| 释义 |
a matter of1No more than (a specified period of time): they were shown the door in a matter of minutes...- Some cab customers may think it's just a matter of luck that a driver is at their door in a matter of minutes.
- Then, if an unexpected caller knocks at the door, the resident is able to summon help in a matter of minutes.
- It was getting towards sun down, and she reached her apartment in a matter of 25 minutes.
2A thing that involves or depends on: it’s a matter of working out how to get something done...- It's a matter of all the players involved in the club progressing on from last year.
- Whether his political standpoint is your cup of tea is a matter of choice.
- Tea terminology is a matter of concern to tea drinkers and also to cooks who are using tea as a flavouring.
3 ( a matter of/for) Something that evokes (a specified feeling): it’s a matter of complete indifference to me...- If Australia somehow pull off victory this week, it should not be a matter for national mourning.
- The nature of their current relationship must remain a matter for conjecture.
- I think that perhaps the best way for me to cope with being over-weight is to make it a matter for jollity.
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