for it to matter如何理解

I could have told him all this, but it was fairly obvious he wasn't going to be around long enough for it to matter.

结构是：long enough (for ...) to do sth.

意思是：时间够长的，（对......而言）可以做某事。

it 指代“告诉他一切”；to matter（动词不定式），意为“很重要；很要紧；意义重大”。

he wasn't going to be around long enough for it to matter.

【翻译】他不会待得太久，告诉他就不重要了。（由于前面否定，不定式动作自然跟着否定）

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