单词 | to be another matter |
释义 | > as lemmasto be another matter a. As a count noun: a thing, affair, subject, etc., in the most general sense (cf. 1a). Frequently in to be another matter: to be different from something else under discussion. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > [noun] > entity, being, or thing thingeOE warec1200 beinga1393 matterc1450 body1587 essence1587 entity1596 existence1605 existency1628 existent1635 essency1647 exister1700 beënt1865 thang1932 c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame 1517 But hit a ful confus matere Were alle the gestes for to here. c1500 (a1449) J. Lydgate Isopes Fabules (Trin. Cambr.) 48 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 568 In matyrs, þat touche poetry. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III 50 b He took there newes as a matter of no small momente. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. vi. f. 30v They coniectured that these thynges portended sum great matter. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxxxvii. sig. F3 In sleepe a King, but waking no such matter . View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms xxxv. 20 They deuise deceitfull matters against them that are quiet in the land. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 94 What impossible matter wil he make easy next? View more context for this quotation 1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. Pref. sig. A6v Five matters of Ancient Tradition I have taken notice of. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. i. 143 It cannot in any wise be an indifferent matter, whether we obey or disobey those Commands. 1787 ‘P. Pindar’ Lousiad: Canto II 40 in Lousiad: Canto I (ed. 4) 'Twould be a serious matter, we can tell ye, Were we to buccaneer it on your belly. 1828 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. 249 If actresses are bad, no manager can help it; but to take pains to turn a bad woman into an actress is another matter. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 87 Who desire you more Than..dying lips, With many thousand matters left to do, The breath of life. 1876 W. Black Madcap Violet xvii The pronunciation of the word allegro is not a matter of very grave moment. 1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out vi. 94 The difference of nearly twenty years in age between them..made Mrs. Ambrose appear too humorous and cool in a matter of such moment. 1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day i. 17 Whether they would have welcomed the young curate with equal confidence had they known that his father was in trade, is another matter. 1992 Pract. Fishkeeping Mar. 88/4 Goldfish survive happily with 30 inches over their backs, but Koi are a different matter. < as lemmas |
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