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”