非是坏事。.be onto a good ‘thing to have found a job,
situation or style of life that is pleasant or easy 找到称 心的工作；过上舒心的日子；混得不错1do
things to sb (informal) to
have a powerftil emotional effect on sb ^ 某人十分激动；震撼某人：rhat song just does things to me. —听到那首歌峩就激动不已。do your own 'thing (informal) to do what you want to do or what
interests you, without thinking about other people; to be independent做自己想做的事；照自己的意愿行事；独立
.自主；自行其事，first/,丨ast ‘thing early in the morning/
late in the evening —早/晚上最后（要做的事）：/need the report on my desk first thing
Monday morning. 二一早这个报告就得放在我的办公桌上。，first things 'first (often humorous) the most important matters must be dealt
with first.要事先办：We have a 〖ot to discuss, but, things/iirst,
Zet’s have a cup o/co#ee/ 我们有i车 多事要讨论，不过急事先办，咱们先喝杯咖啡吧！ for ■one thing used to introduce one of
two or more reasons for doing sth (用以引出两个以上的理由之—）
一来，一方面：‘Why don’t you get a car?’ WeM, /or one thing,/ain’tdnVe/’ “你为什么不买辆汽车呢？” “啊， 草先，我不会开车！，’ have a ’thing about sb/sth (informal) to have a strong like or dislike of sb/sth
in a way that seems strange or unreasonable ■(莫.名其妙 地）对…有好感，对…有偏见：She has a thing about men
with beards.她对留胡子的男人有强烈的感觉。it isn’t my, his, etc. ’thing it isn’t sth that you
really enjoy or are interested in这不是我（或他等）真正喜欢
的东西；并非…所好it’s a…thing (/n/omw/) it is sth that only a particular
group understands 这矣…的事 .(只有襄群在才理解的）：Ybu wouidn’t fcnow what ft
means—ft’s a thing.你不会知道那是什么意思，那是
女孩子家_的事。know/te丨丨 sb a ’thing or two (about
sb/sth) (informal) to
know/tell sb some useful, interesting or surprising information about sb/sth T ^ ^ 露有用的（或有趣的、意外的）信息；有所了解/披露；
4 Sh^s been
married five times, so she knows a thing or two about men/她结过五次婚，所以对男人有所
’ 了解。make a. (big) ’thing of/about sth (/’n/omia/) to make sth
seem more important than it really is 小遍大
做；大惊小怪；故弄玄虚not know, etc. t|ie first丨hing a1 bout sth/sb to know nothing at all
about sth/sb 一无所知；对…一窍不通 not ,quite the 'thing 1 not
considered socially acceptable 不太合时宜；不太时兴；
不得体：wouWn’t be quite t/ie tWng to turn up in
rimninggear.穿着跑步的运动服出现在这场合可不大成体
统。2 (oW-/<35/i/on«/) not healthy or normal 身体不舒 月R;感到不适（just) .one of those ’things used to say that you do
not want to discuss or think about sth bad or unpleasant that has happened, but
just accept it 命 中注定的事；难免的倒霉事；不可挽回的事：ft wasn’t
your/auit. /t was just one 0/those
things.不是你的错。
_ 这是命中注定的事。one (damned/damn) thing after
a'nother (informal) used
to complain that a lot of unpleasant things keep happening to you (抱怨时用） 倒*事一桩接一桩,one thing leads to a nother used to suggest that the
way one event or action leads to others is so obvious that it does not need to
be stated (暗示事情的发展过程显而易见a)—来二去，自然而然：
He offered me
a ride home one night, and, well, one thing Zed to another and now
we’re married/ —天晚上他让 我搭车0家，唔，就这样貞然发展，我们现在结婚了！
be
'seeing/'hearing things (informal, humorous) to imagine that you can see or hear sth
that is in fact not there 产生幻觉.there’s only ,one thing _for it there is only one
possible course of action 这只:有一*■个办法 these .things are sent to 'try us (saying) used to say that you should accept an
unpleasant situation or event because you cannot change it ( ‘表示无法改变，应该接
受）这些都是对我们的考验/磨炼the ,thing Is (/n/omifl/) used to
introduce an important fact, reason or explan- ation 事实是；.丰要原因是rm sorty my assignment
isn’t finished. The
thing is,
JVe had a lot of other work this wee/c对不起，我的任务没完成。主要原因是我这星期有
许多其他工作要做。the ,thing (about/with sth/sb) is used to introduce a
problem about sth/sb …的问题是：
77ie
thing with is, he’s always Zate_ 束尔:如丨、弓题是， 他总是迟到。the (whole)…thing (/n/oww/) a situation
or an activity of the type
mentioned.(;纯粹的）…事；
完全是）…的活备：She reaHy didn’t want to
be involved
in the whole family thing.
家事中。.things that go ,bump:
in the'’night (/n/orma/， humorous) used to refer to ghosts and other supernatural things that cannot be
explained 的响声；鬼魂；超自然现象too‘much of a good
thing used
to say that, although sth is pleasant, you do not want to have too much of it 好事多了也觉得腻（what) with ,one thing and a'nother (informaf) because you have been
busy with various problems, events or things you had to do因为事情一个接着一个；由于忙得不可开
交：I completely forgot her birthday, what
with one thing and another•因为忙得不可开交，我把她的生日忘
得」半二净。— more
at chance n., close2 adj., close2
adv., DAY, DECENT, DONE adj.,
EASY adv., NATURE, NEAR
adj., only adj., overdo, push v., real adj., scheme n.,
SHAPE n., SURE adj., TURN V., WAY fl., WORK V.
thing-ummy /'Girjami/ noun {pi. -ies) (also thing-ama- bob /'9i〇0m0bDb; NAmE -ba:b/
thing.uma.jig
/'Oirj-
3mad3ig/ thingy)
(V/i/omw/)
used to refer to a person or thing whose name you do not know or have
forgotten, or which you do not want to mention (指木知、或忘 记、或不想提及其名）某某，那个人，那东西：ft’s one 〇/ those thingummies for
keeping papers together.
文件的玩意儿。.◊ Is thingummy
goin^ to be there ? Ybu know, that woman from the Sales
Department?
$那儿吗？你知道，就是销售部的那个女的。
thingy /'0iqi/ noun {pi.
-ies)
=
thingummy
think /Girjk/ verb, noun
■ verb (thought, thought /Qo^./)
►
HAVE OPINION/BELIEF 有看法/ 信念 1 〜（about sth) (not used in the progressive
tenses 不用于进行.时).to have a particular idea or
opinion about sth/sb; to believe sth 认为；以为：[V，(that)] Do you t/iinfc (Wmtj come?
乂为他们会杂<4?'◊/ thought J heard a
scream•我好 备听到 了一声尖叫。◊ J didn’t thinfc you Zifced sports. 羲原以 6 你不# 好运动。◊ Am J right in
thinking that you used to Zive here?我想你过去在这里住过，：对吗？ ◊
J thinfc this is their house, but J’m. not sure.我想这是他们
家，但不敢肯定。◊报ought to resign, / t/iinfc•我看j也 应该辞职。◊ need about 20 chairs,
f shouW thmfc. 我看_们需要大约20把椅子。◊ [VN (that)] was once thought that the sun travelled around the earth. Afll ^ 经认为太阳绕着地球转。◊ [VN] What did
you thinfc abouf the idea?你认为这个想法怎么样？ ◊ IVeH, J Hfce
it. WTmt doyoiithiiifc?嗯，我喜欢这个想法。你认为怎么样?. o[V] WiH we mafce it in
rime?’ thinfc so.’ “我们会及时完成 吗？ “ :“我想会的。” ◊公 heanygood?，ldon，tthfnfc so.’ “他怎么样？” “我认为一般。” o[VN-ADj]/thinfcit higWy
unHfcdy that get the job.我认为我得至ij 这份工 作的可能性极小。◊ She thought /u‘m fci/id and generous. hi乂为4也宽仁慈。◊ [VN to inf] He’s
thought to be one 0/ the richest men m Europe.他&认为是欧洲最富有的乂
之一。i:i4ia This pattern is not
usually used unless think is in the passive.此句型通常仅限于think用作被动
语态。
►
USE MIND 匈脑筋 2 ~ (about
sth) to use your mind to
consider sth, to form connected
ideas, to try to solve problems, etc.想；思考；思索；思想[V] Are animals aWe to
tWnfc?动杨会思考吗？ ◊
Let me thinfc (= give me time before I answer). _让我想一想。◊ J can’t teH you now~I7Z have to thfnfc about it.我兔在无法告诉你，琴
得考虑一下。◊ She Ziad thought
ve/y deeply about this proWem. “曾经对这个问题深深思考过。◊ AH he ever
thinfo about is money•也满脑子想的只是钱。◊ J’m sorry, IwasiVt thinking (= said when you have
upset or o舍ended sb accidentaliy).对不每，我太冒昧了。. ◊ [V wh-] He was trying to what to do•他在努力想
法。3 (usually used in the progressive tenses 通常用于
进行.时)to
have ideas; words or images in your mind 想；余磨：[VNT]. very 扣fet. What are' you
thfnfcing?你一 _ 木坑.，在想 f 么1 ?'◊ [V wh-] J was
just thinking what a iong way it is.我刚才在琢舍路途ic远 了。◊ [V speech]
‘J must be ..craay, ’ she
thought. “ 我准是 疯了。”她想。
IMAGINE 想象 4 [no passive] to form an idea of sth; to
imagine sth 猜想；想象；试想：[V wh-] We couWn’t
thinfc where you’d gone■我们猜想不由来你到哪鱼去了。