to be important 重要；要紧 | People need to realize that education matters. 人们需要认识到教育的重要性。 |
| sth matters to sb Winning this award matters a lot to me. 赢得这个奖对我很重要。 |
| | a | used especially in questions and negative statements when you are talking about whether something is important （用于谈论某事物是否重要，尤用于疑问句和否定句中）要紧 | | Does it matter if I don’ t take a present? 我不带礼物去要紧吗？ | | +that Why should it matter that he’ s a little overweight? 他有点超重有什么要紧？ | | +if It doesn’ t really matter if we’ re a bit late. 我们稍迟一点真的不要紧。 | |
| | b | used especially in questions and negative statements about whether something makes a difference （尤用于疑问句和否定句中）有区别，有关系 | | ‘I’ ve forgotten my swimming stuff.’ ‘It doesn’ t matter – you can borrow these.’ “我忘带游泳衣了。”“这没关系，你可以借这些。” | | +that I don’ t think it matters that he hasn’ t got a degree. 我想他没得到一个学位没什么关系。 | | +which/whether/how etc It doesn’ t matter how you look at it, the problem remains the same. 你怎么看这个问题都没关系，问题依旧如此。 | |