as a matter of fact

简明英汉词典

as a matter of fact

adv.

事实上

美国传统词典[双解]

matter

mat.ter

AHD:[m2t“…r]

D.J.[6m#t*]

K.K.[6m#t+]

n.（名词）

(1)Something that occupies space and can be perceived by one or more senses; a physical body, a physical substance, or the universe as a whole.

物质：占据一定空间并能被一种或多种感觉感知到的东西；实体、物质或整个宇宙

(2)Physics Something that has mass and exists as a solid, liquid, or gas.

【物理学】 物体：有质量并以固态、液态或气态形式存在的东西

(3)A specific type of substance:

物质的一种特定形式：

inorganic matter.

无机物

(4)Discharge or waste, such as pus or feces, from a living organism.

排出物：从生命体排生物或废物，如脓、屎、尿等

(5)Philosophy In Aristotelian and Scholastic use, that which is in itself undifferentiated and formless and which, as the subject of change and development, receives form and becomes substance and experience.

【哲学】 命题的本质，内容：亚里斯多德学派和学术派用法，他们认为物质自身是无显著特点的、无形的，但作为变化和发展的主体有其形式并成为实质和体验

(6)Christian Science That which is postulated by the mortal mind, regarded as illusion and as the opposite of substance or God:

【基督教科学派】 幻觉意识：心里假想为真的或正确的东西，被认为是幻觉，有悖于物质和上帝：

“Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal”(Mary Baker Eddy)

“精神是真实的、永恒的；物质是不真实的、短暂的”(玛丽·贝克·艾迪)

(7)The substance of thought or expression as opposed to the manner in which it is stated or conveyed.

思想的本质：与思维和表达的方式相悖的思想或表达的本质

(8)A subject of concern, feeling, or action:

考量，事物：关心、感情或行为的承受者：

matters of foreign policy; a personal matter.See Synonyms at subject

外交政策的问题；私事参见 subject

(9)Trouble or difficulty:

麻烦，困难：：

What's the matter with your car?

你的车出什么毛病了?

(10)An approximated quantity, amount, or extent:

近似量：大约的数量、总额或范围：

The construction will last a matter of years.

这项工程将会持续一年左右

(11)Something printed or otherwise set down in writing:

印刷品，书写之物：

reading matter.

阅读材料

(12)Something sent by mail.

邮件：邮寄的东西

(13)Printing

【印刷术】

(14)Composed type.

排版

(15)Material to be set in type.

被编排的材料

v.intr.（不及物动词）

mat.tered， mat.ter.ing， mat.ters

To be of importance:

要紧，有关系：

“Love is most nearly itself/When here and now cease to matter”(T.S. Eliot)See Synonyms at count 1

“爱就是爱；从现在开始停止对它的任何评价吧”(T.S.艾略特)参见 count1

习惯用语

as a matter of fact

In fact; actually.

事实上；实际上

for that matter

So far as that is concerned; as for that.

就此而言，至于此

no matter

Regardless of:

不论：

“Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take,/No matter where it's going”(Edna St. Vincent Millay)

“可我会踏上任何一辆火车，不管它去哪里”(埃德娜·圣文森特·米莱)

语源

(1)Middle English

中古英语

(2)from Old French matere

源自 古法语 matere

(3)from Latin m3a * see m3ter-

源自 拉丁语 m3a *参见 m3ter-

现代英汉综合大辞典

matter

[5mAtE]

n.

(1)物质; 物体, 实质; 实体

(2)(书或印刷品的)资料; 材料; 内容

(3)理由; 原因; 根源

(4)问题, 事故; [pl.]事态; 麻烦, 毛病

(5)(表示数量)...上下, ...左右

(6)重要事件

(7)重要性

(8)邮件, 邮寄的公文[信件]

(9)【刷】原稿; 排版

(10)【医】脓; 生命体排出物

(11)幻觉意识(基督教科学派信仰疗法认为对物质的感觉是虚幻的, 有罪、受苦和将死等意识都是错觉, 纠正错觉即可获得健康)

printed matter

印刷品

postal matter

邮件

decisions of little matter

无关重要的决定

a matter of ten minutes

约十分钟

matter of urgency

紧急事项

It was a matter of life and death for them.

这对他们来说是生死攸关的问题。

M-s went rapidly from bad to worse.

情况急遽每况愈下。

The matter in your essay is excellent but the style is deplorable.

你的文章内容不错, 但是文体很糟。

M-exists in three states: solid, liquid and gas.

物质以三种状态存在: 固态、液态和气态。

词性变化

matter

vi.

(1)[主要用于否定句、疑问句或条件句中]要紧, 重要, 有重大关系

(2)化脓, 出脓

What does it matter ?

那有什么关系?

It does not matter (if ...)

(即使...也)不要紧

It doesn't matter about the price; buy it, whatever it costs.

价钱没什么关系; 不论多少钱都买。

We usually see eye to eye on the things that really matter.

我们对于重要事情总是看法一致。

继承用法

matter-of-course

[7mAtErEv5kC:s]

adj.

当然的, 自然会发生的; 不用说的

matter-of-fact

[7mAtErEv5fAkt]

adj.

实际上的; 平凡的; 乏味的

习惯用语

a matter of

(1)大约, 大概

(2)...的问题

a matter of course

当然的事

a matter of opinion

看法不同的问题

as a matter of convenience

为方便起见

as a matter of course

自然, 不用说, 照例

as a matter of fact

实际上, 不瞒你说, 确实, 事实是

as a matter of record

根据所报数据

as a matter of routine

作为例行公事; 按常规

as matters stand [as the matter stands]

照目前的情况

carry matters with a high hand

采取高压手段; 专横跋扈

face a [the] matter out

坚持到底, 不让步; 厚颜无耻地应付过去

for that matter (=for the matter of that)

关于那一点, 就此而言, 对此, 就那件事而论

in matter of

与...有关

in the matter of

至于; 关于, 在...方面

it is no matter that ...

是无关紧要的

let the matter drop [go, rest]

听任事情自然发展

make a matter

大惊小怪, 引起一场风波

make matters [it] worse

更坏的是, 更糟的是

make sth. a matter of conscience

凭良心做某事

matter at issue

争论点; 正在讨论的问题

no laughing matter

不是闹着玩的事

no matter

不要紧, 没关系

no matter how [what, when, where, who]

不管怎样[什么, 何时, 哪里, 谁]...

not (to) mince matters

直言不讳地说, 坦率地说

take up a matterwith

和...交涉

the matter

有问题, 有毛病

What matter ...?

又有什么要紧?

what matter if

即使...又何妨

What's the matter?

[口]怎么回事?出了什么事?

What's the matter with ...?

[口]...怎么啦? ...出了什么事? ...生了什么病?

特殊用法

active matter

活性物

active organic matter

活性有机质

advertisement matter

广告邮件

agglutinating matter

絮凝剂, 凝集物, 絮凝物质, 烧结物质

alkaline matter

碱性物质

amphoteric matter

两性物质

annexed matter

图书附录

appellant matter

有关上诉事宜

artificial colouring matter

合成色素, 人工着色料

azine colouring matters

吖嗪染料

back [reference] matter

书后所附参考或补充材料(如附录、补遗、词汇、参考文献、索引等的统称)

carbonaceous matter

含碳物质

circumstellar matter

拱星物质

civil matter

刑事事[案]件

close matter

(出版)密排版

colloid matter

胶体, 胶质

coloured illustrative matter

彩色插图材料

colouring matter

色料, 染色物质

combustible matter

可燃物(质)

commercial matters

商务

contentious matter

【律】诉讼事项

craze matter

银纹体

dark matter

暗物质

dead matter

【刷】待拆活字版

defamatory matter

诽谤事件

deposited matter

沉积物, 沉淀物

dialectics of matter

【哲】物质辩证法

diffuse matter

弥漫物质

dissolved matter

溶解物

dissolved organic matter

溶解有机物

ejected matter

喷出物质, 排出物质

evidence matter

凭证事项

exogenous organic matter

外源有机物

extraneous matter

外来杂质; 异物

fat matter

【刷】易排印件

fatty matter

(含)脂肪物质, 脂肪性物

f(a)ecal matter

粪便物

financial matter

资金问题

flavouring matter

香料

foreign matter

杂质

foreign registered mail matter

外国挂号邮件

front matter

(出版)前页(扉页、版权页、目次等)

gelatinous matter

凝胶状物质, 凝胶体

grey matter

(中枢神经系统的)灰质, 灰白质; [口]头脑

gritty matter

硬粒物质

gummy matter

胶质

hanging matter

绞刑案件

humic matter

腐殖质

hygroscopic matter

吸湿性物质

illegal printing matter

非法印刷品

illustrative matter

(出版)插图材料

incidental matter

偶发事项

incrusting matter

包被物(细胞膜的纤维素结合物质), 结壳物质

infective matter

传染物

inflammable matter

可燃物

isoluble matter

不溶性物质

insurable subject matter

【经贸】保险标的物

intergalactic matter

【天】星系际物质

interlinear matter

行间注释

interplanetary matter

行星际物质

interstellar matter

星际物质

invisible matter

不可见物质

judge of criminal matter

【律】刑事法官

lean matter

(出版)排版印版

legal matter

法律事件[资料]

litigious matter

可引起诉讼的事件

liquidationmatter

清算事项

living matter

生活物质, 活质

mail matter

邮件

mat matter

植毡

meteorite matter

陨石物质

monetary matters

金融事项

money matter

赚钱, 积财; (金钱的)借贷事件

native soil organic matter

土壤原有机质

new matter

新的事物

nitrogenous matter

氮质物

nude matter

无证据事件

nutritive matter

营养物质

obnoxious matter

应受处罚的事件

organic matter

有机物

over matter

(出版)待印件

particulate matter

颗粒物质

particulate organic matter

颗粒有机物

plant colouring matters

植物色素

popular reading matter

通俗读物

post matters

邮件

prefatory matter

(出版)序言

preliminary matter

正文前的图文

prime matter

原始物质, 纯物质

printed matter

印刷品

procedural matter

程序事项

proximate matter

型材, 坯

radiant matter

辐射物(质)

radioactive matter

放射性物质

reducing matter

还原剂, 还原物质

reacting matter

反应物质

reading matter

读物

registered matter

已备案事件

reference matter

(出版)文后栏目

reqistered mail matter

挂号邮件

resinous matter

树脂状物质

saline matter

盐分

saponifiable matter

可皂化物

scientific matter

学术[科学]问题

seasoning matter

调味料, 佐料

secret matter

秘密事件

settling matter

沉降物

soil organic matter

土壤有机质

solid matter

固体物质

soluble matter

可溶性物质

standing matter

存版, 存稿

sticky matter

胶粘物质, 粘稠物

straight matter

(出版)无插图表格的)全文字图书subject matter 题材; 学科内容, 教材subject matter as phenomenon 作为现象的题材subject matters (

besides liability) for regulation

需要规定的事项(赔偿责任除外)

基本词义

fact

[fAkt]

n.

(1)事实, 现实

(2)真实, 真相

(3)事实根据; 论据

(4)所主张的事情

We are interested only in facts.

我们只重视事实。

He wants to know the facts of the case.

他要知道案情的真相。

Facts speak louder than words.

事实胜于雄辩。

继承用法

fact-finder

[`fAkt9faIndE(r)]

n.

实情调查者

fact-finding

[`fAkt9faIndIN]

adj.

(进行)实地调查的, 调查研究的

词性变化

fact

n.

真情调查, 调停

习惯用语

accomplished fact

既成事实

after the fact

【律】犯罪之后

as a matter of fact

事实上, 实际上

be caught in the fact

当场被捕

before the fact

【律】犯罪之前

blink the fact

不顾事实, 闭眼不看事实

bring out the facts and reasons

摆事实, 讲道理

dry facts

朴素的事实, 未加渲染的事实

face the fact

面对现实, 正视事实

for a fact

确实地, 肯定地

from the fact that

从...的事实上来看

in fact

事实上, 其实

in point of fact

实际上, 就事实而论

the fact is ...

事实上是...; 实则..., 事情的真相是...

the fact of the matter is ...

事实上是...; 实则..., 事情的真相是...

the facts of life

(1)性知识; 生殖方面的常识

(2)生活中的严酷现实

facts and figures

确实的消息, 准确的情报

Facts are stubborn.

[谚]事实是不可否认的。

fact of life

无法更改的 事实

美国传统词典

matter

mat.ter

AHD:[m2t“…r]

D.J.[6m#t*]

K.K.[6m#t+]

n.

(1)Something that occupies space and can be perceived by one or more senses; a physical body, a physical substance, or the universe as a whole.

(2)Physics Something that has mass and exists as a solid, liquid, or gas.

(3)A specific type of substance:

inorganic matter.

(4)Discharge or waste, such as pus or feces, from a living organism.

(5)Philosophy In Aristotelian and Scholastic use, that which is in itself undifferentiated and formless and which, as the subject of change and development, receives form and becomes substance and experience.

(6)Christian Science That which is postulated by the mortal mind, regarded as illusion and as the opposite of substance or God:

“Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal”(Mary Baker Eddy)

(7)The substance of thought or expression as opposed to the manner in which it is stated or conveyed.

(8)A subject of concern, feeling, or action:

matters of foreign policy; a personal matter.See Synonyms at subject

(9)Trouble or difficulty:

What's the matter with your car?

(10)An approximated quantity, amount, or extent:

The construction will last a matter of years.

(11)Something printed or otherwise set down in writing:

reading matter.

(12)Something sent by mail.

(13)Printing

(14)Composed type.

(15)Material to be set in type.

v.intr.

mat.tered, mat.ter.ing, mat.ters

To be of importance:

“Love is most nearly itself/When here and now cease to matter”(T.S. Eliot)See Synonyms at count 1

习惯用语

as a matter of fact

In fact; actually.

for that matter

So far as that is concerned; as for that.

no matter

Regardless of:

“Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take,/No matter where it's going”(Edna St. Vincent Millay)

语源

(1)Middle English

(2)from Old French matere

(3)from Latin m3a * see m3ter-

英汉航海大词典

as a matter of fact

prep.事实上

英汉环境大词典

as a matter of fact

n.事实上,实际上

英汉化学大词典

as a matter of fact

adv.事实上,其实

英汉经贸大词典

as a matter of fact

n.事实上,实际上

英汉能源大词典

as a matter of fact

n.事实上,实际上

英汉中医大词典

as a matter of fact

n.事实上,其实