| 词汇 | a matter of seconds/weeks/hours etc |
| 释义 | a matter of seconds/weeks/hours etca matter of seconds/weeks/hours etc SMALLonly a few seconds, weeks etc 仅仅数秒/几周/几个小时等 The ambulance arrived in a matter of minutes. 救护车几分钟内就到了。 The bullet missed his head by a matter of inches. 子弹只差几英寸就击中他的头部。 Examples from the Corpus by a matter of• A predator may have scented what you see and beaten you to it by a matter of an hour or so.• Options available may be severely limited by matters of health, geographical location, intelligence, family commitments and job availability.• Not so long ago Eamon Darcy was edged out of the top nine automatic spots, losing by a matter of a few points.• They missed Spider by a matter of minutes. → a matter of seconds/weeks/hours etc at matter1(14) |
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