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The middle-aged person, Barth continued, can see death in the distance, but moves with a measured haste to get big new things done while there is still time.
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I definitely feel things more strongly than the average person.
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Clearly, there is no such thing as a perfect memory – their extraordinary minds are still using the same flawed tools that the rest of us rely on.
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The cinema, the theatre, all that wasvery exciting with new things coming out.
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Meeting people was the thing, and you went to coffee bars where you met friends and spent the evening.
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Another thing Katherine loved about Facebook was that she didn’t have to think about time zones when updating family.
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may be better at solving puzzlescan memorize things with more easemay have greater facility in abstract reasoningcan put what they have learnt into more effective usefind ways to slow down our mental declinefind ways to boost our memoriesunderstand the complex process of mental functioningunderstand the relation between physical and mental healthThe most important thing in the news last week was the rising discussion in Nashville about the educational needs of children.
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You should live your life attempting to identify and control those things which you can genuinely control.
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Worry only about things that you can control.
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There are also rules dealing with interpersonal relationships: Be a responsible human being and do not do evil things to others.
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The nice thing about ancient philosophy as offered by the Greeks is that they tended to see life clear and whole, in a way that we tend not to see life today.
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The important thing is for all of us to keep in mind the real goal and the longer, bigger picture.
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So, Soupios explains, it is not worth it to waste our physical, intellectual and spiritual energy worrying about things that are beyond our control.
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So take a step back, switch off the automatic pilot and actually stop and reflect about things like our priorities, our values, and our relationships.
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Obviously there are cultural differences, but if you were talking to another person and they came up close in your personal space, you wouldn't think that's the kind of thing a properly brought-up person would do.
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I think that things have become very gloomy these days, lots of misunderstanding, misleading cues, a lot of what the ancients would have called sophistry ( ' , 诡 辩 ).
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I am about to make things more complicated by suggesting that what kind of facility an older person lives in may matter less than we have assumed.
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And that the characteristics adult children look for when they begin the search are not necessarily the things that make a difference to the people who are going to move in.
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Stan Glantz, a professor of medicine in San Francisco,explains why: And you know, one thing that I wanted to ask you.
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If you are a graduate student, you may depend on your adviser for many things, including help with improving grades, acquiring financial support, forming an examining committee and getting letters of recommendation.
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They're also only a single layer in what should ideally be a many-sided approach to securing your home, one that includes common sense things like sound locks and proper exterior lighting at night.
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They spend that money on other things, which stimulates the economy.
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So, too, would the motion detectors in your home, so the thief will need to continue jamming once he's inside and searching for things to steal.
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As a person who writes about food and drink for a living, I couldn't tell you the first thing about Bill Perry or whether the beers he sells are that great.
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The thing that sets children apart from adults is not their ignorance, nor their lack of skills.
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That may be a bad thing, particularly at work.
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Saving money is becoming a thing of the past.
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On the other hand, task-timers have a list of things they want to accomplish.
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It is a thing of no great difficulty, according to Plutarch, to raise objections against another man's speech, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.
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Instead of trying to get children to work hard, why not focus on getting them to take pleasure in meaningful, productive activity, like making things, working with others, exploring ideas, and solving problems? These focuses are not so different from the things in which they delight.
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In some cases, schools should help children find new, more grown-up ways of doing the same things that are constant sources of joy: making art, making friends, making decisions.
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From data collected, it seems the things that cause us to lose the most sleep, on average, are sporting events, time changes, and holidays.
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Do your contacts share your point of view on most subjects? If yes, it's time to shake things up.
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Considering that the government's standards are not nearly ambitious enough, the picture is clear: by not cooking at home, we're not eating the right things, and the consequences are hard to overstate.
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Becoming educated should not require giving up joy but rather lead to finding joy in new kinds of things: reading novels instead of playing with small figures, conducting experiments instead of sinking cups in the bathtub, and debating serious issues rather than stringing together nonsense words, for example.
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"It is a thing of no great difficulty," according to Plutarch," to raise objections against another man's speech, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome."
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"Too many of us may be paying for one thing, and getting another," the Attorney General said.
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Also, remember a successful ending is not the only thing worthy of a celebration.
2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section B
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Another thing Katherine loved about Facebook was that she didn't have to think about time zones when updating family.
2017年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
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As a person who writes about food and drink for a living, I couldn't tell you the first thing about bill Perry or whether the beers he sells are that great.
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But my grandmother was a terror for that kind of thing.
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But whether it's an English-cooked breakfast or a coffee and a sandwich, one thing has remained the same: the prices.
2016年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
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Clearly, there is no such thing as a "perfect" memory – their extraordinary minds are still using the same flawed tools that the rest of us rely on.
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Getting around a city is one thing — and then there's the matter of getting from one city to another.
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I can promise you one thing: whatever you choose to do for a career, if you work hard at it, eventually, special things will happen.
2019年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
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I must say that's one thing that's always struck me about being a pub owner.
2015年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B
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If your goal is to have standardized approaches to learning, where everybody learns the same thing at the same time in the same way, then learning by doing doesn't really fit that mold anymore.
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In fact, the camera could be the thing that proves that they didn't steal the $20 dollars, or knock the vase off the table.
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It is one thing to use AI within a game with clear rules and clear goals.
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It was fortunate that the family didn't try to dig up the fossil because that could destroy the specimen; they did the right thing by calling someone who would know what to do.
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It would seem silly to call such a thing a "disease".
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One thing about the moon many people don't know is that it has a lot of garbage on its surface left over from human space exploration.
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Research or common sense tells us that the best thing to do is keep your hands, utensils and other surfaces clean.
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That thing that you make is valuable to you and you can share it with others.
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The critic in the local paper says it's the funniest thing he's ever seen.
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The implication, in each case, is that curiosity is a good thing, and a lack of curiosity is a problem.
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The most important thing in the news last week was the rising discussion in Nashville about the educational needs of children.
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The printing, the books, I'm very attached to all that kind of thing that may not all be very entertaining in the modern sense of the world.
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The thing that you make has no value to you.
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This led her to wonder if people might be doing the same thing.
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Thus, rising microwave sales could be seen as a positive thing.
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Less-educated parents, and poorer and black and Latino parents are more likely to believe that there is no such thing as too much involvement in a child's education.
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American parents want similar things for their children, the Pew report and past research have found: for them to be healthy and happy, honest and ethical, caring and compassionate.
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One recent study attempted to calculate the extent of this ecological overshoot of the human economy, and found that we are using 1.2 Earth's-worth of environmental goods and services—the implication being that at some point the debt will be called in, and all those services—the things which the planet does for us for free—will grind to a halt.
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Medical spending, which typically rises faster than wages and the overall economy, is propelled by two things: the high prices charged for medical services in this country and the volume of unnecessary care delivered by doctors and hospitals, which often perform a lot more tests and treatments than a patient really needs.
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Facing water shortages and escalating fertilizer costs, farmers in developing countries are using raw sewage ( ' , 下 水道污水) to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 million acres of cropland, according to a new report—and it may not be a bad thing.
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Cablevision hopes to allow customers to buy things with their remote controls early next year.
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But is this right? Do things get better or worse as we get richer? Here the Stockholm declaration is ambiguous.
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A surprising thing for the man who runs one of the world's most powerful economies to say? Perhaps; though in the run-up to the five-year review of the Millennium ( ' , 千年的) Goals, he is far from alone.
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You know, one of the first things I like to tell people when they ask me about the supplements, is that a lot of them are promoted as a cure for your memory, but your memory doesn’t need a cure.
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The other thing that people do forget is that these are medicines, so they do have an impact.
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The other thing is that a lot of these supplements aren’t necessarily what they claim to be, and you really have to be wary when you take any of them.
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find digital devices simply indispensablecommunicate primarily by mobile phonelight their homes with stored solar energydistribute power with wires and wooden polesbenefit their business transmit power faster promote innovationencourage competitionIt might become a thing of the past.
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What happens to the centralized electric grid, which took decades and billions of dollars to build, as more and more people become prosumers, who produce and consume their own energy on-site?No one knows which – if any – battery technology will ultimately dominate, but one thing remains clear: The future of energy is in how we store it.
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The ROWE participants were allowed to freely determine when, where and how they worked – the only thing that mattered was that they got the job done.
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Meanwhile, emerging technologies – the drones, 3D printers and smart-home devices of the world – now seem a bit too old to be called the next big thing.
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Carli says that one of the most significant things about his study is that it provides new early-warning signs for parents, teachers and mental health-care providers.
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You say your shop has been doing well, could you give me some idea of what doing well means in facts and figures?Birds are famous for carrying things around.
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When I teach in classroom, we often end up talking about things like success and what leads to success.
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And to start things off, I think what we need to do is consider a definition.
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Perhaps a new phrase is needed, one that can bring everyone one big step closer to realizing Du Bois's original, idealistic hope: It's not the name—it's the Thing that counts..
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It is one thing to say that we are going to shift 30 percent of our electricity supply from, say, coal to nuclear power in 20 years.
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It arouses students' interest in things around them.
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But it is another thing to have a supply of trained talent that could let you carry out this promise.
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And Brandston knows a thing or two about lighting, being the man who illuminated the Statue of Liberty.
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Hello Jane.Charles, among other things, you are regarded as one of the America’s great masters of the Blues, a musical idiom that’s essentially about loss, particularly the loss of romantic love.
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Charles, among other things, you are regarded as one of the America’s great masters of the Blues, a musical idiom that’s essentially about loss, particularly the loss of romantic love.
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According to the Centre for Strategic and International Studies,about three quarter of energy we use to move things, including ourselves, accomplishes no useful work.
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"The dangerous thing about lying is people don't understand how the act changes us," says Dan Ariely, behavioural psychologist at Duke University.
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"The thing you are searching for is reputation," says titus Brown, a genomics (基因组学) researcher at the University of California,Davis.
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And Brandston knows a thing or two about lighting, being the man who illuminated the Statue of liberty.
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And over time, its members have learned a thing or two about responsibility.
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And the funny thing is that if you love what you do and are really passionate about it and work really hard, the money kind of comes automatically.
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At any volume, there's still such a thing as too much information.
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Barely anyone notices and no one says a thing.
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But here's the thing: I loved my "lower-tier" university.
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But if we're talking about the benefits to society, the only thing that matters is what the major enables the student to produce for society.
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Facing water shortages and escalating fertilizer costs, farmers in developing countries are using raw sewage to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 million acres of cropland, according to a new report—and it may not be a bad thing.
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For decades, researchers and law enforcement agencies have tried to build a machine that will do the same thing.
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For one thing, stereotypes are often accurate.
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For one thing, they are reliable and so far as they are based on unbiased samples.
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I found that this ability to instantly shift my attention was often a good thing, like when passing time on public transportation.
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I thought one interesting thing in the video was the idea of passion being so important and that people who really love what they do.
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It's a rare thing for anybody to be able to change who they really are.
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Perhaps a new phrase is needed, one that can bring everyone one big step closer to realizing Du Bois' original, idealistic hope: "It's not the name — It's the Thing that counts. "
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Professor Stephen Hawking has warned that the creation of powerful artificial intelligence A will be "either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity", and praised the creation of an academic institute dedicated to researching the future o
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Skin may seem like a superficial human attribute, but it's the first thing we notice about anyone we meet.
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So far, the main thing many large retailers have done in response to all this is to open online stores, so people will come to them directly rather than to Amazon and its smaller online rivals.
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That's because rest and recovery are not the same thing.
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The first thing every bank will do is study how much money I have and how much debt I have before they decide whether or not to lend me any more money.
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The key thing about consumer behaviour is that it's very much about how consumers change.
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The other thing is that a lot of these supplements aren't necessarily what they claim to be, and you really have to be wary when you take any of them.
2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B
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The ROWE participants were allowed to freely determine when, where and how they worked – the only thing that mattered was that they got the job done.
2016年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
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The same thing happens to people who stop moving, either mentally or physically.
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The thing is, machines still have limitations when it comes to facial recognition.
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The very first thing that scientists discovered with the mission to another planet was that Venus was not at all the earthly paradise that fiction had portrayed.
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They have to give so much thought and attention to the low-level mechanics of handling the ball, or fingering the keys or reading the music, that they are unable to give any thought to the thing that matters—the game, or the music, respectively.
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Ultimately, that's the thing universities don't want to admit.
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We believe that at least part of the problem lies in places other than the interaction between scientists and members of the media, and exists because for one thing we underestimate how difficult it is for scientists to communicate effectively with a dive
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We should assure such students that risk, and even peer pressure, can be a good thing—as long as it happens in the classroom and not in the car.
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When I re-entered the full-time workforce a few years ago after a decade of solitary self-employment, there was one thing I was looking forward to the most: the opportunity to have work friends once again.
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While there is still much progress to be made, other countries could learn a thing or two from the example set by France and Italy.
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(不能、不必、不愿指明的)东西,事物,特征,事情
You can use thing to refer to any object, feature, or event when you cannot, need not, or do not want to refer to it more precisely.
例句
'What's that thing in the middle of the fountain?' — 'Some kind of statue, I guess.'...
“喷泉中间的那个是什么东西?”——“估计是塑像什么的吧。”
She was in the middle of clearing the breakfast things...
她正在忙着收拾早饭后的那一摊子。
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等等;…之类
Thing is used in lists and descriptions to give examples or to increase the range of what you are referring to.
例句
These are genetic disorders that only affect males normally. They are things like muscular dystrophy and haemophilia...
这些遗传病通常只发生在男性身上,如肌肉萎缩、血友病等。
The Earth is made mainly of iron and silicon and things like that...
地球主要由铁、硅等物质构成。
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(用于形容词后,与其一起表示该形容词的意思)
Thing is often used after an adjective, where it would also be possible just to use the adjective. For example, you can say it's a different thing instead of it's different .
例句
Of course, literacy isn't the same thing as intelligence...
当然,识字和智力是两码事。
To be a parent is a terribly difficult thing...
为人父母真难啊。
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(用于强调)任何事情,每件事
Thing is often used instead of the pronouns 'anything,' or 'everything' in order to emphasize what you are saying.
例句
It isn't going to solve a single thing...
这什么问题也解决不了。
Don't you worry about a thing...
你什么也不必担心。
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(尤用于否定句中,强调恶劣或困难)这种事,这种东西
Thing is used in expressions such as such a thing or things like that, especially in negative statements, in order to emphasize the bad or difficult situation you are referring back to.
例句
I don't believe he would tell Leo such a thing...
我不信他会告诉利奥这种事。
'Are you accusing me of being a thief?' — 'I have done no such thing, Tony.'...
“你在指责我是小偷吗?”——“我没有做过这种事,托尼。”
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(尤指不太重要的)情况,形势,活动,想法
You can use thing to refer in a vague way to a situation, activity, or idea, especially when you want to suggest that it is not very important.
例句
I'm a bit unsettled tonight. This war thing's upsetting me...
我今晚有点心神不定,这场争斗让我不安。
These folks clearly take this ballroom thing very seriously.
这些家伙显然很拿舞厅这事当回事。
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…之类的东西;类似于…的东西
You can use thing when you are referring to something that you are uncertain or vague about, after mentioning something that it resembles or could possibly be.
例句
She'd actually taken it home and she put it in this jar thing...
她确实把它拿回了家,放在了一个罐子模样的东西里。
The captain of the submarine has got this periscope thing.
那个潜艇艇长有个类似于潜望镜之类的东西。
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(用来表示将要提及重要事情或特别想要对方知道的情况)
You often use thing to indicate to the person you are addressing that you are about to mention something important, or something that you particularly want them to know.
例句
One thing I am sure of was that she was scared...
有一点我能肯定,那就是她当时被吓到了。
The first thing parents want to know is: will the baby survive?...
父母亲最想知道的是:孩子能活下来吗?
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(常用于指代刚提及的事,表示强调或提供更多信息)
Thing is often used to refer back to something that has just been mentioned, either to emphasize it or to give more information about it.
例句
Getting drunk is a thing all young men do...
喝醉酒这种情况小伙子都会有。
I never wanted to be normal. It was not a thing I ever thought desirable...
我从来也没有想要正常过。那不是我想做的事。
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(无生命的)物体,东西
A thing is a physical object that is considered as having no life of its own.
例句
It's not a thing, Beauchamp. It's a human being!
比彻姆,那不是一件东西,是一个人!
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东西,玩意儿(表示蔑视或愤怒)
Thing is used to refer to something, especially a physical object, when you want to express contempt or anger towards it.
例句
This thing's virtually useless...
这玩意儿简直一点用也没有。
They're armed with sub-machine-guns or machine-pistols or whatever you call those things...
他们持有轻机枪或者冲锋枪,还是什么玩意儿的。
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家伙,东西(用以提及人或动物的某一特点,通常表示喜爱之情)
You can call a person or an animal a particular thing when you want to mention a particular quality that they have and express your feelings towards them, usually affectionate feelings.
例句
You really are quite a clever little thing...
你真是个聪明的小家伙。
Oh you lucky thing!
你这个走运的家伙!
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N-PLURAL
衣物;财物;财产
Your things are your clothes or possessions.
例句
Sara told him to take all his things and not to return...
萨拉叫他带着他的全部家当离开,再也别回来。
Is there anything you'd like to borrow, before your own things are unpacked?
你在打开行李之前还要借什么东西吗?
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N-PLURAL
(泛指)情况
Things can refer to the situation or life in general and the way it is changing or affecting you.
例句
Everyone agrees things are getting better...
大家都认为,情况正在好转。
A change of ownership might improve things...
改变所有权也许能使情况改善。
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N-PLURAL
物质生活;精神生活
Things can refer to a particular aspect of life, such as the physical or spiritual aspect.
例句
...a movement away from the things of this world to the things of the spirit...
出世超凡
I think I'm more aware now of some spiritual things and I do believe in good and evil.
我觉得我现在更加注重精神生活,而且我真的相信善恶报应。
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(难以言表的)可怕的事情,怪事,恐怖的事情
You can refer to something that is too frightening, strange, or horrible to describe clearly as a thing .
例句
...John W. Campbell, author of 'The Thing From Another World.'
约翰·W.坎贝尔,《外星来客》的作者
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流行的东西;时尚
If you say that something is the thing, you mean that it is fashionable or popular.
例句
I feel under pressure to go out and get drunk because it's the thing to do...
我感觉不得不出去喝他个一醉方休,因为流行这样。
They were obviously of the opinion that his taste was not quite the thing.
他们显然认为他的品味已不太流行。
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PHRASE
在各种情况下;总是
In all things means in every situation and at all times.
例句
Sara wished Franklin to follow family tradition, in this as in all things.
萨拉希望富兰克林在这件事上和所有其他事情一样,能遵循家庭传统。
...the old rule of health, which prescribes moderation in all things.
提倡凡事适可而止的传统养生之道
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PHRASE
八面玲珑;四面讨好
If you say that someone or something is trying to be all things to all men or to all people, you are criticizing them because they are trying to behave in a way that will please everyone, and this is impossible.
例句
I realised I had a big problem. I wanted to be all things to all people...
我意识到我有个大毛病,我总想不得罪任何人。
The film tries to be all things to all men — comedy, romance, fantasy, and satire.
这部电影试图面面俱到——既是喜剧、爱情剧、梦幻剧,还想是讽刺剧。
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PHRASE
做(正确或得体的)事
If, for example, you do the right thing or do the decent thing in a situation, you do something which is considered correct or socially acceptable in that situation.
例句
People want to do the right thing and buy 'green'...
人们想要做正确的事,于是购买“绿色”产品。
Carrington did the honourable thing and resigned...
卡林顿作出了令人敬佩的举动,辞了职。
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PHRASE
符合社会习俗的事
If you say that something is the done thing, you mean it is the most socially acceptable way to behave.
例句
It was not the done thing. In those days the man was supposed to be the provider.
那不符合社会习俗。在那个年代,养家的应该是男人。
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PHRASE
第一件事/最后一件事;一大早/临睡前
If you do something first thing, you do it at the beginning of the day, before you do anything else. If you do it last thing, you do it at the end of the day, before you go to bed or go to sleep.
例句
I'll go see her, first thing...
我一早就去看她。
Take the money to your office without fail, first thing in the morning...
早上第一件事是一定要把钱拿到办公室去。
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PHRASE
对…很反感;对…有特别的感觉
If you have a thing about someone or something, you have very strong feelings about them.
例句
I had always had a thing about red hair...
我一直很讨厌红头发。
He's got this thing about ties.
他对领带很在意。
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PHRASE
最好…,…较好(用来提出建议或评论)
You say it is a good thing to do something to introduce a piece of advice or a comment on a situation or activity.
例句
Can you tell me whether it is a good thing to prune an apple tree?...
你能否告诉我该不该修剪苹果树?
In a new democracy, it is no bad thing to master the art of compromise...
在新的民主国家,掌握妥协这门艺术不是件坏事。
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PHRASE
大肆渲染;小题大做;把事情闹大
If you make a thing of something or make a thing about it, you talk about it or do it in an exaggerated way, so that it seems much more important than it really is.
例句
Gossips made a big thing about him going on shopping trips with her...
风言风语把他和她出去购物这件事闹得沸沸扬扬。
I took his hand to make a big thing of introducing him to my mother...
我拉着他的手,郑重其事地把他介绍给了我母亲。
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PHRASE
(用于对比两种想法、行动、局势,强调第二种更困难、重要或极端)…是一回事
You can say that the first of two ideas, actions, or situations is one thing when you want to contrast it with a second idea, action, or situation and emphasize that the second one is much more difficult, important, or extreme.
例句
It was one thing to talk about leaving; it was another to physically walk out the door...
说走容易,真要抬腿跨出门可就难了。
Borrowing $100,000 is one thing. Owing $425,000 is another!
借 10 万美元事儿小,欠 42.5 万美元这事可就大了。
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PHRASE
一方面;一来
You can say for one thing when you are explaining a statement or answering a question, to suggest that you are not giving the whole explanation or answer, and that there are other points that you could add to it.
例句
She was a monster. For one thing, she really enjoyed cruelty...
她是个恶魔。一方面,她确实以残忍为乐。
She was unable to sell it, because for one thing its size was awkward...
她卖不掉它,一来是由于尺寸用起来不方便。
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PHRASE
各种原因;诸多事项
You can use the expression 'one thing and another' to suggest that there are several reasons for something or several items on a list, but you are not going to explain or mention them all.
例句
What with one thing and another, it was fairly late in the day when we returned to Shrewsbury...
忙完这个又忙那个,等到我们回到什鲁斯伯里的时候,天色已经很晚了。
Everybody came in with their Christmas order for beer and spirits and port and one thing and another.
每位来客都要为圣诞节订购啤酒、烈酒、波尔图葡萄酒等这样那样的酒。
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PHRASE
没办法解释的事;赶巧发生
If you say it is just one of those things you mean that you cannot explain something because it seems to happen by chance.
例句
'I wonder why.' Mr. Dambar shrugged. 'It must be just one of those things, I guess.'
“我也不知道为啥,”丹巴先生耸了耸肩,“我想可能是赶巧了吧。”
It was simply one of those things, pure coincidence.
这是没办法的事,纯属巧合。
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PHRASE
顺理成章;自然而然
You say one thing led to another when you are explaining how something happened, but you do not really want to give the details or you think people will be able to imagine the details.
例句
He came by on Saturday to see if she was lonely. One thing led to another and he stayed the night.
他星期六过来看看她是不是感到孤独。自然而然地,他就留下来过夜了。
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PHRASE
我行我素;特立独行
If you do your own thing, you live, act, or behave in the way you want to, without paying attention to convention or depending on other people.
例句
We accept the right of all men and women to do their own thing, however bizarre...
我们承认所有人——无论男女——都有权以自己的方式去生活,不管其方式有多么怪异离奇。
She was allowed to do her own thing as long as she kept in touch by phone.
只要她保持电话联系,她就可以随心所欲地生活。
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PHRASE
不复存在的事物;过去的东西
If something is a thing of the past, it no longer exists or happens, or is being replaced by something new.
例句
Painful typhoid injections are a thing of the past, thanks to the introduction of an oral vaccine...
自从发明了口服疫苗后,令人痛苦的伤寒疫苗注射就成为了过去。
Cheap computers, faxes and phone calls will make commuting to work a thing of the past.
廉价的电脑、传真和电话通信将使每天坐车上下班成为历史。
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PHRASE
幻视/幻听
If you say that someone is seeing or hearing things, you mean that they believe they are seeing or hearing something that is not really there.
例句
Dr Payne led Lana back into the examination room and told her she was seeing things...
佩恩大夫把拉娜领回检查室,告诉她她有幻视。
I thought I was hearing things yesterday. I thought I heard a cuckoo.
我想昨天我出现幻听了。我以为听到了布谷鸟叫。
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PHRASE
没有这回事;不可能的事
You can say there is no such thing as something to emphasize that it does not exist or is not possible.
例句
There really is no such thing as a totally risk-free industry...
完全没有风险的行业是不存在的。
'I found a mermaid.' — 'Don't be daft. There's no such thing.'
“我发现了一条美人鱼。”——“别说傻话了。哪有那种东西。”
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PHRASE
原因是;情况是;问题是
You say the thing is to introduce an explanation, comment, or opinion, that relates to something that has just been said. The thing is is often used to identify a problem relating to what has just been said.
例句
'What does your market research consist of?' — 'Well, the thing is, it depends on our target age group.'...
“你的市场调查有哪些内容?”“嗯,这个嘛,要视我们的目标年龄群体而定。”
I'm getting a grant for a speech therapy course. But the thing is, I don't know whether I want to do it any more.
我要弄到开设言语治疗课程的经费了。但问题是,我不知道自己是否还想做下去。
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PHRASE
正是所要的;正是所需的
If you say that something is just the thing or is the very thing, you are emphasizing that it is exactly what is wanted or needed.
例句
Kiwi fruit are just the thing for a healthy snack...
猕猴桃正是健康的小点心。
I know the very thing to cheer you up.
我知道什么能让你提起精神。
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PHRASE
十分了解;精通
If you say that a person knows a thing or two about something or could teach someone a thing or two about it, you mean that they know a lot about it or are good at it.
例句
Patricia Hewitt knows a thing or two about how to be well-organised...
帕特里夏·休伊特很了解如何做到有条不紊。
They do agree Africa could teach America a thing or two about family values...
他们一致认为,在家庭价值方面,非洲可以教给美洲很多。