thing

漢語翻譯

n. 事物, 東西, 物, 用品, 事, 事件, 情況, 行為, 特徵
相關詞組:
a thing of naught
come to the same thing
do the handsome thing by
feel not quite the thing
look not quite the thing
for one thing
for one thing...
have a thing about
It is a good thing that...
know a thing or two
make a good thing of
pretty much the same thing
quite the thing
sure thing
take one thing with another
tell sb a thing or two
the first thing
the thing is
cannot get a thing out of sb
a near thing

詞意辨析：

affair, business, matter, concern, thing

這些名詞均含“事情”之意。
affair: 含義較廣，側重指已發生或必須去做的任何事情或事務。複數形式多指重大或較複雜的事務。
business: 通常指較重要或較難而又必須承擔的事情，也可指商事。
matter: 普通用詞，著重指一件考慮中的或需要處理的事。
concern: 往往強調與個人或團體利害有直接或重大關係的事。
thing: 用作“事情”解時，詞義較籠統、含糊，多用於指不很具體的事。

英文解釋：

名詞 thing:

1. a special situation
2. an action
3. an artifact
4. an event
5. a statement regarded as an object
6. any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
7. a special abstraction
8. a vaguely specified concern
   同義詞：matter, affair
9. an entity that is not named specifically
10. a special objective
11. a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
12. a separate and self-contained entity

例句：

1. As things stand, we won't finish the job on time.
   據目前情況看，我們不能按時完成任務了。
2. Am I seeing things or is that Bill over there? I thought he was dead.
   是我看花眼了呢，還是在那兒的人是比爾呢？我以為他死了。
3. A holiday will be just the thing for you.
   你現在需要的就是放假。
4. The thing is not to interrupt him while he's talking.
   要緊的是他說話的時候不要打斷他的話
5. The main thing to remember is ...
   要記住的主要事實是。。。
6. All things considered, we're doing quite well.
   從各方面的情況看，我們目前幹得挺好。
7. He is only interested in things and not people.
   他只對物而不對人感興趣。
8. Be calm and take things as they come.
   冷靜點，既來之則安之吧。