thing/θɪŋ/

n

1. C 物；东西

• What's that thing on the desk? 书桌上的那个东西是什么？

• I'm fond of spicy things. 我爱吃辣的东西。

• a living thing in the sea 海洋生物

2. C 事情

• A horrible thing happened yesterday. 昨天发生了一件可怕的事。

• You take things too seriously. 你把事情看得太严重。

3. C 题目；话题；想法

• We talked of many things at the meeting. 在会上我们讨论了很多问题。

4. [～s] 情况；形势

• That remark made things worse. 那种言辞使事态更加恶化。

5. [～s] 英 个人所有物

• I haven't packed my things for the journey. 我还没有收拾好旅行用的东西。

• Don't leave your things in the train. 别把你的东西遗忘在火车上。

6. C 英 用具；工具

• fishing things 钓鱼用具

7. [～s] 衣服；外衣

• Take all your wet things off. 把湿衣服统统脱下来。

8. C (指人或动物，带有感情色彩)人；家伙

• What a sweet little thing your daughter is! 你女儿真是个可爱的小姑娘!

9. [～s] 特定事物

• things artistic 艺术品

10. 用作单 重要的事；当前的问题

• The thing to do is to finish the project in time. 要紧的是把项目按时完成。

• A holiday will be just the thing for us. 我们现在需要的就是放假。

词组a near thing

1. 侥幸躲过

• The driver managed to avoid running the child over, but it was a near thing. 司机好不容易才没有辗过那小孩，但险极了。

2. 势均力敌

• The game was a near thing. 那场比赛难分胜负。

a thing or two 值得了解的情况；经验

• She can tell you a thing or two about this job. 她可以向你谈谈做这工作的经验。

all things considered 从各方面来考虑 and things 之类

• They sell CDs and things, but it’s all cheap stuff. 他们卖激光唱片之类的东西，都是便宜货。

as things are (或go, stand) 按目前的情况看

• As things are, 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。

be all things to all men 八面玲珑 do one's own thing 按自己的意愿行事 do things to 施加影响于 for one thing 一则

• I wouldn't work abroad. I don't like traveling for one thing. 我不会在国外工作，理由之一是我不喜欢旅行。

have a thing about 对…有一种病态的爱好(或恐惧)

• She has a thing about her pets. 她特别爱她的宠物。

(just) one of those things 不可避免的事；必须接受的事 just the thing 正是所需要的事物 know a thing or two 见多识广；明白事理；精明强干 not a thing 什么也没有

• I didn't tell him a thing. 我什么也没对他说。

not (feel) quite the thing 感到不适 of all things 偏偏；真没想到

• The child tried to get, of all things, that toy. 那孩子偏偏想要那个玩具。

• She blushed, of all things. 她竟然脸红了。

out of things 闷闷不乐

• During his first few days at home he felt rather out of things. 在家里的头几天，他感觉相当郁闷。

quite the thing 很时髦

• It's quite the thing. 这正时行。

(the) first thing

1. 首先

• We must do it first thing. 我们必须先做这件事。

2. 在尽可能早的时刻

• They're going first thing tomorrow. 他们明天一大早就走。

(the) last thing 最后

• She often goes round the last thing to make sure that all is right. 她最后往往要走一圈，看看一切是否料理妥善。

(the) next thing 随后；其次

• I have to do that the next thing. 随后我得做那件事。

the real thing 上等品；原装货 the thing is 问题是

• The thing is： can he pass the exam? 问题是，他能不能通过考试？