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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

thing [θɪŋ]
  1. 1. noun [c]
    A strange thing happened.
    发生了一件很奇怪的事。
  2. 2. noun (physical object) 物品
    A baby's not a thing. It's a human being!
    婴儿不是物品,是人!
  3. 3. noun (matter,subject,anything) 事情
    Don't bother me with little things like that.
    别用那些小事烦我。
    Don't you worry about a thing.
    担心任何事
  4. 4. n pl (belongings) 东西
    I like my own things around me.
    喜欢我的东西都在我旁边
  5. 5. n pl (in general) 情形
    How are things going?
    情形如何
    the thing is...
    这样
    for one thing
    一则
    the best thing would be to...
    最好方式是…
    first thing (in the morning)
    (早晨)头件事
    last thing (at night)
    (晚上)最后做的事
    to have a thing about
    [inf] 喜爱
  6. 6. n pl (dislike) 厌恶
    to do one's own thing
    [inf] 自由行事
    you lucky/silly thing
    [inf] 你这个幸运的/傻人

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

thing [θɪŋ]
  1. 1. n.[c] [Plural] 情况情形
    She had evidently decided that things were going to be all right.
    显然已经认定局面正在朝好的方向发展
    It is a remarkable thing.
    这是一件大事
    This thing has got to end.
    这件事必须结束了。
  2. 2. n.[c] 举动行为
    I decided that the best thing to do was to go home.
    认定最该做的事就是回家。
    How could you do such a thing?
    怎么会干出这样的事来?
  3. 3. n.[c] 抽象的事物
    She makes me discover things in myself I didn't know were there.
    让我发现自己身上具备但我从未注意到特质
  4. 4. n.[c] 物品东西
    How do you get this thing to work?
    你是怎么让这东西工作的
    How does this thing work?
    这个东西如何工作的
  5. 5. n.[c] 事件事情
    This sort of thing would never happen to me.
    这种事绝不会发生在我身上
  6. 6. n.[c] 事务关注的事
    Did you take care of that thing?
    你在关注那样的事儿吗?
    I had to attend a thing last night.
    昨晚不得不去处理一件事。
    Things are going well.
    一切都很顺利
  7. 7. n.[c] 话,语句
    You are so kind to say such nice things about our child.
    感谢您给了我们孩子如此高的评价
    How can you say such a thing?
    这样的事你也说得出来
  8. 8. n.[c] 具体名称的某物
    I didn't know what to call that thing.
    不知道该把那个东西叫作什么
    I couldn't tell what the thing was.
    不能说是什么事情
  9. 9. n.[c] 特征特质
    The thing about Ann is that she usually gets what she wants
    与众不同的地方在于常常得到想要的。
  10. 10. n.[c] 目的目标
    The thing is too make more than you spend.
    目标就是挣得比花得多。
    The thing is to stay in bounds.
    这个目标不能实现
  11. 11. n.[c] [American English] [Spoken] 厌恶喜爱
    I have this thing where I want to leave everyone behind and roam the wilderness.
    一直幻想着有一天我要把所有人都抛到脑后,一个人在旷野漫游
    She has a thing about him.
    她对他有好感
    He has a thing about seafood.
    他对海鲜很感兴趣
  12. 12. n.[c] 独立的实体
  13. 13. n.[c] [Spoken] [Slang] 喜欢的,合适的或重要事物
  14. 14. n.[c] 事项细节
  15. 15. n.[c] 衣服
  16. 16. n.[c] 用具器具
  17. 17. n.[c] [Plural] 个人的所有物
  18. 18. n.[c] 任务工作
  19. 19. n.[c] 家伙东西
  20. 20. n.[c] [Law] 财产

Collins English-English Dictionary

thing [θɪŋ]
  1. 1. n an object, fact, affair, circumstance, or concept considered as being a separate entity
  2. 2. n any inanimate object
  3. 3. n an object or entity that cannot or need not be precisely named
  4. 4. n [Spoken] a person or animal regarded as the object of pity, contempt, etc
    you poor thing
  5. 5. n an event or act
  6. 6. n a thought or statement
  7. 7. n [law] any object or right that may be the subject of property (as distinguished from a person)
  8. 8. n a device, means, or instrument
  9. 9. n [often plural] a possession, article of clothing, etc
  10. 10. n [Spoken] the normal pattern of behaviour in a particular context
    not interested in the marriage thing
  11. 11. n [Spoken] a mental attitude, preoccupation or obsession (esp in the phrase have a thing about)
  12. 12. n an activity or mode of behaviour satisfying to one's personality (esp in the phrase do one's (own) thing)
  13. 13. n [Etymology] Old English thing assembly; related to Old Norse thing assembly, Old High German ding assembly
thing [θɪŋ]
  1. 1. n [often capital] a law court or public assembly in the Scandinavian countries ting
  2. 2. n [Etymology] C19: from Old Norse thing assembly (the same word as thing1)

Examples

to follow one thing (up) with another thing
紧接着一件事做另一件事
a thing of small account
一件琐事
Euclid's axiom that things equal to the same thing are equal to each other.
欧几里得关于等同于同一事物之物互相之间相等的公理说
cast one's eyes or attention on a thing
把目光(或注意力)投向某物
the coming thing
【美国英语,口语】即将变得时髦的东西;即将具有重要性的东西
the last thing in hats
最新式的帽子

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