1 PRON-INDEF (用於否定句)任何事物,什麽事情 You use
anything in statements with negative meaning to indicate in a general way that nothing is present or that an action or event does not or cannot happen.
(用於否定句)任何事物,什麽事情 -
We can't do anything.
我們什麽都做不了。
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Dad sat, not saying anything.
爸爸坐着,一聲不吭。
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She couldn't see or hear anything at all.
她什麽也看不見,什麽也聽不見。
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By the time I get home, I'm too tired to do anything active.
我到家時累得無法動彈。
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I couldn't manage anything without you.
沒有你,我一事無成。
SYN a thing, NEhng [text messaging]
2 PRON-INDEF (用於疑問句或條件從句)任何事物,任何事情 You use
anything in questions and conditional clauses to ask or talk about whether something is present or happening.
(用於疑問句或條件從句)任何事物,任何事情 -
What happened, is anything wrong?.
怎麽了,出什麽事了嗎?
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Did you find anything?.
你找到什麽了嗎?
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Is there anything you can do to help?.
你能幫忙做點什麽嗎?
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If there's anything I could do for him, I would.
如果需要我幫他做點什麽,我會幫忙的。
3 PRON-INDEF (用於描述所談論事物的詞語前)…的東西,…的事情 You can use
anything before words which indicate the kind of thing you are talking about.
(用於描述所談論事物的詞語前)…的東西,…的事情 -
More than anything else, he wanted to become a teacher.
他最想成爲一名教師。
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Anything that's cheap this year will be even cheaper next year.
今年的便宜貨明年會更便宜。
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She collects anything that has charm.
她收集一切有特色的東西。
4 PRON-INDEF (用於加強語氣)無論什麽東西,随便什麽事情 You use
anything to emphasize a possible thing, event, or situation, when you are saying that it could be any one of a very large number of things.
(用於加強語氣)無論什麽東西,随便什麽事情 [emphasis] -
He is young, fresh, and ready for anything.
他年輕又富有朝氣,什麽事都願意做。
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At that point, anything could happen.
那一刻,什麽事都可能發生。
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He is convinced he just has to say 'please' and he can have anything.
他深信只要說一個“請”字,他就能擁有任何東西。
5 PRON-INDEF (用於強調)多少接近於 You use
anything in expressions such as
anything near ,
anything close to and
anything like to emphasize a statement that you are making.
(用於強調)多少接近於 [emphasis] -
Doctors have decided the only way he can live anything near a normal life is to give him an operation.
醫生的結論是只有做手術,他才有可能過上基本正常的生活。
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Only Cowans played anything close to his true form.
只有考恩斯算是發揮出了正常水平。
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Plainer examples of the early period do not fetch anything like these sums.
早期更爲普通的樣本賣不到這種價錢。
6 PRON-INDEF (限定範圍内的)任何一點 When you do not want to be exact, you use
anything to talk about a particular range of things or quantities.
(限定範圍内的)任何一點 -
Factory farming has turned the cow into a milk machine, producing anything from 25 to 40 litres of milk per day.
集約飼養把奶牛變成了生産牛奶的機器,每天差不多要擠出25升到40升的牛奶。
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Fights with his father lasted anything between fifteen minutes and an hour.
和他父親爭吵了大約15分鐘到一個小時。
Usage Note :
Anything is mainly used in questions and negative sentences. You use not anything instead of something in negative sentences. There isn't anything here.
anything主要用於疑問句和否定句。否定句中用not anything代替something,如:There isn't anything here(這兒什麽也沒有)。
7 PHRASE [adj PHR] (用於形容詞後表示強調)非常,十分 You use
as anything after an adjective to emphasize a quality that someone has.
(用於形容詞後表示強調)非常,十分 [informal, spoken, emphasis] 8 PHRASE 單單除…之外;根本不;遠非 You use
anything but in expressions such as
anything but quiet and
anything but attractive to emphasize that something is not the case.
單單除…之外;根本不;遠非 [emphasis] -
I will be anything but quiet on Saturday night!.
星期六的晚上我根本靜不下心來!
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There's no evidence that he told anyone to say anything but the truth.
並無證據表明他讓什麽人隐瞞真相。
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The Los Angeles police chief was not always so insulated from politicians; anything but.
洛杉矶警察局局長並不總是如此疏遠政客,根本不會。
9 PHRASE 決不 You can say that you
would not do something
for anything to emphasize that you definitely would not want to do or be a particular thing.
決不 [informal, spoken, emphasis] -
I wouldn't want to move for anything in the world.
就是天塌了我也不搬走。
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I wouldn't have missed this summer in England for anything.
我本來說什麽也不會錯過在英格蘭的這個夏季的。
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I wouldn't be without Matthew for anything.
我決不會離開馬修。
10 PHRASE (尤用於否定句後,對所說之事進行補充說明)甚至正相反,甚至還不如說 You use
if anything, especially after a negative statement, to introduce a statement that adds to what you have just said.
(尤用於否定句後,對所說之事進行補充說明)甚至正相反,甚至還不如說 -
I never had to clean up after him. If anything, he did most of the cleaning.
我從來不用跟在他後面打掃衛生。恰恰相反,他包攬了大部分的清潔工作。
11 PHRASE 或其他什麽的;諸如此類 You can add
or anything to the end of a clause or sentence in order to refer vaguely to other things that are or may be similar to what has just been mentioned.
或其他什麽的;諸如此類 [informal, spoken, vagueness] -
Listen, if you talk to him or anything make sure you let us know, will you.
聽着,如果你和他說話或什麽的,一定要讓我們知道,好嗎?
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He didn't cry or scream or anything.
他沒哭也沒喊,什麽事也沒有。
Word Partnership | Use anything with: |
ADJ. | anything left, anything more 2 ready for anything 4 |
PREP. | anything like 5 anything but 8 |
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