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单词 on the matter
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on (also upon) the matter
c. on (also upon) the matter: taking the thing as a whole, speaking generally; for all practical purposes, practically speaking. Also upon the whole matter. Obsolete.The meaning of quot. ?1577 is uncertain. Pounder matter is treated by N.E.D. as the phrase ‘upon the matter’, but is interpreted as ‘(if you) ponder the matter’ in the 1911 edition of the text.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > in general terms or not in detail > as a whole
one or other?1544
upon the whole matter1612
on the whole1624
in the (whole) complex1661
in the large1943
?1577 Misogonus iii. i, in R. W. Bond Early Plays from Ital. (1911) 229 Pounder matter well if she should not knowt, who showlde knowe?]
1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 149 So that vpon the whole matter, [1625 vpon the matter], in a great wit, deformity is an aduantage to rising.
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. xxxvii. 93 That Christians are not bound to keep faith with idolaters, the worshippers of a false god, as the Egyptian Caliph was on the matter.
1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vii. 120 The Rules they both work by are upon the matter the same, in Sawing, Mortessing,..&c.
1689 Bp. G. Burnet Tracts I. 79 This is upon the matter a Pension paid under a more decent name to the most considerable Men of the Country.
1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 577 Upon the whole matter it is Infinitely absurd to think that Conscience can be kept in order without frequent Examination.
a1710 G. Bull Serm. in Wks. (1713) II. 733 He is upon the matter sure of a long life.
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