an·y·thing /ˈeniθɪŋ/ ●●● S1 W1 pronoun 1 ALL/EVERYTHINGany thing, event, situation etc, when it is not important to say exactly which 任何事物,无论何事 You can buy anything you want. 你想要什么都可以买。
He was prepared to do anything to make a bit of money. 只要能赚一点钱,他什么都愿意做。
Anything would be better than staying at home! 做什么都比待在家里好!
You can write about swimming, skiing, or anything else you enjoy doing. 你可以写游泳、写滑雪或者其他任何你喜欢的活动。
2 THINGused in questions to mean ‘something’ 某事物〔用于疑问句〕 Is there anything I can do to help? 有没有什么是我可以效劳的?
Do you want anything from the shops? 你要我从商店带点什么回来吗?
Would you like anything else to eat? 你还要吃点别的东西吗?
3 used in negative sentences to mean no thing, event etc 任何事物都(没有)〔用于否定句〕 We didn’t have anything to eat for three days. 我们连着三天没吃过任何东西。
Don’t do anything until we get there. 我们到那儿之前不要采取任何行动。
4 anything but NOTused to emphasize that someone or something does not have a particular quality 决不,根本不〔用于强调〕 Maria is anything but stupid! 玛丽亚才不笨呢!
5 anything like somebody/something similar in any way to someone or something else 与某人/某物相像 You don’t look anything like your mother. 你长得一点都不像你母亲。
If you’re anything like me, you’ll want to be where the action is. 要是你像我一样,就也会想去热闹的地方。
anything like somebody/something• Does Brenda look anything like her mother? 6 not anything like/near spoken used to emphasize a negative sentence 一点也不〔用于强调否定句〕 We don’t have anything like enough money to buy a new car. 我们根本没有足够的钱买新汽车。
7 as important/clear/big etc as anything VERY informal extremely important, clear etc 非常重要/清晰/大等 He was as nice as anything to me. 他对我非常好。
as important/clear/big etc as anything• Ecumenically it is as important as anything.
8 or anything LIKE/SIMILAR spoken or something that is similar 或别的什么 Would you like a drink or anything? 你想来杯饮料什么的吗?
or anything• And when they came back they wouldn't have an excuse or anything.• I have my idols, too, but they tend to be real people, not film stars or anything.• It was great, and then it was two months before a video came out or anything.• He's not my boyfriend or anything, but he looks after me.• Clothing can not be washed, or anything else done..• Just one lone ancestor standing in the spotlight without anyone or anything else the current generation can blame.• Not esquire, sir, lord or anything like that.• Tony didn't have time to waste booking him as a support act or doing a club circuit or anything like that. 9 anything goes informal used to say that anything someone says or does is acceptable 什么都行 From what other people were wearing, it looked like anything goes. 从其他人的衣着来看,好像穿什么都可以。
anything goes• With this season's fashions, anything goes.• But it's a case of when you're down, anything goes.• The best thing about wraps is that anything goes.• The world is ending, so anything goes.• Today almost anything goes as long as the right jacket is there to gull the public.• Don't worry about what to wear - anything goes at Ben's parties.• In the end humans will not adopt libertarian, anything goes values.• Whenever anything goes wrong, he blames it all on me.• If anything goes wrong, she is there to alert the nurse.• There is therefore the potential for personal distress if anything goes wrong. 10 for anything informal if you will not do something for anything, you will definitely not do it 决(不),怎么也(不) I wouldn’t go back there for anything. 我决不回那里去。
for anything• After what happened last time, I wouldn't work for them again for anything.• And I wouldn't have missed your last customers for anything.• It was unusual for anything in particular to happen in Mafeking Street.• He had been in court before on charges of violence but never for anything like murder.• Who could ask for anything more?• Duncan got in the cab and searched for anything that might have been left.• You are the person that they go to for support, for anything that they need..• Ostrum would never want for anything without this job. 11 like anything informal if you do something like anything, you do it a lot 非常,极其 We all encouraged him like anything. 我们都拼命鼓励他。
like anything• Tom only left last week and I already miss him like anything.• They would probably worry like anything.• I mean, eight singles hardly seems like anything at all.• To intense, hardworking young Taylor, the practice could scarcely have seemed like anything but the most shameless sloth.• But like anything else worthy of our attention, it takes a little educating.• The interior is nothing like anything I've seen before.• Somewhat softened by wind erosion, the surface none the less looked more like the lunar highlands than like anything on Earth.• If it was like anything, thought Henry, it was probably like the art of eating out.• It may not be perfect, and it may not even be like anything we have seen before. 12 if anything spoken used when you are adding something to emphasize what you have just said 要说有什么的话(倒是…)〔用于补充内容以强调前面所说的话〕 Sam didn’t seem too disappointed at losing. If anything, he seemed relieved that it was all over. 对于比赛失利,萨姆好像并不是太失望,要说有什么的话,比赛结束之后他看上去倒是松了一口气。
if anything• But his father said, not a bit; hardened if anything.• In this case you will only be responsible for the balance, if anything.• But what, if anything, can they do with all this information?• That percentage had, if anything, dropped by 2015.• I'd wager that, if anything, people's tastes are getting more diverse these days than they used to be.• No-one ever heard what, if anything, she told them; but the hives grew amazingly heavy.• Truth was, I more than once looked back over my shoulder to see if anything was following me.• He asked if anything was the matter. 13 anything you say spoken used to tell someone you agree with what they suggest 怎么样都行,你说怎样就怎样 Yes, of course, anything you say. 是的,当然,怎么样都行。
anything you say• But she won't do anything I say.• If you are a teacher I do not ask you to believe or take on trust anything I say.• She did not seem surprised by anything I said.• There's something baldly there about him which inclines me, like Kevin, to distrust anything he says.• They don't expect to understand anything he says.• It was so cold that anything you said had frozen up before leaving your mouth.• Why should anything we say have any validity?• The whole audience became like one and anything somebody say is like you say it.