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詞形變化
復數:things 同義詞
英漢雙解
物體object
1. | [c] 東西;物an object whose name you do not use because you do not need to or want to, or because you do not know it |
| Can you pass me that thing over there? 把那邊那個東西遞給我好嗎? |
| She's very fond of sweet things(= sweet foods) . 她非常喜歡吃甜食。 |
| He's just bought one of those exercise things. 他剛買了一副健身器械。 |
| Turn that thing off while I'm talking to you! 我在跟你說話,把那個玩意兒關掉! |
2. | [c] 物件;物品;事物an object that is not alive in the way that people and plants are |
| Don't treat her like that─she's a person, not a thing! 別那樣對待她,她是人,不是物件! |
| He's good at making things with his hands. 他善于手工制作物品。 |
| She took no interest in the people and things around her. 她對周圍的人和事毫無興趣。 |
所有物;設備possessions/equipment
3. | [pl] (個人的)用品,衣服;(某種)用具objects, clothing or tools that belong to sb or are used for a particular purpose |
| Shall I help you pack your things? 我幫你打點行裝好嗎? |
| Bring your swimming things with you. 隨身帶上游泳用品。 |
| I'll just clear away the breakfast things. 我這就收拾早餐餐具。 |
| Put your things(= coat, etc.) on and let's go. 把你的衣服穿上,咱們就走。 |
任何東西anything
4. | [sing] 任何東西(用于否定句,加強語氣)used with negatives to mean ‘anything’ in order to emphasize what you are saying |
| I haven't got a thing to wear! 我沒有一件可穿的衣服! |
| There wasn't a thing we could do to help. 沒有什么我們能幫得上忙的。 |
| Ignore what he said─it doesn't mean a thing . 別理睬他說的話,他那都是瞎說。 |
事實;事件;情況;行為fact/event/situation/action
5. | [c] 事實;事件;情況;行為;話語;想法a fact, an event, a situation or an action; what sb says or thinks |
| There are a lot of things she doesn't know about me. 我有很多情況她都不了解。 |
| There's another thing I'd like to ask you. 還有一件事我想問你。 |
| A terrible thing happened last night. 昨天夜里發生了一件可怕的事情。 |
| He found the whole thing(= the situation) very boring. 他覺得整件事情非常無聊。 |
| I've got loads of things to do today. 今天我有許多事要做。 |
| The main thing to remember is to switch off the burglar alarm. 最要緊的是記住關掉防盜報警器的開關。 |
| I like camping, climbing and that sort of thing . 我喜歡露營、爬山之類的活動。 |
| She said the first thing that came into her head. 她想到了什么就說什么。 |
| ‘Why did you tell her our secret?’ ‘I did no such thing !’ “你為什么把我們的秘密告訴她?”“我沒干過這種事!” |
| Let's forget the whole thing(= everything) . 咱們把所有事情都忘掉吧。 |
6. | [pl] 形勢;局面;情況;事態the general situation, as it affects sb |
| Things haven't gone entirely to plan. 事態沒有完全按照計劃發展。 |
| Hi, Jane! How are things ? 喂,簡,近來怎么樣? |
| Think things over before you decide. 先把情況考慮周全再作決定。 |
| As things stand at present, he seems certain to win. 據目前情況看,他似乎勝券在握。 |
| All things considered(= considering all the difficulties or problems) , she's done very well. 通盤考慮起來,她干得很好。 |
| Why do you make things so difficult for yourself? 你為什么這樣跟自己過不去? |
需要的╱合適的事物what is needed/right
7. | [c][ususing] 需要的東西;適當的東西;合適的東西what is needed or socially acceptable |
| You need something to cheer you up─I know just the thing! 你需要點什么使你高興起來,我知道什么正合你的需要! |
| to say the right/wrong thing 說得體的╱不得體的話 |
| The best thing to do is to apologize. 道歉方是上策。 |
某種類型的事物things of particular type
8. | [pl] 所有…的事物;凡是…的東西all that can be described in a particular way |
| She loves all things Japanese. 凡是日本的東西她都喜歡。 |
生物creature
9. | [c] 生物;有生命的東西a living creature |
| All living things are composed of cells. 所有的生物都由細胞組成。 |
人;動物person/animal
10. | [c]
(指人或動物,帶感情色彩)人,家伙,東西used to talk to or about a person or an animal, to show how you feel about them |
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| You must be starving, you poor things. 你們一定是餓壞了,你們這些可憐的家伙。 |
| The cat's very ill, poor old thing. 這貓病得很厲害,真可憐。 |
英漢解釋
n. | 8. 個人所有物,衣飾,服裝,隨身物品;用具,家具,財產 |
英英解釋
例句
The important thing is to identify how you have continued to use your business skills in the time you have been out of the workforce.
最重要的是你需要指出在你沒有工作的那段時間,你是如何繼續運用你的工作技能的。
The odd thing was that the four of us were still friends, even though Greg and I had this secret.
奇怪的是,盡管格里格和我有了這個小秘密,我們四個人照舊還是朋友。
Censorship usually is considered a negative thing, at least in American society, but of course, it all depends on who you talk to.
審查通常被看作是具有否定意義的事,至少在美國社會是這樣。但是毫無疑問,也要看你跟誰在說話。
Here he would be brought before Congress, asked a few questions and then go on doing the same thing as if nothing ever happened.
在這里,他會被帶到國會面前,被詢問幾個問題,然后繼續從事同樣的勾當,就像什么事情也沒發生過一樣。
The other evening, I met a woman who mentioned that she did the no 'poo thing, and we had a fun little bonding moment over it.
某個晚上,我遇到了一個女子,她說她用的是那種無“波”的東西,我們那時聊得很歡。
Almost the only thing a Catholic (or even the spouse of a Catholic) cannot be, by British law, is king or queen.
可以說,依照英國法律,一個天主教徒(或其配偶)唯一不能做的,就是成為國王或女王了。
The last thing the vendors want is to see their (crazy money making) babies turned into commodity software again.
供應商最不愿意的就是再次看到他們的(猛掙錢的)孩子轉變成日常應用普通的軟件。
Virtually no one suggested in print that unification had been a bad thing.
實際上沒有人白紙黑字地表明,統一是一件壞事。
You can't seem to forget that bad thing that happened to you. . . . three doors down, someone has forgotten the names of her children.
你似乎無法將發生在你身上不幸的記憶忘卻,三扇門后,某人卻無法記起她孩子的名字。
We'll throw these letters in the fire, and you must promise to forget the whole thing. There is no question of your marrying Dora!
你們倆都太年輕!我們會把這些信件燒掉,你必須保證忘掉這整件事。你不可能娶朵拉!
It is awfully EASY to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at night it is? ? another thing.
在白天對什么都不動感情是極為容易的,但在夜晚就是另外一回事。
Don't take this as a bad thing, instead enjoy the company of the people around you and refrain from pushing intimacy.
或許,你可以多留意周圍公司里的同事,但不要在短期內有親密舉動。
They all said the same thing: he took no notice of you if you left him alone, but he might charge if you went too close to him.
他們說的都一樣:如果你讓它去,他不理你;如果你走得太近,它就向你沖來。
Understanding your bosses point of view will help you position your raise as a good thing for the company, instead of a good thing for you.
了解你的老板的想法能夠幫助你把給自己加薪描述成一件有益于公司的好事,而不僅僅只是于你有利。
The very first thing is to disengage and allow some time for both of you to simmer down and reflect .
第一件事就是放開并給彼此一些時間來平息和思考。
"My favorite thing, meetings, " he deadpans , but he's glad to see that her natural resilience has kicked in.
“我的最愛,開會。”他面無表情,但很高興她樂觀的本性又回來了。
We're not talking about a crisis that will unfold over a year or two; this thing could come apart in a matter of days.
我們說的不是過一兩年才會出線的危機,這種危機在幾天的時間內都會發生。
The only odd thing about this election is the fact that the Democratic candidates both seem more comfortable with God-talk than Mr McCain.
在談及宗教話題時,兩位民主黨候選人似乎要比共和黨人麥凱恩愜意得多,這可真稱得上是奇事一樁。
But if the thing you're passionate about, you think, "Boy, there's only a critical time window to get involved, " sometimes it does work.
但是如果事物你到處是熱情的,你想,“男孩,只有一扇緊要關頭的時間窗戶可以積極叁與了,”有時它做工作。
So I finally decided, and to tell you a place in my life does not make sense, but the same boring thing.
所以我最后決定,和大家說一件發生在我生活中沒有意義但同樣無聊的事情。
This was not the sort of thing country boys did when they played at fisticuffs and Jack was furious.
這不是鄉下小伙子斗毆時的那種搞法,杰克火冒三丈了。
The thing that masked her as having passed the line was that she no longer had reticences before her husband.
她超過年齡界線的標志是她在丈夫面前不再忸怩。
The thing to be explained is often called the explanadum or conclusion.
被說明的事物往往被稱為被說明項或結論。
She was the most winning thing that ever brought sunshine into a desolate house.
她是把陽光帶到一所凄涼的房子里的最討人喜歡的小東西。
It would be a fearful thing to fall into the hands of these hard, uncouth men without legal papers.
沒有合法的證件,萬一落入那些狼心狗肺的家伙手里,那將是件非常可怕的事情。
You seem to have done the thing very completely.
你們辦事似乎很周到。
It would be downright [sheer] madness to do such a thing.
做這種事純粹是發瘋。
"Ours is a poor nature, " continued the doctor. "Such a little thing knocks us down. "
“說起來,人是多么的可憐,”博士說,“這么一點小事就泄氣了!”
The two went to work deliberately and regularly, like men accustomed to the sort of thing in which they were employed.
兩個人仔細而有條不紊地,象個老行家似地動起手來。
Such a thing has happened before in the United States, and it has always meant disaster.
這種事情在美國歷史上發生過,總是帶來災難。
The lucky thing was that he knew that Britten had done all his tricks at once, had shot his bolt.
幸運的是,他知道布列頓已經一次耍完他的全套花招,使出了他的全部能耐。
The best plan will be for you to be sent somewhere by me, to make a real thing of the excuse.
頂好我把你支使到一個地方去,以真作假才好。
"After all, " he thought, "the poor chap will get over it; not the first time such a thing has happened in this little city! "
“反正,”他心里想,“這個家伙會對付得了的;這種事情在這個小城市里也并不是破天荒!”
Joan had never been able to keep a thing to herself though she was always very incensed if one told her so.
瓊從來就不能守口如瓶,可是如果人家說她是這樣的人,她就會生氣。
I have resolved that the best thing I can do in memory of him is to work.
我下了決心,紀念他的最好方法是努力工作。
You know how he loves that sort of thing.
你是知道的,他特別熱衷于那種玩藝兒。
I felt as if it must be a fine thing to live in the country where there was such comfort and such luxury as this.
當時我覺得住在這么舒服、這么奢華的國度里準是件樂事。
The funny thing was that he remained standing there for at least four or five seconds, gently swaying.
事情有些蹊蹺;他仍在原地站立著,至少有四、五秒鐘之久,身軀輕輕地搖晃著。
She had felt that the changing of the world, the ending of all that echoed in her father's moaning, was the simplest thing on earth.
她卻曾經覺得要改革世界,要終止她父親訴苦的話里所顯示的那一切,是易如反掌的事。
He assured me again and again that it was the last thing in the world he would dream of doing in a sober moment.
他幾次對我表示,要是在清醒的時候,他斷乎不會夢想干這營生的。
"My life used to be full of everything, " I said. "Now if you aren't with me, I haven't a thing in the world. "
“我的生活本來非常豐富,”我說,“現在你一不在,我在世界上就一無所有了。”
For he knew he would recognize the smallest thing that had belonged to her or that she had touched.
因為他知道:凡是她的東西,或她曾經碰過的東西,不論多么微細,他都認得出。
Her trouble was terrible; but was it a thing of her imagination, engendered by an extravagant sensibility?
事情是嚴重的,但這究竟是不是由過份敏感所引起的幻覺呢?
Nevertheless, it is true that he did not wish to be alone with the thing.
然而,說實在的他也不希望和這東西單獨相對。
It was a nervous thing to have about me, and I didn't like to ask the king to carry it.
這種東西帶在身上真讓我心里發毛,請國王帶著它呢,我又不大愿意。
She felt that she had arranged every thing extremely well, and that any alteration must be for the worse.
她覺得她已經把樣樣事情安排到不能再好的地步,任何變更都不如原來的安排。
It's a good thing God doesn't let you look a year or two into the future, or you might be sorely tempted to shoot yourself.
上帝不讓你看到一兩年后的事情,這是好事,要不然,你可能非開槍自殺不可。
She, too, had been awake all that night. She had been thinking of a thing which had agitated her mind a hundred times before.
她也是一夜沒有睡,一直在想心事。這件心事已經不知多少回使她心神不寧。
"Grosvenor House, the Ritz and Park Lane are all out" , said Bette, as proud as if she had done the whole thing herself.
“格羅文納飯店,利茨,公園巷飯店全都罷了工,”蓓蒂說,得意洋洋地就像她一手搞成的似的。
We're not politicians, like you; we've gone through hell long enough to want something of the other thing.
我們不像你,我們都不是政客;我們已經吃夠了苦,要嘗嘗別的滋味了。
Ah, Dad had a little border. Flowers here, grass there. Next-door neighbor had the same thing, you know?
哈,爸爸有一條小邊界,花在這,草在那。隔壁鄰居的都是一樣的,明白吧。
To shut him up, one day I suggested that I stay with him all day and note down every single thing he does.
為了讓他閉嘴,有天我提議我一整天陪著他并記下他做的每一件事。
He might be all about basketball, but that's not the only thing on Kobe's mind.
可以說科比為籃球而生,但這絕不是他唯一在乎的事。
Who could have supposed you were going to do such a thing?
誰會想到你竟要做這樣一件事呢?
The only thing I got from that speech was that people do not want to admit they're Polish.
我從他們的話里得出的唯一結論就是,人們不愿意承認自己是波蘭人。
Sex, therefore, sensual desire, erotic desire is a bad thing; you're just trying to trap more sparks into more mud bodies.
因此性,肉體的欲望,性欲是壞事;,你只是在將更多的火花束縛于肉體之中。
The only positive thing about its latest announcement is that it shows the firm is at last beginning to face reality.
唯一值得肯定的是,此次宣告表明公司最終選擇了面對現實。
He was as ready to absorb every bit of goodness in a thing as he was lavish in singing its praises.
正如他在歌聲中極力頌揚的美好的事物一樣,他也樂意吸收一樣事物中點滴的精華。
Taht's why the American President, Franklin Roosevelt, said: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. "
這就是為什么美國總統富蘭克林。羅斯福說:“我們唯一需要害怕的就是害怕本身。”
A: this is the biggest sports anyway, people crazy about it a normal guy like me, one of the biggest thing in life is watching soccer.
這是世界上影響力最大的運動,很多人為之瘋狂,對于一個普通男人,像我這樣的,看足球是生活中很重要的一項娛樂。
This morning I got up and tried not to think about anything, tried to avoid contact with people too much, just tried to do my own thing.
早上起床,我嘗試不去想任何事情,想盡量避免人群,只專注我自己。
I'd swear to myself to do better next month, and satisfied with that vague goal, put the whole thing out of my mind. Repeat.
我對自己發誓下個月我會做好一點,并對這個模糊的目標感到滿意,接著就把它拋到九霄云外去了。
Student: Life has no meaning without love would be a very sad thing to say.
學生,沒有愛生活便沒有意義,那是件悲哀的事情。
You know, when I had to do it. I'd make it into a soothing thing.
你知道,當我沒辦法不得不洗時啊。我就把洗碗當作很舒坦的事情去做。
Philosopher and historian Will Durant once observed that the only thing that could get countries to join forces would be an alien invasion.
哲學家和歷史學家WillDurant曾經評論到,能讓國家聯合起來的唯一辦法是外星人入侵。
He caught sight of a strange thing, a handless arm that seemed to be waving towards him, and a face of three large dark spots on white.
他一眼瞥見一只怪物,一只沒有手的胳膊似乎正在向他揮動,一張白蒙蒙的臉上嵌著三個大黑點。
"It also just seemed like such a pie-in-the-sky thing, " he said of same-sex marriage.
“有種像天上掉餡餅的感覺”在他談及同性婚姻問題時說道。
Yes it would, but the point is, no ordinary human being is ever going to do such a thing.
可以是可以,但問題是,沒有人愿意這么做。
But I do not think it is at all a likely thing for him to do. Mr. Knightley does nothing mysteriously.
如果我覺得自己不能有模有樣地見人的話,我是不喜歡跟朋友見面的。
The thing that I most wanted to do is being a policewoman when I was a little girl, I thought the best way is to be an athlete.
當我還是一個小女孩的時候,我最想做的所有的事就是當一名警察,我決定做好的方法是成為一名運動員。
Twice he saw the beginning of the kind of thing he was looking for.
有兩次他看到自己正在窺伺的那種機會出現了苗頭。
There is neither the word nor the thing of purgatory, neither in this nor any other text.
既沒有關于煉獄這個詞,也沒有煉獄這回事;在這段經文中沒有,在其他經文中也沒有。
"I never heard of such a thing! " exclaimed the fat gentleman.
“這是聞所未聞的事情!”胖紳士嚷到。
Even if the bank people get tough or impatient, the thing to do is to smile back.
那怕銀行的人態度變得粗暴,或是表示不耐煩,還是要報以微笑。
I figure that the only thing I have left in life is to do everything I can to stop the war.
我想,我此生還能做的唯一事情,就是盡我的一切力量來阻止戰爭。
I found the slender young thing bent to the earth, like an unfortunate creature borne down by misfortune.
我看見這棵細弱的小樹彎到地上,好象一個走背運的可憐人。
He asked the fisherman's wife when her daughter was born, for that was the first thing he had to know.
他問漁夫妻子她女兒的生辰,因為這是他首先必須知道的。
For one thing, the first century and a half under British rule created emotional ties with the old country that were difficult to break.
舉一件事來說,最初在英國統治下的一百五十年,產生了和故國在感情上的聯系,那是難以割斷了。
The thing was not only not a rupture, but she was under no obligation to regard it even as a menace.
這件事本身不但算不上絕交,她甚至覺得沒有必要稱它為危險。
The thing angered him greatly, but he was unable to hurt the monkey for fear of his master.
這種情況十分惹他惱火,然而由于怕得罪猴子的主人,他不能傷害他。