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thing

/θɪŋ/
事物

I have so many things to do today.

我今天有很多事要做。


neutral

指代任何具体或抽象的事物、物体或概念

What is that thing on the table?

桌子上的那个东西是什么?

Honesty is an important thing in a friend.

诚实是朋友身上重要的品质。

可泛指任何具体或抽象的存在,用法极其灵活。

neutral

指代某个特定或未知的事物(常用于疑问句或不确定语境)

I found a strange thing in the garden.

我在花园里发现了一个奇怪的东西。

What's the thing you're holding?

你拿着的那个东西是什么?

通常用于代指说话者或听话者不熟悉或难以描述的物体。

非正式

指代某个特定的想法、活动或情况(常用于非正式语境)

Let's do the thing we talked about.

我们把之前说的那件事做了吧。

That movie was the best thing ever.

那部电影简直是史上最棒的。

在口语中常用于代指某个计划、活动或体验。

搭配

the thing is问题是first thing首先one thing leads to another一件事引发另一件事

同义词

objectitemmatteraffairstuffentity

反义词

nothing

相关短语

thingamajig短语
指代某个说不出名字或不重要的小物件
for one thing短语
首先(用于列举理由)

专业提示

避免过度翻译

Thing在中文中没有直接对应词,需根据具体语境选择最合适的翻译。例如:'I have a thing for chocolate'→'我特别喜欢巧克力',而非直译为'我有一个东西喜欢巧克力'。

黄金法则

泛指与特指

Thing可泛指任何事物,但若需特指某物,通常需加限定词(如the thing on the table)。

词源

Old English 'þing' (assembly, matter, affair), from Proto-Germanic '*þingą' (assembly, council), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European '*tenk-' (to think, feel). The sense 'object' developed later.

用法说明

Thing是英语中极其常用的泛指词,可指代任何具体或抽象的存在。在中文中通常译为'东西'、'事物'、'事情'等,需根据语境选择最合适的对应词。

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