It was clear that she wanted to discuss some private matter.

很明显，她想谈些私事。

Until the matter is resolved the athletes will be ineligible to compete.

除非这个问题得以解决，否则这些运动员没有资格参加比赛。

Don't you think this is now a matter for the police?. [+ for]

难道你不觉得这件事现在该交由警方处理吗？

Business matters drew him to Paris.

他因公前往巴黎。

If your ordinary life is out of control, then retreating into a cosy ritual will not improve matters.

如果正常生活都一团糟了，那么再讲究小情调根本无济于事。

If it would facilitate matters, I would be happy to come to New York.

如果对事态发展有利，我很乐意来纽约。

Matters took an unexpected turn.

事态发生了意想不到的转变。

History is always a matter of interpretation. [+ of]

历史总是一种阐释角度的问题。

Observance of the law is a matter of principle for us.

守法是我们的一个原则问题。

After that, life became a matter of defying school rules.

从那以后，生活便成了处处与校规作对。

Jack had attended these meetings as a matter of routine for years. [+ of]

数年来，杰克把参加这些会议当成是例行公事。

...the Government's plans to levy VAT on printed matter.

政府对印刷品征收增值税的计划

...a rich variety of reading matter.

种类繁多的阅读材料

A proton is an elementary particle of matter.

质子是物质的基本粒子。

He has spent his career studying how matter behaves at the fine edge between order and disorder.

他从事研究物质在有序与无序的细微临界处的行为变化。

They feed mostly on decaying vegetable matter.

它们大多以腐烂的蔬菜为食。

...waste matter from industries.

工业废料

Carole, what's the matter? You don't seem happy.

卡萝尔，出什么事了？你好像不开心。

What's the matter with your office?.

你们部门出什么事了吗？

She told him there was nothing the matter.

她告诉他没出什么事。

Within a matter of days she was back at work.

仅仅几天后，她又回去上班了。

He expected to be at East Grinstead station in a matter of hours.

他希望几个小时内可以到达东格林斯特德站。

This time the journey was short, a matter of four or five miles up into the hills.

这次的旅程很短，只有上山的四五英里路。

A lot of the food goes on the floor but that doesn't matter. [VERB]

许多食品掉在地板上，不过也没什么关系。

As for Laura and me, the colour of our skin has never mattered. [VERB]

至于我和劳拉，肤色根本不是问题。

As long as staff are smart, it does not matter how long their hair is. [VERB wh]

员工只要聪明，头发留多长没什么关系。

Does it matter that people don't know this?. [VERB that]

人们对此事不知情，这重要吗？

Money is the only thing that matters to them. [VERB + to]

对他们来说，钱是唯一重要的东西。

Being responsible for one's own health is one thing, but being responsible for another person's health is quite a different matter.

对自己的健康负责是一回事，对他人的健康负责就完全是另一回事了。

You have no business going into such places all by yourselves. If your parents take you, of course, that's another matter.

你们不该自己去这些地方。不过如果是父母带你们去的，那就另当别论了。

Your doctor and health visitor can help a great deal and you need to talk about it with them as a matter of urgency.

你的医生和家访护士会帮很大的忙。你应该和他们谈一谈，这是当务之急。

Choosing the colour for the drawing-room walls was no easy matter.

选择客厅墙壁的颜色绝非易事。

'He's moving in here,' Maria said. 'So that's the end of the matter.'

“他就要搬来住了，”玛丽亚说，“那么就这么定了。”

The fact of the matter is that most people consume far more protein than they actually need.

真实的情况是，大多数人摄入的蛋白质比他们实际所需的多出许多。

The truth of the matter is that he was having an identity crisis when he met Carina.

实际情况是，他认识卡丽娜时正在迷失自我。

The irony was that Shawn had not seen her. Nor for that matter had anyone else.

具有讽刺意味的是，肖恩并没有见过她，别人也同样如此。

A great deal of hard work was done and, for that matter, is continuing.

大量艰苦的工作已经完成，同样，大量艰苦的工作也仍在继续。

'Did I wake you?' — 'Yes, but it doesn't matter.'

“我把你吵醒了？”—“是的，不过没关系。”

'Steve, what do you want?' — 'Coke, Pepsi, it doesn't matter.'

“史蒂夫，你要喝点什么？”—“可口可乐，百事，随便啦。”

Their behaviour is an offence. It's no laughing matter.

他们这么做是犯罪，这可不是开玩笑的。

Don't let yourself despair; this will only make matters worse.

不要想不开，这样只能使情况变得更糟。

To make matters worse, it started to rain again.

更糟的是，又开始下雨了。

'Didn't you ever read the book?' Keating shook his head. 'Well, no matter.'.

“你从没看过这本书？”基廷摇了摇头。“嗯，没关系。”

'Shoddy workmanship these days,' he remarked. 'No matter, it will still bear my weight.'

“现如今的做工实在是差劲，”他说，“无所谓了，好歹还撑得住我的体重。”

No matter what your age, you can lose weight by following this program.

不论年龄多大，都可以按这套方案来减肥。

No matter how often they were urged, they could not bring themselves to join in.

就算别人说破了嘴皮，他们就是不加入。

Jenkins would reward all investors, no matter when they made their investment.

无论投资人何时投资，詹金斯都会让他们得到回报。

He had decided to publish the manuscript no matter what.

他决定无论如何都要出版那部手稿。

I vowed then, no matter what, I would never be like those people.

于是我发誓，无论如何，我和他们那种人都不会成为一丘之貉。

'We're not that contrived. We're not that theatrical.' — 'That's a matter of opinion.'

“我们没那么造作，也没那么夸张。”—“见仁见智喽。”

It would be only a matter of time before he went through with it.

他完成这件事只是时间问题。