1used instead of the name of an object東西(替代物件名稱)ADJECTIVE | VERB + THINGADJECTIVE➤basic, essential基本的東西;必需品◇I need to buy a few basic things like bread and milk.我需要買一些麪包、牛奶之類的必需品。VERB + THING➤make製造東西◇He makes things out of wood.他用木頭做東西。thing
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2thingsobjects/clothing/tools物件;衣服;工具ADJECTIVE | VERB + THINGSADJECTIVE➤breakfast, lunch, etc. (all especially BrE) 早餐、午餐等用具◇He hadn't washed up the dinner things yet.他還沒有洗餐具。➤swimming, tennis, etc. (all especially BrE) 游泳、網球等用品VERB + THINGS➤get together, pack收拾物品;把東西裝包◇Come on kids, get your things together-we're going.快,孩子們,把你們的東西收拾好 - 我們要走了。➤put on, take off穿上/脫下衣服◇Hang on a second-I'll just take off my painting things (= clothes).等一會兒 - 我把刷油漆穿的衣服脫下來。➤put away收起物品▸➤clear away, clear up, stow, tidy away, tidy up (especially BrE) 清理物品;收起物品;整理物品◇Clear your painting things (= materials) away.把你畫畫的東西收拾起來。thing
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3a thing(used with negatives) anything(與否定詞連用)任何東西VERB + A THING➤hear, know, notice, see聽到/知道/注意到/看到東西◇I can't see a thing without my glasses.不戴眼鏡我什麼東西也看不見。➤miss錯過東西◇I'm going to arrive early because I don't want to miss a thing.我要早點兒到,因為我不想錯過任何東西。➤do做事情◇She's tricked you, and you can't do a thing about it.她騙了你,而你卻無可奈何。➤eat吃東西◇I haven't eaten a thing all day.我已經一整天沒吃東西了。➤say說話◇Nobody said a thing when he appeared with a wig on.他戴着假髮出現時,大家什麼都沒說。➤mean有價值◇Fame and fortune don't mean a thing if you don't have happiness.如果活得不幸福,名利就分文不值。thing
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4fact/event/situation/action事實;事件;形勢;行為ADJECTIVE | ... OF THINGS | VERB + THING | THING + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤good, great, positive好事;了不起的事;積極的事◇It's a good thing you remembered to turn off the gas!你沒忘關煤氣,很好!◇The best thing would be to apologize straight away.最好的做法就是立即道歉。◇If she works hard she's capable of great things.她努力的話能成大器。◇Try to look on your rejection as a positive thing.盡力把被拒這件事看成一件好事。➤beautiful, cool (informal) , lovely, nice, wonderful美好的/很酷的/可愛的/不錯的/美妙的事情▸➤bad, negative糟糕的/消極的事情◇Too much studying can be a bad thing.學習太多可能是件壞事。◇It's no bad thing to express your anger.表達憤怒不是壞事。➤appalling, awful, dreadful, horrible, terrible駭人的事;可怕的事;恐怖的事◇That was a horrible thing to say to her.對她說這種話太不應該了。➤sad淒慘的事▸➤amazing, curious, exciting, extraordinary, funny, interesting, odd, remarkable, startling, strange, striking, surprising, weird令人驚異的/奇特的/令人興奮的/非同一般的/可笑的/有趣的/怪異的/值得注意的/驚人的/奇怪的/引人注目的/出人意料的/奇異的事情◇The amazing thing is, he wouldn't accept any money!令人驚異的是,他不願意接受任何錢財!➤frightening嚇人的事▸➤annoying惱人的事▸➤foolish, ridiculous, silly, stupid傻事;荒唐事;蠢事◇I admit it was a foolish thing to do.我承認那樣做很蠢。➤clever, smart (especially NAmE) 聰明的/精明的事情◇That wasn't a very smart thing to do!那不是一個很聰明的做法!➤big, crucial, important, key, main, vital重大的/決定性的/重要的/關鍵的/主要的/至關重要的事情◇The key thing is to remain calm.關鍵是要保持冷靜。➤little, the slightest, small, trivial小事;微不足道的事;瑣事◇I give thanks for every little thing.我為每一件小事表示感謝。◇He loses his temper at the slightest thing.一丁點兒小事他都會發脾氣。◇It's such a small thing to ask.這點要求是小事一樁。➤easy, simple容易的/簡單的事情◇Apologizing is never the easiest thing to do.道歉從來就不是一件容易的事情。➤difficult, hard難事▸➤brave, dangerous, risky勇敢的/危險的/有風險的事情➤sure (especially NAmE) 穩操勝券的事◇His new film seems like a sure thing (= a certain success).他的新片看來肯定會獲得成功。➤natural自然的事◇Entertaining people is the most natural thing in the world for her.招待客人對她來說是世界上最自然不過的事情。➤close, close-run (BrE) 僥幸的事;成敗在毫釐之間的事◇I managed to get on the train, but it was a close thing (= I almost missed it).我總算趕上了火車,但差一點兒就來不及了。➤rare稀罕事▸➤everyday日常瑣事◇She helped with the everyday things like shopping and cooking.她幫忙做日常瑣事,比如購物、做飯。➤usual通常的事情◇I did my usual thing of losing my keys.我又像往常一樣丟了鑰匙。➤nearest, next-best最接近的/第二好的事物◇He's the nearest thing to a movie star I've ever met.他是我遇到的最近似電影明星的一位。◇I wanted to be a musician, but teaching music is the next-best thing.以前我想成為音樂家,但現在教音樂是次優選擇。➤first第一件事◇She said the first thing that came into her head.她說出自己想到的第一個念頭。➤next下一件事◇What's the next thing you want me to do?接下來你要我做什麼?➤last最不願意做的事◇The last thing she wanted was to upset her parents.她最不願意做的事就是惹父母不高興。➤real真事◇It's just a practice, not the real thing.那只是練習,不是真的。➤the whole整件事情◇Let's forget the whole thing.我們把整件事都忘了吧。... OF THINGS➤loads, lots, plenty, tons大堆大堆的事情;許多事情;大量事情◇I have loads of things to do today.我今天有許多事情要做。◇There are plenty of things to say about it.這件事有的說。VERB + THING➤do做事情◇He has a funny way of doing things.他有一套很有意思的做事方式。◇It's impossible to get things done when you're taking care of a baby.照顧小孩時你不可能幹其他的事情。➤make up, say編造故事;說三道四◇Who's been saying things about me?是誰一直在說我的壞話?➤be hearing/imagining/seeing幻聽;產生幻覺;幻視◇There's nobody at the door-you must have been imagining things!門口沒有人 - 你一定是產生幻覺了!THING + VERB➤go on, happen, occur事情發生;情況出現◇There are some weird things going on in that house.那所房子裏發生着一些古怪的事。◇A funny thing happened to me this morning...今早我遇到了一件可笑的事情⋯PREPOSITION➤thing about關於⋯的事情◇The best thing about Alan is he's always honest.艾倫最好的一點就是他一貫誠實。PHRASES➤among other things除了其他事外◇Among other things, I have to deal with mail and keep the accounts.除了其他的事我還要處理信件和記賬。➤have better things to do有更好的事情要做◇I've better things to do than stand here chatting all day!我有更重要的事情要做,沒工夫整天站在這裏聊天!➤kind/sort of thing⋯之類的事情◇They go canoeing, climbing, that sort of thing.他們去划獨木舟、爬山什麼的。➤know/learn/teach sb a thing or two對某人有所瞭解;教導某人一二◇Jack knows a thing or two about kids-he has five.傑克對小孩兒頗有瞭解 - 他有 5 個孩子。➤the next big thing下一件大事◇Advertising on blogs is going to be the next big thing.在博客上做廣告將是要做的下一件大事。➤no such thing沒有這樣的東西◇There's no such thing as ghosts (= they don't exist).沒有鬼這東西。➤one thing leads to another一件事情導致另一件◇One thing led to another and we ended up dating.一來二去,我們就約會上了。➤such a thing/a thing like that這種事情◇People defraud their companies every day, but Mike would never do such a thing!每天都有人欺騙公司,但邁克決不會做這種事!➤a thing of the past過時的事物◇Books may one day become a thing of the past.圖書有一天可能會成為歷史。thing
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5thingsgeneral situation, as it affects sb總體情況VERB + THINGS | THINGS + VERB | PHRASESVERB + THINGS➤think over/through全面考慮事態◇She's taken a few days off to think things over.她休了幾天假,仔細考慮一下事態。➤look at, see看待事態;看形勢◇Try to look at things from my point of view.試着從我的角度看問題。➤discuss, talk over, talk through討論情況;談論形勢◇We arranged to meet and talk things over.我們安排了會面以商談事情。➤explain解釋情況▸➤accept接受狀況◇You should suggest changes, rather than accept things as they are.你應該建議作些改變,而不是接受現狀。➤change改變形勢▸➤arrange, deal with, fix, handle, look after, run, sort out, take care of安排事情;處理局面;應付局面◇I want to get things sorted out before I go away.我想在走之前把事情搞定。◇Who's going to take care of things while you're away?你不在時誰來負責?➤straighten out擺平問題▸➤work out解決問題◇I have to work things out my own way.我不得不按自己的方式解決問題。➤mess up, spoil弄糟事態;攪亂局面▸➤complicate使事情複雜化◇Sorry, I didn't mean to complicate things.對不起,我並不想把事情弄複雜。➤patch up和好◇They patched things up a week after their quarrel.他們吵架一個星期後又言歸於好。➤speed along/up加速事情進展◇It might speed things up if you call them.你給他們打電話也許可以加快辦事速度。➤hold up, slow down耽擱/延緩事情THINGS + VERB➤stand現狀是◇As things stand at present, he seems certain to win.就目前情況來看,他好像贏定了。➤be going事情進展◇He asked me how things were going.他問我事情進展如何。➤change情況改變▸➤go according to plan, go to plan, go well, work, work out事情按計劃進行;事情進展順利;事情成功◇I just don't know if things are going to work out.我根本不清楚事情發展是否順利。➤get better, improve, look up情況改善/好轉/見起色◇We were in trouble but now things are looking up.我們有了麻煩,但現在情況正在好轉。➤look bright, look good, look promising, look rosy形勢看起來光明/良好/有希望/很樂觀◇There was a week to go to the deadline and things were looking good.離最後期限還有一個星期,情況看起來很好。➤look bleak, look grim境況黯淡/嚴峻◇Things looked bleak for the future of the factory.這個工廠看起來前景黯淡。➤be in a mess, get into a mess, get out of control, get out of hand, go wrong情況混亂;情況陷入混亂;情況失控;形勢變糟▸➤get worse, go downhill形勢惡化/走下坡路▸➤turn out情況結果是⋯◇I'm sure things will turn out OK.我確信一切最終會好的。➤come to a head事態到了緊要關頭◇Things came to a head when money was found to be missing from the account.當發現賬戶上的錢不見了時,事態變得嚴重起來。➤get to sb事情影響到某人◇Try not to let things get to you.盡量別讓事情影響到你。PHRASES➤all things being equal, other things being equal假如其他情況一樣◇All other things being equal, the bigger fighter should win.同等條件下,大塊頭的拳手應該會贏。➤all things considered通盤考慮起來◇All things considered, I think we've done a good job.通盤考慮,我認為我們做得很好。➤get/keep things going, get/keep things moving使事情正常進展◇They hired temporary staff to keep things going over the summer.他們雇了臨時工,來保證整個夏天一切運轉正常。➤get things straight, put things straight, set things straight把事情說清楚◇I marched into his office to get a few things straight.我逕直進了他的辦公室,去把幾件事情講清楚。➤get things under control, have things under control, keep things under control控制住局面◇He offered to help, but she assured him she had things under control.他提出要幫忙,但她讓他放心,說她已經控制住了局面。➤have things on your mind心裏想着事情◇We chatted about school, but I could tell she had other things on her mind.我們聊的是學校,但我可以斷定她心裏想着別的事情。➤let things slide, let things slip任其自然發展◇She'd started the term studying hard, but now was beginning to let things slip.她在學期開始時學習很努力,但現在開始放任自流了。➤let things run their course, let things happen, let things take their course順其自然◇Don't worry about it-just let things take their course.不要擔心 - 順其自然好了。➤make things better, easier, difficult, worse, etc.使情況變好、變容易、變難、變糟等◇Her apology only served to make things worse.她的道歉只是把事情弄得更糟。➤put things right糾正錯誤◇He apologized, and asked for a chance to put things right.他道了歉,請求給他補救的機會。➤things to come將要發生的事情◇The pay cut was just a taste of things to come.減薪只是個開始罷了。thing
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6what is needed/socially acceptable需要的或社會可接受的事物ADJECTIVE | VERB + THING | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤proper, right合適的/恰當的事情◇He did the right thing and went back to his wife.他做了該做的事情,回到了妻子身邊。◇I did all the right things but I couldn't get the engine to start.我做了該做的一切,但仍不能將引擎發動起來。➤wrong不合適的事情◇She always manages to say the wrong thing.她總是會說些不該說的話。➤logical, obvious, prudent, sensible合乎邏輯的/明擺着的/謹慎的/明智的事情◇Calling a doctor seemed the logical thing to do.打電話叫醫生看來是理所當然的事。➤decent, done, honourable/honorable得體的事情;體面的事情◇He did the decent thing and resigned.他做了得體的事情 - 辭職了。◇It's not the done thing to ask someone how much they earn.問別人掙多少錢不禮貌。➤very非常需要的東西◇Iced tea-the very thing!冰茶 - 要的就是這個!VERB + THING➤do做恰當的事▸➤say說得體的話PHRASES➤just the thing, not quite the thing恰當的事情◇It wouldn't be quite the thing to turn up in running gear.一身跑步裝束露面可不大成體統。thing
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7a person/an animal人;動物ADJECTIVE➤little小東西◇The baby's a pretty little thing.小寶寶是個漂亮的小東西。➤pretty, sweet漂亮的/甜美的東西◇Abby is just the sweetest little thing!阿比絕對是最甜美的小東西!➤old, young老東西;年輕的傢伙▸➤silly蠢東西▸➤poor可憐的東西◇You must be starving, you poor thing!你一定餓壞了,可憐的傢伙!