单词 | the thing |
释义 | the thingthe thing 1 informalFASHIONABLE something that is popular or fashionable at the moment 时下流行的东西 When Amelia bought a new car it had to be the latest thing. 阿梅莉亚要是买新车,一定会买最流行的车。 Examples from the Corpus the (latest) thing• Together they run a store that could have sold Grandma all the things she needed.• It turned illusory even the things on which she had fixed in the attempt to make the strange world real.• People have a tendency to forget the things that happened that are good.• On the other hand, one of the things that marks an emerging market as attractive is access to large markets.• Those are some of the things unions need to do to put the fight back in people.• We love the way everyone joins in the spirit of the thing.• I began to go over the things that needed to be done after he had left for the office.• Twenty years ago, "Pong" was the latest thing in video games.• Those were the things that seemed real and that she clung to. → the (latest) thing at thing(28) 2 American EnglishAmE spokenTHING used to talk about an activity and everything that is involved with it (做)…方面的事 Jody tried the college thing but finally dropped out. 乔迪也上过大学,但最后没读完。 Examples from the Corpus (do/try) the ... thing• Rick's doing the starving artist thing right now. → (do/try) the ... thing at thing(29) |
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