'What's that thing in the middle of the fountain?' — 'Some kind of statue, I guess.'.

“噴泉中間的那個是什麽東西？”—“估計是塑像什麽的吧。”

She was in the middle of clearing the breakfast things.

她正在忙着收拾早飯後的那一攤子。

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?.

如果你能夠改變自己的某個方面，那會是哪個方面呢？

A strange thing happened.

發生了一件怪事兒。

We get blamed for all kinds of things.

什麽事兒都怪在我們頭上。

These are genetic disorders that only affect males normally. They are things like muscular dystrophy and haemophilia.

這些遺傳病通常只發生在男性身上，如肌肉萎縮、血友病等。

The Earth is made mainly of iron and silicon and things like that.

地球主要由鐵、矽等物質構成。

Big things, such as hospitals and social security, are paid for by the Government.

醫療和社會保障之類的大型項目是由政府支付。

You can spot them fairly easily because of their short haircuts and things.

你可以根據他們的短發之類的特征輕易找出他們。

Of course, literacy isn't the same thing as intelligence.

當然，識字和智力是兩碼事。

To be a parent is a terribly difficult thing.

爲人父母真難啊。

Perhaps it's a good thing that Dizzy retired.

迪齊退休或許是件好事。

It isn't going to solve a single thing.

這什麽問題也解決不了。

Don't you worry about a thing.

你什麽也不必擔心。

'It's all here,' she said. 'Every damn thing.'

“都在這兒了，”她說，“所有的破玩意兒。”

I don't believe he would tell Leo such a thing.

我不信他會告訴利奧這種事。

'Are you accusing me of being a thief?' — 'I have done no such thing, Tony.'.

“你在指責我是小偷嗎？”—“我沒有做過這種事，托尼。”

How do you actually go about discovering a thing like that?.

你到底是怎麽發現這種東西的？

I'm trying to cope. These things happen. You have to cope.

我在想法處理。這種事難免發生，只能想辦法處理。

I'm a bit unsettled tonight. This war thing's upsetting me.

我今晚有點心神不定，這場爭鬥讓我不安。

These folks clearly take this ballroom thing very seriously.

這些家夥顯然很拿舞廳這事當回事。

...the man who had spoken dismissively of the 'vision thing' when running for the presidency in 1988.

1988 年競選總統時不以爲然地談到“那種虛幻的東西”的那個人

She'd actually taken it home and she put it in this jar thing.

她確實把它拿回了家，放在了一個罐子模樣的東西裏。

The captain of the submarine has got this periscope thing.

那個潛艇艇長有個類似於潛望鏡之類的東西。

One thing I am sure of was that she was scared.

有一點我能肯定，那就是她當時被嚇到了。

The first thing parents want to know is: will the baby survive?.

父母親最想知道的是：孩子能活下來嗎？

The funny thing is that the rest of us have known that for years.

滑稽的是，那個情況我們其餘的人很多年以前就知道了。

The most important thing to remember about fish is to buy it really fresh.

買魚最要緊的是要買活蹦亂跳的。

Getting drunk is a thing all young men do.

喝醉酒這種情況小夥子都會有。

I never wanted to be normal. It was not a thing I ever thought desirable.

我從來也沒有想要正常過。那不是我想做的事。

The Captain stretched his left leg on one of the empty chairs. He knew it was not a polite thing to do.

上尉把左腿架在了一把空椅子上。他知道這樣做並不禮貌。

It's not a thing, Beauchamp. It's a human being!

比徹姆，那不是一件東西，是一個人！

This thing's virtually useless.

這玩意兒簡直一點用也沒有。

They're armed with sub-machine-guns or machine-pistols or whatever you call those things.

他們持有輕機槍或者沖鋒槍，還是什麽玩意兒的。

Turn that thing off!

把那東西關掉！

You really are quite a clever little thing.

你真是個聰明的小家夥。

Oh you lucky thing!

你這個走運的家夥！

Sara told him to take all his things and not to return.

薩拉叫他帶着他的全部家當離開，再也别回來。

Is there anything you'd like to borrow, before your own things are unpacked?

你在打開行李之前還要借什麽東西嗎？

Everyone agrees things are getting better.

大家都認爲，情況正在好轉。

A change of ownership might improve things.

改變所有權也許能使情況改善。

How are things going?

日子過得怎麽樣？

...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.

我覺得我現在更加注重精神生活，而且我真的相信善惡報應。

...John W. Campbell, author of 'The Thing From Another World.'

約翰·W.坎貝爾，《外星來客》的作者

I feel under pressure to go out and get drunk because it's the thing to do.

我感覺不得不出去喝他個一醉方休，因爲流行這樣。

They were obviously of the opinion that his taste was not quite the thing.

他們顯然認爲他的品味已不太流行。

Sara wished Franklin to follow family tradition, in this as in all things.

薩拉希望富蘭克林在這件事上和所有其他事情一樣，能遵循家庭傳統。

...the old rule of health, which prescribes moderation in all things.

提倡凡事適可而止的傳統養生之道

I realised I had a big problem. I wanted to be all things to all people.

我意識到我有個大毛病，我總想不得罪任何人。

The film tries to be all things to all men — comedy, romance, fantasy, and satire.

這部電影試圖面面俱到—既是喜劇、愛情劇、夢幻劇，還想是諷刺劇。

People want to do the right thing and buy 'green'.

人們想要做正確的事，於是購買“綠色”産品。

Carrington did the honourable thing and resigned.

卡林頓作出了令人敬佩的舉動，辭了職。

I think I did the wrong thing.

我想我做錯了。

It was not the done thing. In those days the man was supposed to be the provider.

那不符合社會習俗。在那個年代，養家的應該是男人。

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錢拿到辦公室去。

I always do it last thing on a Saturday.

這件事我總是放在星期六晚上睡覺前做。

Last thing at night, he thought of her.

晚上臨睡前，他想起了她。

I had always had a thing about red hair.

我一直很討厭紅頭發。

He's got this thing about ties.

他對領帶很在意。

Can you tell me whether it is a good thing to prune an apple tree?.

你能否告訴我該不該修剪蘋果樹？

In a new democracy, it is no bad thing to master the art of compromise.

在新的民主國家，掌握妥協這門藝術不是件壞事。

It is a terrible thing to doubt someone you have trusted all your life.

懷疑你信任了一輩子的人是很叫人痛心的事。

Gossips made a big thing about him going on shopping trips with her.

風言風語把他和她出去購物這件事鬧得沸沸揚揚。

I took his hand to make a big thing of introducing him to my mother.

我拉着他的手，鄭重其事地把他介紹給了我母親。

I didn't have time to tell you, and anyway, I didn't want to make a big thing out of it.

我當時沒有時間對你講，再說了，我也不想把這事鬧大。

It was one thing to talk about leaving; it was another to physically walk out the door.

說走容易，真要擡腿跨出門可就難了。

Borrowing $100,000 is one thing. Owing $425,000 is another!

借 10 萬美元事兒小，欠 42.5 萬美元這事可就大了。

She was a monster. For one thing, she really enjoyed cruelty.

她是個惡魔。一方面，她確實以殘忍爲樂。

She was unable to sell it, because for one thing its size was awkward.

她賣不掉它，一來是由於尺寸用起來不方便。

'How have the sanctions affected your life in Belgrade?' — 'Well, for one thing, we already have shortages.'

“制裁措施對於你在貝爾格萊德的生活有多大影響？”—“嗯，首先，我們已經缺乏物資。”

What with one thing and another, it was fairly late in the day when we returned to Shrewsbury.

忙完這個又忙那個，等到我們回到什魯斯伯裏的時候，天色已經很晚了。

Everybody came in with their Christmas order for beer and spirits and port and one thing and another.

每位來客都要爲聖誕節訂購啤酒、烈酒、波爾圖葡萄酒等這樣那樣的酒。

'I wonder why.' Mr. Dambar shrugged. 'It must be just one of those things, I guess.'

“我也不知道爲啥，”丹巴先生聳了聳肩，“我想可能是趕巧了吧。”

It was simply one of those things, pure coincidence.

這是沒辦法的事，純屬巧合。

He came by on Saturday to see if she was lonely. One thing led to another and he stayed the night.

他星期六過來看看她是不是感到孤獨。自然而然地，他就留下來過夜了。

We accept the right of all men and women to do their own thing, however bizarre.

我們承認所有人—無論男女—都有權以自己的方式去生活，不管其方式有多麽怪異離奇。

She was allowed to do her own thing as long as she kept in touch by phone.

只要她保持電話聯系，她就可以随心所欲地生活。

Painful typhoid injections are a thing of the past, thanks to the introduction of an oral vaccine.

自從發明了口服疫苗後，令人痛苦的傷寒疫苗注射就成爲了過去。

Cheap computers, faxes and phone calls will make commuting to work a thing of the past.

廉價的電腦、傳真和電話通信將使每天坐車上下班成爲歷史。

Dr Payne led Lana back into the examination room and told her she was seeing things.

佩恩大夫把拉娜領回檢查室，告訴她她有幻視。

I thought I was hearing things yesterday. I thought I heard a cuckoo.

我想昨天我出現幻聽了。我以爲聽到了布谷鳥叫。

There really is no such thing as a totally risk-free industry. [+ as]

完全沒有風險的行業是不存在的。

'I found a mermaid.' — 'Don't be daft. There's no such thing.'

“我發現了一條美人魚。”—“别說傻話了。哪有那種東西。”

'What does your market research consist of?' — 'Well, the thing is, it depends on our target age group.'.

“你的市場調查有哪些内容？”“嗯，這個嘛，要視我們的目標年齡群體而定。”

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.

我要弄到開設言語治療課程的經費了。但問題是，我不知道自己是否還想做下去。

Kiwi fruit are just the thing for a healthy snack. [+ for]

猕猴桃正是健康的小點心。

I know the very thing to cheer you up.

我知道什麽能讓你提起精神。

Patricia Hewitt knows a thing or two about how to be well-organised. [+ about]

帕特裏夏·休伊特很了解如何做到有條不紊。

They do agree Africa could teach America a thing or two about family values.

他們一致認爲，在家庭價值方面，非洲可以教給美洲很多。

The peace movement has learnt a thing or two from Vietnam.

和平運動從越南學到了不少東西。