the
door. He 4* T it W A A J* % H e o Hardly had we arrived than the problems started. He f|] $*J 3\, i |H] M To IE1BI see other adi.
thang /0aer)/ noun (NAmE, informal) a way of saying or
writing the word ‘thing’, that represents the pronunciation of the southern US
7 M, m, thing
thank /Gaeqk/ verb [VN]
~ sb (for sth/for doing sth) to tell sb that you are grateful
for sth iffiff, ( #X )7 ( Wtm ) ililf:
I
must write and thank Mary for the present. iff M iu He ifo I L $0 0 0
There’s no
need to thank
me—I
enjoyed doing it. A'iMtfHc, 0 In his
speech,
he thanked everyone for all their hard work, ftfc/E itti$cWiiftlA^£-7-^Ao
O She said
goodbye and thanked us for coming. ^faHeCJiM, ill 00 ft
lira
o Htl71 have sb to thank (for sth) used when you are
saying who is responsible for sth ; Eh • • • ftM;
^
7 ; B 50 T : I
have my parents to thank for my success. Hc00u£50B50THG00i£#o I’ll thank you for sth/to do sth
{formal) used to tell sb that you are
annoyed and do not want them to do sth ( ffj lii A, ) if# I’ll thank you to mind your
own
business, ithank God/1 goodness/
'heaven(s) (for sth) used to say that you are pleased about sth iff AiH:i&: Thank God you’re safe!
#7:5:
A71 0 ‘Thank goodness for that!’ she
said with
a
sigh of relief. Aiffitiir ”
H o IHl =lfI'll Some people find the
phrase thank God offensive. ^AAA thank God
thank
your lucky stars to feel very grateful and lucky about sth ;
sth
used to say
that sb will not be pleased or will be annoyed about sth I5A7ISM7A: John won’t thank you for
interfering. A0
thankful
/'Baerjkfl/ adj. [not usually before noun] ~ (for sth) | ~ (to do sth) | ~ (that...) pleased about sth good that has
happened, or sth bad that has not happened [ji iff; /ft St: I was thankful to see they’d all arrived
safely, o He wasn’t
badly
hurt—that’s something to be thankful
for.
# 00 # 711, 0 I was thankful that he hadn’t
been
hurt. f&'&Wif'A, HcfiliBfiJftlto IT»TO1 see small
adj.
thankfully /Haeqkfali/ adv. 1 used to show that you are pleased that sth good has happened or that
sth bad has been avoided ( EHH fortu
nately: There
was afire in the building, but thankfully no one was hurt. A^AAT, Ac 2 in
a pleased or
grateful way rtf
A i&; I accepted
the
invitation thankfully. <,
thankless /'Gaegklas/ adj. unpleasant or difficult to do and
unlikely to bring you any rewards or thanks from anyone ik A A If 60; J; i£A7i0ff00:
Sometimes
being a mother and a housewife felt like a thankless task. f«7fOI|CE7BWlA{$A:Ei#miGi7
thanks O-w /Gaeqks/ exclamation, noun m exclamation —see also thank you 1 ~ (for sth/doing sth) used to show that you are grateful to sb for sth they have done ( ) Sliff, ill ilt: Thanks for
lending
me the money. o Many thanks
for
your support. 7i/7ti&0At#o 0 ‘How are you?’ ‘Fine, thanks. ’ (= thanks for asking) “ # %$■ ?
” “ itf, Alt
iff
0 ” 2 a polite way of accepting sth that
sb has offered you ( ) Iff 00 , iftilt: ‘Would you like a
coffee?’
‘Oh, thanks. ’ “ A # ill # I? ? ” “
£F 00, if
ilto
o ‘Here’s the
change.’
‘Thanks very much.’
” “«liiffo ” 3 no thanks a polite way of refusing sth that
sb has offered you ( g if } 7 t #1 ilt: ‘Would you like some more?’ ‘No
thanks.’ ” “*%T, iffiff, ”
m noun [pi ] - (to sb) (for sth) words or actions that show that
you are grateful to sb for sth >M ift; EMM ; ilt M. ECT71 gratitude
:
How can I
ever express my thanks to you for all you’ve done? PJtM00 —H^ ATflMt i*itt;i£? 0 Thanks are due to all those who
worked so
hard
for so many months.
|-#Ao
0 She murmured
her thanks. M'f&T'ililt, — see also vote of thanks fTTfll no thanks to sb/sth despite sb/sth; with
no help from sb/sth MM; 7703 7; AB50T: We managed to get it finished in the end— no thanks to him (= he didn’t help).
HcB^f tuJ$7, fliA&Tf#007750^0 thanks a lot 1 used to show that you
are very grateful to sb for sth they have done ( fM ) ^t£f: Thanks a lot for all
you’ve
done.
^i|f#j|fii$00 —$7 2 (ironic) used to show that you are annoyed that sb has done
sth because it causes trouble or difficulty for you ( A 7S it T: ‘I’m afraid I’ve finished all the
milk. ’ ‘Well, thanks a lot!’ HcJE7#5M70
” uty, £WT\ ”
thanks
to sb/sth (sometimes
ironic) used to say that sth
has happened because of sb/sth ^ A; Fh 7; [U A: It was all a great success—thanks to a lot
of hard work. Eh 77-7'^A, &7A$J$;50o 0 Everyone knows about it now,
thanks to you! ^77#, !
thanksgiv
ing /.Gaerjks'givir)/
noun 1 Thanksgiving (Day) [U, C] a public
holiday in the
A
A# 0 ) : We always eat
turkey on Thanksgiving. He IH il B^ Ji A o 0 Are you going home for
Thanksgiving? # ® ? —
compare harvest
festival 2 [U] {format) the expression of
thanks to God
M
( T±it )
'thank
you Ot* exclamation, noun m exclamation — see also thanks 1 ~ (for sth/for
doing sth) used to show that you are grateful to sb for sth they have done
( ) iltii#: Thank you for
your
letter.
i|f iH# 00 A/fs o 0 Thank you very much for sending the photos, f ^ilt # % tn He ii ^ M it = 2a polite way of
accepting sth that sb has offered you ( it ) If, ‘Would
you like some help with
that?’‘Oh,
thank you.’ ” “WiM,
iltill#o
” 3 no
thank you a
polite way of refusing sth that sb has offered you ( M >777, ill if[
#: ‘Would you like some more cake?’ ‘No thank
you.’ ”
“7^7, 4
used at
the
end of a sentence to tell sb firmly that you do not need their help or advice (
iHffi'njA,
W
&}&%]&! ) iff ill: ‘Shall I do that?’ ‘I can do it myself,
thankyou.’
“HeAffW? ” “H^BiTA M0 ” a noun [usually sing ] ~ (to sb) (for sth) an act, a gift, a
comment, etc. intended to thank sb for sth they have done iff; iff iff; iff is]: The actor sent a big
thank
you to all his fans for their letters of support, j&fv
O
She
took
the money without so much as a thank you. MtjScii $1, o a thank-you letter Iff
that
on.
m det. /5aet/ (pi. those /6auz; NAmE 6ouz/)
1 used for referring to a person or thing that is not near the speaker or as
near to the speaker as another ( HI Size 00 )
UP, UP7: Look at that
man over there. H
UP
ii 00 UP 7 M 7 c How much are those apples at the
back? ]& UP IS; 7 g ft' Aifr ? 2 used for
referring to
sb/sth
that has already been mentioned or is already known about ( ^B^f'Jil^E^00A^»tM
UP, UP 7 : I was living
with my parents at that time. UPW^Hc 0 That incident changed their lives. UP A 7#- {&$ 7 itfeill 00 7 7 0 0 Have you forgotten about that
money I lent you last week?
00UP^^7BE?
0 That dress of
hers is too short. MUP#
pron. /daet/ (pi. those /dauz; NAmE 5ouz/)
1 used for referring to
a person or thing that is not near the speaker, or not as near to the speaker
as another ( Hf $S00
Al£7tJ ) UP, UP7: Who’s that? UP Hi#.? b That’s Peter over there. UPJ&UP7 AHI&ifo 0 Hello. Is that Jo? »H, o That’s a nice dress. UPfAiil^lfi
WM
fto
o Those look
riper than these. UP®#± A ® B # o 2 used for referring to
sb/sth that has already been mentioned, or is already known about
() up, up7: what can