| 单词 | no great matter | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasno great matter  b.   to be (also †make, etc.) great matter: to be something of great importance or significance; similarly  to be (a) small matter, etc. Frequently in negative contexts, as  no great matter, etc. ΚΠ 1531    T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour  i. xiv. sig. H  				Nor it maketh therof no great mater: they that haue studied rhetorike, shal perceyue what I meane. 1576    A. Fleming tr.  P. Vatinius in  Panoplie Epist. 128  				My behauiour hathe not deserued, any such doggishe dealing: but makes it any great matter? 1583    P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Eiii  				But now it is a small matter to bestowe..a hundred pound of one paire of Breeches. 1620    tr.  G. Boccaccio Decameron II.  x. vii. f. 158v  				Some perhaps will say, it was a small matter for a King, to giue away two Damosels in marriage. 1622    F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 120  				It did shew manifestly vnto the World, that hee [sc. Perkin] was some Great matter. 1634    T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 45  				No great matter where. 1682    W. Beveridge Serm. Excellency & Usefulness Common Prayer 12  				This..may seem to be no great matter at first sight. 1713    J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 3 Mar. 		(1948)	 II. 631  				Tis not a farthing matter her death, I think. 1717    G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy 20 Jan. in  Wks. 		(1955)	 VII. 259  				We saw an armoury wch seemed no great matter. 1755    Ld. Chesterfield in  World 16 Oct. 878  				As for shop debts to mercers..and such like, it is no great matter whether they are ever paid or not. 1878    H. James Europeans II. 1. 27  				Even if he makes love to you it is no great matter. 1892    R. L. Stevenson  & L. Osbourne Wrecker xxii. 332  				The lad's faults were no great matter. 1917    R. Graves Fairies & Fusiliers 20  				Mask your hunger, let it seem Small matter if he come or stay. 1995    N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Nov. 17/1  				To the deconstructionist the text is no great matter since the author's intention is irrelevant in any case. < as lemmas  | 
	
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