it/ɪt/

pron

1. [指婴儿、动植物等或指前面已经提及的事物等] 它，这，那

• A baby was in her arms and it was looking at me. 她怀里抱着的婴儿盯着我看。

• The milk was so hot that the child could not drink it. 牛奶太烫，孩子喝不了。

2. [作为形式主语或宾语]

• It's difficult to persuade him. 很难说服他。

• She takes it for granted that he should humor her. 她认为他迁就自己是理所当然的。

3. [作无人称动词的主语，指天气、时间、距离等]

• It's cloudy today. 今天阴天。

• It's 4 p.m. 现在是下午4点。

• It is 50 miles away from the town. 小镇在50英里外。

4. [构成强调句型]

• It was my computer that went down. 是我的电脑坏了。

5. [用作seem, look, appear, happen, occur, follow等动词的主语，后接that或as if从句]

• It seems that nobody is in the house. 好像房子里没有人。

• It happened that I saw the accident for myself. 我碰巧亲眼目睹了那起事故。

6. [指某人处于某种情况中]

• It's all the same to me. 对我来说都一样。

• How is it going? 情况怎么样？

7. [用在某种动词后，作形式宾语，可构成习语]

• Go it! 快干!

• Damn it! 该死!(或糟了!)