thing

英 [θɪŋ] 美 [θɪŋ]

• n. 东西；事情
• （复）things: 所有物；用具；情况

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]物,东西

   a material object that need not or can not be named

2. [C]人,动物

   a person or an animal; a garment

3. [S]需要之物,想要之物

   that which is necessary or desirable

4. [C]某一点,事

   a separate but nonphysical object that can be thought about or talked about, such as a quality, idea, or statement

5. [C]行动,行为,事件

   that which has been or will be done, an action, activity, or event

6. [C]题目,事情

   a subject, matter

7. [P]所有物,财物,用品

   personal possessions, belongings

8. [P]情况,形势

   the general state of affairs at a particular time; situation

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 东西
2. 事物
3. 情况
4. 事件
5. 形势
6. 局面
7. 衣服
8. 人
9. 用具
10. 用品
11. 物
12. 需要的东西
13. 家伙
14. [复]所有物
15. 事
16. 事态
17. 事情
18. 题目
19. 想法
20. 物件
21. 财产

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. a special abstraction;

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

4. an artifact;

   "how does this thing work?"
   

5. an event;

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

6. a vaguely specified concern;

   "several matters to attend to"
   "it is none of your affair"
   "things are going well"
   

7. a statement regarded as an object;

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

8. an entity that is not named specifically;

   "I couldn't tell what the thing was"
   

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

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

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

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. That was the only thing they could count on.
   那是他们唯一依靠的东西。
2. 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。
3. He explained the whole thing from way back.
   他把整件事情解释得很透彻。
4. However, teaching is by no means an easy thing.
   然而，教书并不是一容易的事情。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. What's that thing he's carrying?
   他扛的是什么东西?
2. The two things are the same in outward form but different in essence.
   这两件东西外表形式一样,但实质不同。
3. What do you use that thing for?
   那个东西你是用来干什么的?
4. Pack your things.We're going to leave.
   把你的东西收拾好,我们就要走了。
5. Long skirts were the only thing to wear in those days.
   长裙是那些日子最合适的穿着。
6. I don't advise you to trust him with valuable things.
   我劝你不要把贵重物品存放在他那里。
7. You're a horrid,mean thing.
   你这个令人讨厌的自私鬼。
8. His son's a pretty little thing.
   他儿子是个可爱的小家伙。
9. Cold beer's just the thing on a hot day!
   冰镇啤酒正是大热天需要的东西。
10. Our perception of things is often influenced by subjective factors.
    我们判断事物往往受到主观因素的影响。
11. Is such a thing possible?
    这种事可能吗?
12. The thing to do now is to have something to drink.
    现在要做的事是找点喝的。
13. A person is sometimes in a position where he has to turn a blind eye to things he disapproves of.
    人有时处于这样的境地,对自己不赞成的事只好装作没看见。
14. When things get a bit too much, she simply tunes out temporarily.
    碰到事情太棘手时,她干脆暂时撒手不管。
15. Sign here, just to make things regular.
    请在这里签字,这只是惯例。
16. It does not do to trust to memory for these things.
    这种事单靠记忆力不行。
17. In some things you must trust to your elders.
    有些事情你得依靠长辈。
18. Time tries all things.
    时间考验一切。
19. Jealousy is a terrible thing.
    嫉妒是可怕的事。
20. Your marriage was sudden.Have you thought things over properly?
    你的婚姻是个意外,你把事情都实际考虑过了吗?
21. The important thing is not to wrong any woman.
    重要的是不要虐待妇女。
22. The thing is：can we get there in time?
    问题是我们能及时赶到那里吗?
23. Let's just forget the whole thing.
    让我们把整件事给忘了吧。
24. Where can we borrow the things for the barbecue?
    我们在哪里可以借到烤肉用的工具?
25. Have you packed your things for the camping trip?
    你把你野营时要用的东西打好包没有?
26. Things are taking a turn for the better.
    情形正在好转。
27. Things are the other way about.
    情形恰恰相反。
28. How are things with you?
    你的情况怎么样?
29. That's not at all the thing to do.
    那样做很不恰当。
30. These two books are just the thing for me.
    这两本书正合我的需要。
31. A holiday by the sea is just the thing for you.
    你正是需要到海滨去度假。
32. Aspirin is the very thing for curing a headache.
    阿司匹林治头痛最有效。
33. I'm not interested in things musical.
    我对音乐一点也不感兴趣。
34. She knows nothing about things French.
    她对法国一无所知。
35. When one beholds such beauty, one forgets all things earthly.
    在看到这样美丽的东西时,人们会忘记世俗的一切。

经典引文

• Things are bad for a lot of people now.

  出自： J. Rhys

• I'm definitely going to expand the publishing thing.

  出自：Face

• Frank was struck by her way of looking at things.

  出自： P. Fitzgerald

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

a thing of the past

老式或过时了的事物 sth which no longer exists

a thing or two

不少东西,不简单 a lot of things, or not simple

for one thing

首先,一则 used for introducing a reason

have a thing about

特别喜欢〔讨厌,惧怕〕… have unusually strong feelings, usually of like or dislike, about

make a nice thing of

把某人狠揍一顿 give sb a good beating

make a thing of

把…当作一回事,把…看得太重 give too much importance to

take things easy

不劳累; 轻松一下; 生活舒适 don't work too hard; have an easy time; live in comfort

take things too far

过于夸张,过火 be too exaggerate

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• accomplish thing 完成事业
• analyze thing 分析事情
• arrange thing 安排事情
• buy thing 买东西
• chew over the thing 仔细琢磨这件事
• clear the thing away 把餐具拿走
• consider all things 考虑所有情况
• do thing 做事
• eat thing 吃东西
• forget thing 忘事
• get a thing out of sb 从某人那里弄一点消息
• have thing 有事情
• know a thing about 了解…
• know a thing or two 明白事理,精明能干
• leave things about 乱扔东西
• learn thing 学东西
• make thing more complicated 使情况更复杂
• make a good thing of 从…中得益
• move thing 搬运东西
• pack one's thing 打点行装,把自己的东西打包
• pick up thing 学会东西
• put thing right 收拾东西
• put on one's thing 穿衣
• reconsider the thing 重新考虑这件事
• say thing 谈事
• see thing 看待事物,产生幻觉
• state thing 陈述事物
• take thing 处事
• take away thing 收拾餐具
• take off one's thing 脱衣
• take one thing with another 考虑各种情况
• tell sb a thing or two 教训某人一顿
• understand thing 理解事物
• use a thing for 将某物用作…
• view thing 观察事物
• wear thing 穿衣服

形容词+～

• amusing things 趣事
• annoying thing 恼人的事
• bad thing 坏事
• big thing 大事
• dangerous thing 危险的事
• difficult thing 困难的事
• easy thing 轻而易举的事
• every thing 所有的东西
• heavy thing 重物
• foolish things 蠢事
• forgettable thing 可以忘却的事
• general thing 惯例,一般的事情
• good things 好事
• great things 大事业
• important things 重要的事
• little thing 小家伙
• new thing 新东西
• next thing 下一步
• nice thing 好事
• only thing 唯一的事情
• other thing 另一方面
• painful thing 痛苦的事情
• poor thing 可怜的人
• pretty thing 可爱的人
• right thing 正确的事
• spiritual things 精神方面的东西
• strange thing 怪事
• stupid thing 蠢事
• sure thing 没问题的事,有把握的事
• swimming things 游泳用品
• terrible thing 可怕事件
• the first thing 首先
• usual thing 惯例
• whole thing 整个这件事
• wrong thing 错事

名词+～

• breakfast thing 早餐餐具

介词+～

• among other things 除了别的以外(还有)
• for one thing 首先
• a lot of things 许多事情
• state of the thing 事态

～+介词

• thing for camping 野营用品

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. thing的基本意思是“物,东西”; 可指具体的物,也可用来指人或动物,带有怜悯、爱或轻蔑等感情色彩,有时还可指说话方需要或想要的东西。
2. thing还可指代事,可指人们谈论的或想到的事或非物质的某一点,也可指某一特定的事件或所做或将做的事,有时还可指某一事件的题目。thing作“问题”解时,常用于the thing is...结构中,表示“目前(要考虑)的问题是…,要紧的是…”。
3. thing作“用品,用具”解时,须用复数形式。
4. thing作“情形”解时,前面不用定冠词the,须用复数形式。
5. thing与the连用时,表示“想要的东西,最适合〔得体,恰当,流行〕的东西〔样式,状况,式样〕”。
6. things后面可接形容词,表示“…的一切事物,特定的事物”。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

thing, affair, business, concern, matter

• 这组词在含糊地指那些所做的事时意义相近,常可互换。例如：
• It is a regretful affair〔business, concern, matter, thing〕.这是一件遗憾的事。
• I don't talk to her about private affairs〔business, concerns, matters, things〕.我从不和她谈私事。
• 它们之间的区别在于：
• 1.从模糊程度上看, affair＜matter＜thing, thing的词义最不确切,常可用在有意使概念含混不清的场合。例如：
• How did you find things in America?你觉得美国怎样?
• 2.从含义上看, affair强调运行或操作过程,如一道程序,一笔交易,一个行动,一项事业等。business强调职责关系,例如：
• It is her business to take good care of the baby.看护好这个婴儿是她的职责。
• concern强调利害相关,例如：
• It is no concern of mine.此事与我无关。
• matter强调必须考虑和处理,例如：
• We have a lot of matters to do.我们有许多事情要做。
• thing则是一般用语,口语中常表示说话内容预先未考虑好或说话者力图掩饰自己的观点,例如：
• I've another thing to talk with you.我还有一件事跟你说。
• 3.从用法上看, business不能用复数,而affair在指重大的或头绪较多的事务时则需要用复数。
• 4.从搭配范围上看,与foreign、international、state等词连用时只能用affair,在短语have an affair with sb (与某人有不正当男女关系)中也只能用affair。在指商业上的生意和活动或指“公事”“正事”时只能用business,例如：
• It's a pleasure to do business with you.很高兴和你做生意。
• Business before pleasure.公事比娱乐要紧。
• 口语中作“出了毛病”“失常”解时,只能用matter而不能用affair和business,例如：
• What's the matter with you?你怎么啦?
• 在泛指“东西”“物品”时,用affair和thing均可。例如：
• And these Tubes were convenient things〔affairs〕.而这地下铁道是非常方便的东西。

thing, baggage, luggage

• 这组词的共同意思是“行李”。其区别是：
• 1.thing所指的范围最大; baggage其次; luggage所指的范围最小。
• 2.luggage专指外出旅行时所带的“物品”; baggage是不论轻重大小的“行李”的通称; thing既可指广义上的“物品”或“行李”,有时也可指某些特定的东西,如衣服、杯盘等。例如:
• Each passenger is allowed 30 pounds of luggage free of charge.每个旅客可以免费携带行李30磅。
• They told him to unpack his baggage.他们叫他打开行李。
• Allow me a few minutes in which to pick up my things. 给我一点时间去收拾东西。
• 3.luggage和baggage一般是不可数名词; thing通常为可数名词。例如:
• He attached labels to his luggage.他把标签贴在行李上。
• How much does your baggage weigh?你的行李有多重?
• He left his things at my home.他把行李留在我家了。
• 4.baggage多用于美语。

下面三句有细微差别:

• This is the thing that we must keep in mind.
• 这就是我们必须要记住的事情。
• (用得比较空洞)
• This is the fact that we must keep in mind.
• 这就是我们必须要记住的事情。
• (用得比较踏实)
• This is the lesson that we must keep in mind.
• 这就是我们必须要记住的教训。
• (用得比较具体)

affair，business，matter，concern，thing

• 这些名词均含“事情”之意。
• affair含义较广，侧重指已发生或必须去做的任何事情或事务。复数形式多指重大或较复杂的事务。
• business通常指较重要或较难而又必须承担的事情，也可指商事。
• matter普通用词，着重指一件考虑中的或需要处理的事。
• concern往往强调与个人或团体利害有直接或重大关系的事。
• thing用作“事情”解时，词义较笼统、含糊，多用于指不很具体的事。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 对于他来说总是不停嘴地说话不是什么好事情。

   误 The only bad thing on him was that he never stopped talking.

   正 The only bad thing about him was that he never stopped talking.

   析 a good〔bad〕 thing about sb/sth 是固定搭配,不可将about改为on。

2. We must clear away the breakfast things.

   误 我们必须把早餐的残羹剩饭清理干净。

   正 我们必须把早餐用的餐具收拾好。

   析 在这里things指的是“餐具”,而不是指“吃的东西”。

3. 现在形势不同了。

   误 The things are different now.

   正 Things are different now.

   析 things在作“情况,形势,情形”解时,前面不用the。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的thing，意为事情。

近反义词

【近义词】

• article
• object
• affair
• business
• concern
• matter