Matters of substance
[法] 实质性的事项
🧩 词语组成解析
n. 事项；事态；事件；情事（matter的复数）
of
[əv]
prep. 关于;属于…的;由…制成;
aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气];
🗣️ 情景例句
His daughter is sick.
他女儿生病了。
Your unit price seems fair enough, but we're hoping for a higher discount rate.
单价似乎合理，但我们希望给予更高的折扣率。
Libraries made education possible, and education in its turn added to libraries: the growth of knowledge followed a kind of compound interest law, which was greatly enhanced by the invention of printing.
藏书使教育成为可能，而教育反过来又丰富了藏书，因为知识的增长遵循着一种“滚雪球”的规律。印刷术的发明又大大提高了知识增长的速度。