理所當(dāng)然的事/a matter of doing取決于某事的情況/ a matter of life and death成敗關(guān)鍵/a matter of opinion看法不同的問(wèn)題
as a matter of course按照常規(guī)
as a matter of fact事實(shí)上，其實(shí)
as a matter of大約，…左右
as matter of house不多于
as matters stand=as the matter stands照目前的情況
be no laughing matter不是開(kāi)玩笑的事
be no matter to sb.對(duì)某人無(wú)關(guān)緊要
be the matter with sb. (sth.)原因，理由
for that matter至于…，就此而言
in the matter of sth.在…上，就…而論
matter at issue爭(zhēng)論點(diǎn)
matter of fact事實(shí)問(wèn)題，事實(shí)
matter of life and death極為重要的事
mind over matter精神勝物質(zhì)
no matter不管，不論
not mince matters直言不諱
take matters into one’s own hands主動(dòng)處理
take up the matter oneself親自出面
take up the matter with向…交涉
What does it matter?這有什么關(guān)系？
‖ important matter大事
matter of expediency權(quán)宜之計(jì)
matter-of-fact attitude實(shí)事求是的態(tài)度
matter of life and death極為重要的事
matter of personal whim個(gè)人好惡?jiǎn)栴}
matters arising續(xù)議事項(xiàng)，前議事項(xiàng)，上次會(huì)議記錄所提事項(xiàng)
matters of course理所當(dāng)然的事情
matters of fact事實(shí)
matters vital to national well-being and the people’s livelihood關(guān)系國(guó)計(jì)民生的大事
matter-of-course adj. 當(dāng)然的，意料中的matter-of-fact adj.實(shí)際的，平凡的
mattery adj. 內(nèi)容豐富的，重要的 |