1·The whole thing was a complete failure.
整个事情彻底失败了。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Well, I must say, that's the funniest thing I've heard all week.
嘿，听我说，这是我整整一周听到的最好笑的事情。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·He remained steadfast in his belief that he had done the right thing.
他仍然坚信自己做了正确的事情。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4·Looking back on it now, I realized that I must have imagined the whole thing.
现在回想起来，我意识到这整个事情一定是我幻想出来的。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
5·The same thing happened once again.
同样的事情又发生了。
1·That's the very thing I need.
那正是我需要的东西。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·How do you switch this thing on?
这东西怎么开？
—— 《牛津词典》
3·Can you pass me that thing over there?
把那边那个东西递给我好吗？
—— 《牛津词典》
4·That's the thing that whatshername gave me.
这就是那个叫什么什么的女人给我的东西。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
5·I need to buy paper and pencils, that kind of thing.
我需要买纸和铅笔之类的东西。
—— 《牛津词典》
1·That was a silly thing to do !
那事做得蠢！
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Whoever heard of such a thing!
究竟有谁听说过这种事！
—— 《牛津词典》
3·Would I jest about such a thing?
这种事我会说着玩吗？
—— 《牛津词典》
4·The last thing I wanted to do was teach.
我最不想做的事就是教书了。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
5·The next best thing to flying is gliding.
仅次于飞行的事就是滑翔。
—— 《牛津词典》
1·Don't judge a thing from the outside.
别从外表看事物。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
2·In my opinion, the most important thing in life is our family.
在我看来，生命中最重要的事物是家庭。
3·In modern society, a young male's ability to face a scary image could be the thing that could help him prove himself.
在现代社会，年轻男性面对可怕的事物的能力有助于他证明自己。
4·The existence of a thing more than two thousand years, will have its raison d'etre.
一个能存在两千多年的事物，必定有其存在的理由。
5·We have to learn to contradistinguish one thing from another.
我们必须学会用对比的方法来区别两个事物。
1·It looks like they're quite proud of the thing, and my response depends on how my mood is.
看起来他们挺为这事儿自豪的，我的回应得看我的情绪怎么样了。
2·It looks like they're quite proud of the thing, and my response depends on how my mood is.
看起来他们挺为这事儿自豪的，我的回应得看我的情绪怎么样了。
3·They thought bank runs were a thing of the past.
他们还以为银行挤兑是过去才发生的事儿。
4·Indeed, it is said that Mr Donald was in Mr Schultz's office twice a day to check he was doing the right thing.
实际上，据说刀纳德先生每天要到舒尔茨先生的办公室两次，以核实他是在做着正确的事儿。
5·What's important to remember is that input lag isn't the same thing as response time.
有个重要的事要记住，那就是输入延迟和反应时间不是一码事儿。
1·The normal thing is that you get a stove—I think that's a cooker in British English.
正常的情况是你会拿到一个炉子（stove）——我想在英式英语中那叫炊具（cooker）。
2·A narrow passage at right angles led them into another corridor, and here the same thing was repeated.
一条垂直相交的狭窄过道把他们引到另一条走廊，在这里，同样的情况又重现了。
3·They took a gloomy view about the whole thing.
他们对整个情况持暗淡的看法。
4·Same thing is happening with geothermal, "he said." you're running a pump and a compressor all of the time, and you get consistently high electric bills, but for 12 months, not just during summer.
“使用地热也会出现同样的情况，”他说，“热力泵和空气压缩机时刻都在运转，你会不断收到高额的电费账单，是一年12个月都会收到，而不仅仅是夏季。”
5·I was amazed. It was neither the first nor the last time that something other people cared about didn't mean a thing to me.
我感到惊讶，其他人很在乎的事情在我眼里根本不值一提，这种情况，对我来说既不是第一次，也不是最后一次。
1·I can't get the stupid thing open!
这破玩意儿我怎么也打不开！
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Turn that thing off while I'm talking to you!
我和你谈话时把那个玩意儿关掉。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·You say this is what thing!
你说这是什么玩意儿！
4·No longer do we have to copy and paste a long string of text, because who can remember that thing, anyway?
我们再也不需要复制粘贴一大串文字了，因为无论如何，有哪个家伙能把那玩意儿全背出来？
5·This is awesome. No longer do we have to copy and paste a long string of text, because who can remember that thing, anyway?
这太棒了。我们再也不需要复制粘贴一大串文字了，因为无论如何，有哪个家伙能把那玩意儿全背出来？
1·Don't treat her like that—she's a person, not a thing!
别那样对待她，她是人，不是物件。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·These little thing, also can't pull down.
这些小物件，也不能拉下来。
3·I love my snowboard. It's such a beautiful thing!
我爱我的滑雪板，真是美丽的物件！
4·The Subject in a sentence is the person or thing that carries out the action of the verb.
在一个句子里， 主语是指进行某动作的人或物件。
5·A plural noun refers to more than one person or thing.
复数名词是指超过一个人或物件。