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■ (for that) matter这个词组，通常可以用来代替前面说过的一个肯定或否定的动词，避免重复。通常的用法是：前面说了一句“主—谓—状”结构的句子，后面一句放一个同前句的状语不同的另一个状语，句末在逗号后（或没有逗号）加上（或在句中插入）for that matter，表示“在另一种情境下做前面的事，也是一样”。 - It's fun to play in the mud, but not so fun to get stuck in it. Or anywhere else for that matter (= Or to get stuck anywhere else). (STP advertisement)在泥泞里玩耍是很有趣的，但是陷在泥泞里可就不那么有趣了。陷在任何别处也不那么有趣。
- You can have it with rice or pasta; or both, for that matter (= or have it with both).这可以伴着米饭或者面条吃；也可以两样同时伴着吃。
- I wouldn't tell you; or anyone else, for that matter (= or tell any one else).我不会告诉你，也不会告诉任何别人。
- We have no troops east of Dover, or west of it, for that matter (= we have no troops west of Dover, either).我们在多佛以东没有兵力，在多佛以西也没有。
- I know that I shall have some fuss with wife about that; and, for that matter, about Tom, too.(Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Volume I, Chapter 1)我知道，我一定会同老婆因为这件事也因为汤姆的事闹得有点不安宁。
- Also, I've been reading Spencer's Philosophy of Style, and found out a lot of what was the matter with me—or my writing, rather; and for that matter with most of the writing that is published every month in the magazines. (Jack London, Martin Eden)而且我一直在看斯宾塞的《风格哲学》，找出了我自己的问题或是我写作中的问题，而且同样也找出了杂志上每个月刊登的大多数文章的问题。
但是有时候后面一句可以不略去前句的谓语，再重复一次，此时 for that matter 就只有强调“又是”的状语意义。 - He's shaking with the cold. So am I, for that matter (= So am I, too.)他冷得发抖。我也是。
- Plus there are some parts that really bug me. How does Holmes make a living? Never once does he actually charge these people for his services. Where does his cash come from? And for that matter (= likewise) where does Watson get his money from?小说中有些地方简直让我莫名其妙。福尔摩斯是靠什么过活的？他一次也没有向人家索取服务费用。他的钱是从哪里来的？同样，华生又是从哪里来的钱？
- I don't know why she wanted to fly to Salt Lake City in this weather, or why she wanted to fly at all for that matter.我不知道，这样的天气，她为什么还想飞到盐湖城去，而且本来往哪里飞都不合适嘛。
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