1THANKused to tell someone that you are grateful for something they have given you or done for you 感谢,谢谢SYN thank you
‘Pass the salt, please ... thanks.’
“请把盐递过来…谢谢。”
thanks for
Thanks a lot for the drink.
多谢你请我喝酒。
Thanks very much for your help.
非常感谢你的帮助。
Many thanks for the lovely flowers.
花很漂亮,非常感谢。
thanks for doing something
I’d love to go to the party. Thanks for asking me.
我非常愿意去参加派对。谢谢你邀请我。
2THANKused as a polite way of accepting something that someone has offered you 谢谢〔表示礼貌地接受〕
‘Do you want another cup of coffee?’ ‘Oh, thanks.’
“你还想要一杯咖啡吗?”“呃,谢谢。”
3spokenANSWER/REPLY used when politely answering someone’s question 谢谢〔用于对某人问题的礼貌回答〕
‘Hi, Bill, how are you?’ ‘Fine, thanks.’
“嗨,比尔,你好吗?”“很好,谢谢。”
4no thanks informalNOused to say politely that you do not want something 不用,谢谢〔用于礼貌拒绝某事物〕
‘How about some cake?’ ‘Oh, no thanks, I’m on a diet.’
“来点蛋糕怎么样?” “哦,不用,谢谢,我在节食。”
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no thanks• Thanks, but - no thanks!• Carrie said we could do another screen but I said no thanks.• He offers me a free go too but I just stick my nose in the air and say no thanks.• I threw the last one's sketches across his office and told him: shoddy, unexciting, no thanks.• No great compliments, no thanks.• I offer to buy him a fibreglasscanoe but he says no thanks, he already has one.• She didn't think that there was anything broken ... but no thanks to Johnny, she thought bitterly.
5.thanks a lot informal (also thanks a bunchAmerican EnglishAmE spoken) used when really you are annoyed about something and you do not mean ‘thank you’ at all 谢谢你〔反语,表示对某事感到生气〕
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thanks a lot• "I forgot to bring your money." "Well, thanks a lot!"• Gee, thanks a lot for saving me from Madonna in the morning.• Hey, thanks a lot, Wyatt.
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thanks• "Do you want another cup of coffee?" "Oh, thanks."• Could you hold the door for me? Thanks.
thanks for doing something• Thanks for ringing. and thanks for all the effort that you have put in personally.• A: No, but thanks for asking, Mom.• Charlie, thanks for giving us so much of your time.• J., thanks for reminding me.• Many thanks for your help in this matter.• The youthleaderconveyed her thanks for the re-covering of the snookertable.• We should appreciate their help and give thanks for it but never waste our strengthworrying about its fairness.• Yet Congress seems to be getting little thanks for this from the voters.
thanks2 ●●○W3 noun [plural]
1THANKthe things you say or do to show that you are grateful to someone 感谢,感激;谢意
Joe got up and left without a word of thanks.
乔起身离开了,一句感谢的话也没有说。
thanks to
My thanks to all of you for your help.
我对你们大家的帮助表示感谢。
2thanks to somebody/somethinginformal because of someone or something 归功于某人/某事物;多亏某人/某事物
We’ve reached our goal of $50,000, thanks to the generosity of the public.
我们完成了募集50,000美元的目标,这要归功于公众的慷慨大方。
Some ski resorts opened early, thanks to a late-October snowstorm.
一些滑雪胜地提前开放了,这多亏10月末的一场暴风雪。
Don’t say ‘thank to someone/something’.
不要说 ‘thank to someone/something’。
3no thanks to somebody/somethingspoken an expression meaning ‘in spite of’, used when someone should have helped you but did not 并非由于某人/某事物才…
It was no thanks to you that we managed to win the game.
我们并不是因为你才打赢了那场比赛。
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no thanks to somebody/something• She didn't think that there was anything broken ... but no thanks toJohnny, she thought bitterly.• Glorious because they came away with a victory over Rosslyn Park ... but no thanks to the quagmire at the Kingsholm ground.• Everyone got out safely, no thanks to the smokealarm - its batteries were dead.
thanks to• The play was a great successthanks to the effort and commitment of everyone involved.• Todaythanks to the Internet, you can do all your Christmas shopping from home.
Originthanks2
(1300-1400) Plural of thank“gratefulness”((11-17 centuries)), from Old Englishthanc“thought, gratefulness”
ADJECTIVE | VERB + THANKS | THANKS + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤heartfelt, sincere, warm衷心的/誠摯的/熱情的感謝▸➤grateful (especially BrE) 不盡的感激➤personal個人的感謝◇Please accept my personal thanks.請接受我個人的感謝。➤special特別的感謝◇Special thanks to all of you who supported our fund-raising campaign.特別感謝大家對我們籌款活動的支持。➤additional, extra額外的感謝◇Additional thanks go to Mike Thomas for helping me so much.另外感謝邁克・托馬斯給了我這麼多幫助。VERB + THANKS➤express, extend, give, offer表達感謝;道謝◇We would like to express our warmest thanks for all you've done.我們想對你們所做的一切表示最熱誠的感謝。➤owe (sb)得感謝(某人)◇I owe you my thanks.我得感謝你。➤nod, smile點頭/微笑致謝◇She smiled her thanks as the car drove off.汽車開走時她微笑着表示謝意。➤get, receive得到/受到感謝◇You'll get little thanks from him for all your trouble.你這麼費力也不會得到他什麼感謝。➤accept接受謝意▸➤deserve值得感謝◇Their generosity deserves our grateful thanks.他們的慷慨值得我們衷心感激。THANKS + VERB➤go to sb感謝某人◇Thanks go to Claire Potter for making the hall available to us.感謝克萊爾・波特讓我們借用大廳。PREPOSITION➤as thanks for, in thanks for作為對⋯的感謝◇He got a bottle of wine in thanks for his cooperation.他得到了一瓶葡萄酒作為對他合作的感謝。➤thanks to向⋯表達的謝意◇He gave thanks to God for the safe return of his son.他感謝上帝讓兒子平安歸來。PHRASES➤a letter of thanks, a vote of thanks, a word of thanks感謝信;公開致謝;感謝的話◇The chairperson proposed a vote of thanks to the volunteers.主持人提議向志願者致謝。◇I'd like to say a word of thanks to our hosts.我想向我們的東道主道聲謝。➤many thanks非常感謝◇Many thanks for the flowers.非常感謝送來這些花。➤thanks be to God感謝上帝◇We were all pulled out alive, thanks be to God.感謝上帝,我們都被活着救了出來。
thanks ♦︎ gratitude ♦︎ appreciationThese are all words for words, actions or feelings that show how grateful you are for sth.这些词均表示感谢、感激。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆thanks / gratitude for sth◆in / with thanks / gratitude / appreciation◆heartfelt / sincere thanks / gratitude / appreciation◆real / deep gratitude / appreciation◆to express / show / deserve thanks / gratitude / appreciation◆to get / accept / earn sb's thanks / gratitude◆to nod / smile your thanks / appreciation◆a word of thanks / gratitude / appreciation◆a token of your thanks / gratitude / apreciation■thanks [plural] words or actions that show that you are grateful to sb for sth感谢的话;感激的举动◆Thanks are due to all those who worked so hard for so many months.感谢这么多月来辛勤工作的所有人。◆She murmured her thanks.她轻声道谢。◆We gave thanks to God for all our blessings.我们为所有蒙受的恩典感谢神。 see also thankful ⇨ grateful■gratitude ˈgrætɪtjuːd; NAmEˈgrætɪtuːd [uncountable] the feeling of being grateful and wanting to express your thanks感激之情;感谢◆She was presented with the gift in gratitude for her long service.这礼物送给她以表达对她长期服务的感谢。◆I feel a deep sense of gratitude to her.我深深地感谢她。OPPingratitudeⓘ The opposite is ingratitude. * gratitude的反义词是ingratitude◆She accused him of ingratitude.她指责他忘恩负义。 see also grateful ⇨ grateful■appreciationəˌpriːʃiˈeɪʃn [uncountable] (ratherformal) the feeling of being grateful for sth and wanting to express your thanks感激之情;感谢◆Please accept this gift in appreciation of all you've done for us.承蒙鼎力相助,不胜感激,谨备薄礼,敬请笑纳。 see also appreciate ⇨ welcome, appreciative ⇨ gratefulNOTE辨析 Gratitude or appreciation?Gratitude can be a more general feeling of being grateful. Appreciation is the act of reconginizing a particular thing that sb has done and being grateful for it. * gratitude可以是较一般的感激之情。appreciation是认可某人所做的具体事情并心存感激◆I feel a deep sense of appreciation to her.