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thing单词基本解析：

n.事件，形势; 东西，事物; 家伙; 事业
n.东西, 事情 （复）things: 所有物,用具, 情况
n.事件，形势；东西，事物；家伙；事业

thing变化用词：

复数:things;

复数：things

thing英英释义：

Noun

1. a special situation;

"this thing has got to end"

"it is a remarkable thing"

2. an action;

"how could you do such a thing?"

3. an artifact;

"how does this thing work?"

4. an event;

"a funny thing happened on the way to the..."

5. a statement regarded as an object;

"to say the same thing in other terms"

"how can you say such a thing?"

6. any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence;

"the thing I like about her is ..."

7. a special abstraction;

"a thing of the spirit"

"things of the heart"

8. a vaguely specified concern;

"several matters to attend to"

"it is none of your affair"

"things are going well"

9. an entity that is not named specifically;

"I couldn't tell what the thing was"

10. a special objective;

"the thing is to stay in bounds"

11. a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion;

"he has a thing about seafood"

"she has a thing about him"

12. a separate and self-contained entity

名词 thing:

a special situation

an action

an artifact

an event

a statement regarded as an object

any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence

a special abstraction

a vaguely specified concern

同义词：matter, affair

an entity that is not named specifically

a special objective

a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion

a separate and self-contained entitything[ θiŋ ]n.a special situation

"this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable thing"

an action

"how could you do such a thing?"

an artifact

"how does this thing work?"

an event

"a funny thing happened on the way to the..."

a statement regarded as an object

"to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?"

any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence

"the thing I like about her is ..."

a special abstraction

"a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart"

a vaguely specified concern

"things are going well"

同义词：matteraffair

an entity that is not named specifically

"I couldn't tell what the thing was"

a special objective

"the thing is to stay in bounds"

a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion

"he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him"

a separate and self-contained entity

thing中文词源：

thing 东西，事物，物品 来自古英语 thing,会议，集会，讨论会，来自 Proto-Germanic*thingam,集会，词源同 hustings, 竞选活动。可能进一步来自 PIE*teng,思考，考虑，词源同 thank,think.复合词 hustings 来自 古英语 husting,会议，来自 house,屋子，thing,集会。后词义由会议引申为讨论的内容，最后 词义极大的扩大化，引申诸多具体和抽象的词义。

thing用法和例句：

'What's that thing in the middle of the fountain?' — 'Some kind of statue, I guess.'...

“喷泉中间的那个是什么东西？”——“估计是塑像什么的吧。”

She was in the middle of clearing the breakfast things...

她正在忙着收拾早饭后的那一摊子。

These are genetic disorders that only affect males normally. They are things like muscular dystrophy and haemophilia...

这些遗传病通常只发生在男性身上，如肌肉萎缩、血友病等。

The Earth is made mainly of iron and silicon and things like that...

地球主要由铁、硅等物质构成。

Of course, literacy isn't the same thing as intelligence...

当然，识字和智力是两码事。

To be a parent is a terribly difficult thing...

为人父母真难啊。

It isn't going to solve a single thing...

这什么问题也解决不了。

Don't you worry about a thing...

你什么也不必担心。

I don't believe he would tell Leo such a thing...

我不信他会告诉利奥这种事。

'Are you accusing me of being a thief?' — 'I have done no such thing, Tony.'...

“你在指责我是小偷吗？”——“我没有做过这种事，托尼。”

I'm a bit unsettled tonight. This war thing's upsetting me...

我今晚有点心神不定，这场争斗让我不安。

These folks clearly take this ballroom thing very seriously.

这些家伙显然很拿舞厅这事当回事。

She'd actually taken it home and she put it in this jar thing...

她确实把它拿回了家，放在了一个罐子模样的东西里。

The captain of the submarine has got this periscope thing.

那个潜艇艇长有个类似于潜望镜之类的东西。

One thing I am sure of was that she was scared...

有一点我能肯定，那就是她当时被吓到了。

The first thing parents want to know is: will the baby survive?...

父母亲最想知道的是：孩子能活下来吗？

Getting drunk is a thing all young men do...

喝醉酒这种情况小伙子都会有。

I never wanted to be normal. It was not a thing I ever thought desirable...

我从来也没有想要正常过。那不是我想做的事。

It's not a thing, Beauchamp. It's a human being!

比彻姆，那不是一件东西，是一个人！

This thing's virtually useless...

这玩意儿简直一点用也没有。

They're armed with sub-machine-guns or machine-pistols or whatever you call those things...

他们持有轻机枪或者冲锋枪，还是什么玩意儿的。

You really are quite a clever little thing...

你真是个聪明的小家伙。

Oh you lucky thing!

你这个走运的家伙！

Sara told him to take all his things and not to return...

萨拉叫他带着他的全部家当离开，再也别回来。

Is there anything you'd like to borrow, before your own things are unpacked?

你在打开行李之前还要借什么东西吗？

Everyone agrees things are getting better...

大家都认为，情况正在好转。

A change of ownership might improve things...

改变所有权也许能使情况改善。

...a movement away from the things of this world to the things of the spirit...

出世超凡

I think I'm more aware now of some spiritual things and I do believe in good and evil.

我觉得我现在更加注重精神生活，而且我真的相信善恶报应。

...John W. Campbell, author of 'The Thing From Another World.'

约翰·W.坎贝尔，《外星来客》的作者

thing

It is a matter of dispute (whether they did the right thing).

(他们做得对还是不对，)这是有争议之处。

It is hardly conceivable (to me) that she should do such a thing.

(我)简直难以想像她会干这种事。

A thing you don't want is dear at any price.

[谚]不需要的东西最贵。

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.

[谚]美好的事物，回味无穷。

It is inconceivable that a thing can both be and not be.

一件事情，即是又非是，是不可思议的。

Every thing was in good trim.

一切都井井有条。

For one thing, I have no time; for another (thing), I have no money.

一则，我没有时间; 二则，我没有钱。

For one thing they keep the water clean.

一方面，他们可以保持水的清洁。

A good book is the next best thing to a true friend.

一本好书是仅次於真朋友的最隹东西。

A little learning is a dangerous thing.

一知半解，为害不浅。

An event; a thing that happens or appears, for example, an occurrence of impulse noise.

一种事件，或发生或出现的一件事情，例如，脉冲噪声的出现。

Anyway, I'd like to see thing myself.

不过，我想亲自看一看。

"She is very unhappy, and-and that sort of thing, " Jose urged.

乔斯怂恿地说："她可怜得很呢，还有-还有许多其他倒霉的事情。

The thing go on more smooth than our imagines.

事情进行得比我们想象的更顺利。

I give so many thing to do that I just never get round to it.

事情那么多，我别想有空做这件事了。

Everything come to him who wait-among other thing, death.

人之所望，天必与之－——尤其是“死”。

It is a good thing that life is not as serious as it seems to a waiter.

人生还不至于像侍应生看得那么严肃，是一件好事情。

A funny thing happened to me today.

今天我遇见个莫名其妙的事。

A strange thing happened to me this morning.

今天早上我碰到一件怪事。

Borrowing tapes from the library would be the next-best thing.

从资料库借磁带是退而求其次的办法。

It is a matter of disputation whether they did the right thing.

他们做得对还是错，这是争议之处。

They had a good laugh over that silly thing.

他们对那件蠢事大加嘲笑。

How dared they do such a thing?

他们怎么竟敢做出这样的事。

How odd they have gone through the eccentric thing!

他们经历了多么离奇古怪的事！

He saw many strange thing during his perambulation in the old city.

他到那古老的城市里闲逛，看见很多奇怪的事物。

He fling his thing on and rushed out the door.

他匆匆穿上衣服，奔出门去。

He had traveled widely and knew a thing or two about the Far East.

他去过很多地方，对远东的情况颇为熟悉。

How could he do such an awful thing to his own kith and kin?

他怎么会对自己的亲人做出这样糟糕的事呢？

He is always raising a stink about this, that or the other thing.

他总是为了这个、那个的大吵大闹，什麽事都有得吵，有得闹。

He explained the whole thing from way back.

他把整件事情解释得很透彻。

He has an unerring knack of saying the wrong thing.

他有个出言必失的本领。

He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.

他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。

He has an unfortunate aptitude for saying the wrong thing.

他有失言的倒霉本事。

That play of his was a flash in the pan; he hasn't written a thing of value since.

他的那部剧作可谓昙花一现，此后他再也没有写出过有价值的东西了。

He is the last man to do such a thing.

他绝不可能会做这种事。

He won the match but it was a very near thing!

他赢了这场比赛，可也真是险胜啦！

The first thing he does after getting up is to make the bed.

他起床后的第一件事就是整理床铺。

His bully make a mock of all the fine thing he say about kindness to others.

他那恃强欺弱的行为对于他所说的待人友善的漂亮言词是一个嘲弄。

Mr Wade thought his child had a fever but the doctor found the disease quite another thing.

伟德先生以为他的孩子发烧，可医生发现那根本不是发烧。

How do you see thing like this?

你对这类事情是怎么看的？

It was absurd of you to suggest such a thing.

你居然建议这样的事，太可笑了。

How dare you say such a thing?

你怎敢说出这样的话？

It's a good thing you reminded me to take my heavy coat.

你提醒我带上大衣，这是件好事。

A holiday will be just the thing for you.

你现在需要的就是放假。

It will be an easy thing for you to win back your kingdom of England.

你要夺回你的英国王国就是一件容易的事了。

Such a thing usually takes time to mend.

修理这种东西通常需要时间。

If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

假使五千万人讲出一件荒谬的事，那仍然是荒谬的事。

If there's one thing I can't do with, it's untidiness.

假若说有什麽东西我无法忍受的话，那就是不整洁。

If a thing is not done to perfection, it is unacceptable.

做得不完美的事是无法接受的。

It is mean to do such a thing.

做这样的事真卑鄙。

He is exempt from punishment about this thing.

关于此事对他已免于处分。

The next best thing would be to tell him the truth.

其次，最好的办法就是把真相告诉他们。

Be calm and take thing as they come.

冷静些，事情既然这样了，就随它去吧。

Keep a cool head when thing go wrong.

出问题时要保持冷静的头脑。

Don't worry, every thing will be attended to in good time.

别担心，一切都会及时得到照料的。

She's just a slip of a thing, but she can run faster than all of us.

别看她那麽瘦，跑起来比我们谁都快。

The first thing to turn green in the spring is Christmas jewelry.

到了春天，头一个变青色儿的东西是圣诞节时收到的珠宝。

The owner of the theatre thinks that investing in any musical comedy is a sure thing these days.

剧院老板认为，当今为任何一部喜剧投资都是必然会赚钱的事。

Her idea is fundamentally sound, even if she says silly thing sometimes.

即使她有时说些傻话，她的想法基本上是好的。

The thing of luminescence is not sure all gold.

发光的东西未必都是黄金。

Absence of mind is altogether an involuntary thing.

发愣，是完全出自无意识了。

During the fever he become delirious and say some strange thing.

发高烧时他神志昏迷，说了些稀奇古怪的事。

Only one thing brighten up the scene.

只有一件事才使我开心。

You might as well not know a thing at all as know it only a little.

只知道一点点，不如完全不晓得。

One error might make it necessary to pull the whole thing apart and start over again.

只要出一点差错，就可能要全部拆卸，重新装配。

John could do any thing when put to his stumps.

只要强迫约翰拿出干劲来，他什么事都干得出来。

Poor thing! He must be feeling awful now.

可怜的人儿！他现在一定不好受。

Poor thing, her husband has left her with three children to bring up.

可怜的人，她丈夫给她遗下3个未成年的孩子。

To eat too much is as much a bad thing as to eat nothing.

吃太多和什么都不吃同样是坏事。

Oh, you are exaggerated. I play only a small part in the whole thing.

哦，你过奖了。我在这件事里只起了很小的作用。

The only thing to do is to throw caution to the winds.

唯一可做的事情就是不顾一切豁出去。

I say, old thing, can you lend me a cigarette?

喂，老兄，你能借我一支雪茄烟吗？

It's sure thing that he'll succeed at what he chooses to do because he's so talented.

因为他那样有才干，他选定的事必将成功，这是无可置疑的。

So they will not sit inside the classroom on Saturday, they do other thing.

因此星期六他们将不坐在教室里，他们做别的事情。

In given conditions a bad thing can be turned into a good one.

在一定条件下，坏事可以变为好事。

It is a miserable thing to live in suspense; it is a life of a spider.

在悬而未决的状态之下过日子是凄惨的，是蜘蛛的生活嘛。

The only thing he ever takes out on a moonlit night is his upper plate.

在月夜他带出去［拿出来］的惟一东西，是上排的一副假牙。

The living thing on the earth can not subsist on mars.

地球上的生物不可能在火星上生存。

Appearance is not everything, but it's the first thing an interviewer notice about you.

外表并不代表一切，但是主考人首先会注意到这一点。

What a gormless thing to do!

多麽愚蠢的事！

用作名词(n.)

That was the only thing they could count on.
那是他们唯一依靠的东西。

I happened on just the thing I'd been looking for.
我偶然发现了我一直在寻找的东西。

He explained the whole thing from way back.
他把整件事情解释得很透彻。

However, teaching is by no means an easy thing.
然而，教书并不是一容易的事情。

He put his shaving things into a plastic bag.
他将刮脸用具放入塑料袋内。

We have a few kitchen things and a dining room set.
我们有一些厨房用具和一套餐厅设备。

All things considered, we're doing quite well.
从各方面的情况看，我们目前干得挺好。

As things stand, we won't finish the job on time.
据目前情况看，我们不能按时完成任务了。

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