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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。
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.
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。
(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 .
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。
(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.
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。
(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.
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。”
(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.
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。
…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.
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。
(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.
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？
(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.
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。
(无生命的)物体，东西
A thing is a physical object that is considered as having no life of its own.
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！
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.
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。
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.
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！
衣物;财物;财产
Your things are your clothes or possessions.
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？
(泛指)情况
Things can refer to the situation or life in general and the way it is changing or affecting you.
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。
物质生活;精神生活
Things can refer to a particular aspect of life, such as the physical or spiritual aspect.
...a movement away from the things of this world to the things of the spirit...
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。
(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 .
...John W. Campbell, author of 'The Thing From Another World.'
约翰·W.坎贝尔，《外星来客》的作者
流行的东西;时尚
If you say that something is the thing, you mean that it is fashionable or popular.
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。
在各种情况下;总是
In all things means in every situation and at all times.
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
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.
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。
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.
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。
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.
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。
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.
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。
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.
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。
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.
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。
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.
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。
(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.
It was one thing t 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。
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.
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。
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.
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。
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.
'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。
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.
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。
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.
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。
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.
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。
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.
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。
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.
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。”
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.
'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。
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.
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。
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.
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。
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He took a puff on his pipe and shook his head.
他抽了口烟斗，摇了摇头。
头脑;心智;才智
You can use head to refer to your mind and your mental abilities.
I can't get that song out of my head.
那首歌在我脑海中挥之不去。
...an exceptional analyst who could do complex maths in his head.
会心算复杂数学题的杰出分析家
（队伍中的）领头位置;队首;排头
The head of a line of people or vehicles is the front of it, or the first person or vehicle in the line.
...the head of the queue...
We took our place at the head of the convoy.
我们排在护送队伍的最前面。
排在（队列等）的最前面
If someone or something heads a line or procession, they are at the front of it.
The parson, heading the procession, had just turned right towards the churchyard.
走在行进队伍最前面的教区牧师刚刚向右转弯，朝着教堂墓地走去。
居…之首;在…名列首位
If something heads a list or group, it is at the top of it.
Running a business heads the list of ambitions among the 1,000 people interviewed by Good Housekeeping magazine.
在《好管家》杂志采访过的1,000人中，创立自己的公司在理想抱负中列在首位。
The head of something is the highest or top part of it.
...the head of the stairs...
楼梯的顶部
Every day a different name was placed at the head of the chart.
每天都有一个不同的名字被列在这张表的最上端。
（细长物体的）头部，顶端
The head of something long and thin is the end which is wider than or a different shape from the rest, and which is often considered to be the most important part.
There should be no exposed screw heads...
螺钉顶端不应该外露。
Keep the head of the club the same height throughout the swing.
整个挥杆过程中要使杆头始终保持在同一高度。
（中小学的）校长
The head of a school is the teacher who is in charge.
She is full of admiration for the head and teachers.
她对校长和教师们满心钦佩。
（公司、组织的）负责人，领导人，首脑，长，主任
The head of a company or organization is the person in charge of it and in charge of the people in it.
Heads of government from more than 100 countries gather in Geneva tomorrow.
来自100多个国家的政府首脑明日将齐聚日内瓦。
...the head waiter.
掌管;主管;负责
If you head a department, company, or organization, you are the person in charge of it.
...Michael Williams, who heads the department's Office of Civil Rights.
负责该部民权处的迈克尔·威廉斯
...the ruling Socialist Party, headed by Dr Franz Vranitzky.
由弗朗兹·弗拉尼兹基博士领导的执政社会党
The head of an infected spot is its white or yellow centre.
（啤酒表层的）泡沫;酒头
The head on a glass of beer is the layer of small bubbles that form on the top of the beer.
（表示牲畜的数目）头
You can use head to say how many animals of a particular type a farmer has. For example, if they have fifty head of cattle, they have fifty cows.
If you have a bad head, you have a headache.
I had a terrible head and was extraordinarily drunk.
我头很痛，已经酩酊大醉。
（硬币的）有人头像的一面，正面
If you toss a coin and it comes down heads, you can see the side of the coin which has a picture of a head on it.
'We might toss up for it,' suggested Ted. 'If it's heads, then we'll talk.'...
“我们可以掷硬币来决定。”特德建议道，“如果是正面，我们就谈谈。”
Heads or tails?
你猜是正面还是反面？
朝着（某一地点）行进（美国英语中亦作 are headed）
If you are heading for a particular place, you are going towards that place. In American English, you can also say that you are headed for a particular place.
He headed for the bus stop...
他朝着公共汽车站走去。
...an Iraqi vessel heading for the port of Basra...
开往巴士拉港的一艘伊拉克船
很可能要遭受，会招致（美国英语中亦作 is headed for）
If something or someone is heading for a particular result, the situation they are in is developing in a way that makes that result very likely. In American English, you can also say that something or someone is headed for a particular result.
The latest talks aimed at ending the civil war appear to be heading for deadlock...
为结束内战而进行的最新谈判好像要陷入僵局。
He said anyone giving orders without respecting the wishes of his people is heading for disaster...
他说任何不尊重人民意愿而发号施令的人都注定会走向灭亡。
If a piece of writing is headed a particular title, it has that title written at the beginning of it.
One chapter is headed, 'Beating the Test'.
有一章的标题为“战胜考试”。
（足球比赛中）用头顶（球）
If you head a ball in football, you hit it with your head in order to make it go in a particular direction.
He headed the ball across the face of the goal.
他一个头球，球从球门前横飞而过。
You use a head or per head after stating a cost or amount in order to indicate that that cost or amount is for each person in a particular group.
This simple chicken dish costs less than ?1 a head...
这道简单的鸡肉菜肴每人的花费还不到1英镑。
Ethiopia, for instance uses the equivalent of just twenty kilos of oil per head a year.
比如说，埃塞俄比亚每年的人均消费支出仅相当于20公斤的石油。
让人生气;让人沮丧
If something or someone does your head in, they make you angry or frustrated.
Living with my parents is doing my head in.
和父母住在一起让我很沮丧。
从头到脚;全身
From head to foot means all over your body.
Colin had been put into a bath and been scrubbed from head to foot.
科林被放进浴缸，从头到脚仔仔细细洗了个干净。
If you have a head for something, you can deal with it easily. For example, if you have a head for figures, you can do arithmetic easily, and if you have a head for heights, you can climb to a great height without feeling afraid.
I don't have a head for business.
我没有生意头脑。
...an extraordinarily effective organiser with a remarkable head for figures.
很有算术头脑、工作效率极高的组织者
充分理解并接受;打定（主意）
If you get a fact or idea into your head, you suddenly realize or think that it is true and you usually do not change your opinion about it.
Once they get an idea into their heads, they never give up.
一旦接受了一个想法，他们就永远不会放弃。
If you say that someone has got something into their head, you mean that they have finally understood or accepted it, and you are usually criticizing them because it has taken them a long time to do this.
Managers have at last got it into their heads that they can no longer accept inefficient operations.
管理者们终于意识到自己不能再安于低效率的运营了。
让…自由行动;对…不加约束
If you give someone their head, you allow them to do what they want to do, without trying to advise or stop them.
He recognised ability and gave people their heads.
他发现别人的才能，并且让他们自由发挥。
（酒）使人感到醉，上头
If alcoholic drink goes to your head, it makes you feel drunk.
That wine was strong, it went to your head.
那酒劲儿很大，喝了会上头。
（赞扬或成功）冲昏…的头脑，使…骄傲自满
If you say that something such as praise or success goes to someone's head, you are criticizing them because you think that it makes them too proud or confident.
Ford is definitely not a man to let a little success go to his head.
福特绝对不是那种会被一点点成功冲昏头脑的人。
If you are head over heels or head over heels in love, you are very much in love.
I was very attracted to men and fell head over heels many times.
我很容易被男性吸引，曾多次深陷情网。
保持镇静/张皇失措
If you keep your head, you remain calm in a difficult situation. If you lose your head, you panic or do not remain calm in a difficult situation.
She was able to keep her head and not panic...
她设法保持镇静，没有陷入恐慌。
She lost her head and started screaming at me.
她惊慌失措，开始向我大声尖叫。
If you knock something on the head, you stop it.
When we stop enjoying ourselves we'll knock it on the head.
等玩够了，我们就会结束。
（表示强调）大笑/大声尖叫
Phrases such as laugh your head off and scream your head off can be used to emphasize that someone is laughing or screaming a lot or very loudly.
He carried on telling a joke, laughing his head off.
他继续讲笑话，自己笑得前仰后合。
（吸毒后）昏头昏脑的，神志不清的
If you say that someone is off their head, you mean that they have taken so many drugs that they do not know what they are doing.
昏了头的;愚蠢的
If you say that someone is off their head, you think that their ideas or behaviour are very strange, foolish, or dangerous.
He's gone completely off his head.
他已经完全昏了头了。
倒过来想;从全新的角度理解
If you stand an idea or argument on its head or turn it on its head, you think about it or treat it in a completely new and different way.
Their relationship turned the standard notion of marriage on its head.
他们的关系完全颠覆了传统的婚姻观念。
超过…的理解力
If something such as an idea, joke, or comment goes over someone's head, it is too difficult for them to understand.
I admit that a lot of the ideas went way over my head.
我承认那些想法中有很多远远超出了我的理解力。
未与…商量地;(尤指)越级
If someone does something over another person's head, they do it without asking them or discussing it with them, especially when they should do so because the other person is in a position of authority.
He was reprimanded for trying to go over the heads of senior officers.
他因试图越过高层官员自作主张而受到斥责。
（不好的事情）再次出现，重新抬头
If you say that something unpleasant or embarrassing rears its ugly head or raises its ugly head, you mean that it occurs, often after not occurring for some time.
There was a problem which reared its ugly head about a week after she moved back in...
她搬回来大约一周之后，一个问题又重新出现了。
The scourge of racial tyranny should never again be allowed to raise its ugly head.
永远不能让种族主义暴政的祸患重新抬头。
倒立;竖蜻蜓
If you stand on your head, you balance upside down with the top of your head and your hands on the ground.
理解;弄明白
If you say that you cannot make head nor tail of something or you cannot make head or tail of it, you are emphasizing that you cannot understand it at all.
I couldn't make head nor tail of the damn film.
这部该死的影片我一点儿都看不懂。
突然决定（做某事，尤指古怪或愚蠢的事）；心血来潮
If somebody takes it into their head to do something, especially something strange or foolish, they suddenly decide to do it.
He suddenly took it into his head to go out to Australia to stay with his son.
他突然心血来潮，打算去澳大利亚和儿子一起住。
到了危急关头;到达关键点
If a problem or disagreement comes to a head or is brought to a head, it becomes so bad that something must be done about it.
These problems came to a head in September when five of the station's journalists were sacked.
这些问题在9月变得十分尖锐，当时该台有5名记者遭到辞退。
If you bang peoples' heads together or knock their heads together, you tell them off severely for doing something wrong or for not doing something they were asked to do.
It is now high time he banged his colleagues' heads together.
现在该是他敲打敲打同事们的时候了。
集体商讨;集思广益
If two or more people put their heads together, they talk about a problem they have and try to solve it.
So everyone put their heads together and eventually an amicable arrangement was reached.
因此大家集思广益，最终作出了妥善的安排。
（尤指在生意方面）勉强逃脱困境
If you keep your head above water, you just avoid getti used especially to talk about business.
We are keeping our head above water, but our cash flow position is not too good.
我们正努力避免陷入困境，但我们的现金流动情况不太好。
有人会遭殃，有人会（因此）受到惩罚（尤指被解雇）
If you say that heads will roll as a result of something bad that has happened, you mean that people will be punished for it, especially by losing their jobs.
The group's problems have led to speculation that heads will roll.
已经有人猜测，该集团的问题会导致一些人被解雇。
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