| 单词 | it |
| 释义 | it (ɪt ) language note: It is a third person singular pronoun. It is used as the subject or object of a verb, or as the object of a preposition. 1. pronoun A1 You use it to refer to an object, animal, or other thing that has already been mentioned. He saw the grey Land-Rover down the by-pass. It was more than a hundred yards from him. It's a wonderful city, really. I'll show it to you if you want. My wife has become crippled by arthritis. She is embarrassed to ask the doctor about it. I took a lot of convincing that parenthood was a good idea and I didn't think I'd be much use at it. 2. pronoun B2 You use it to refer to a child or baby whose sex you do not know or whose sex is not relevant to what you are saying. He promised to support the child after it was born. 3. pronoun B1+ You use it to refer in a general way to a situation that you have just described. He was through with sports, not because he had to be but because he wanted it that way. Antonia will not be jealous, or if she is, she will not show it. 4. pronoun B1 You use it before certain nouns, adjectives, and verbs to introduce your feelings or point of view about a situation. It was nice to see Steve again. It's a pity you never got married, Sarah. It's funny how you remember things. It's good of him to spare the time to visit at all. Is it possible he'll phone you? He found it hard to work with a microphone pointing at him. I know it's a good idea to use dental floss. It's up to us to change things we don't like. It seems that you are letting things get you down. 5. pronoun B1 You use it in passive clauses which report a situation or event. It has been said that stress causes cancer. Yesterday it was reported that a number of people had been arrested in the capital. It was noted that within a year the incidence of illness had increased quite significantly. 6. pronoun B1 You use it with some verbs that need a subject or object, although there is no noun that it refers to. Of course, as it turned out, three-fourths of the people in the group were psychiatrists. I like it here. 7. pronoun A1 You use it as the subject of 'be', to say what the time, day, or date is. It's three o'clock in the morning. It was a Monday, so she was at home. It's December 1989, in Las Vegas. 8. pronoun A1 You use it as the subject of a link verb to describe the weather, the light, or the temperature. It was very wet and windy the day I drove over the hill to Milland. It's getting dark. Let's go inside. It was warm in the kitchen. 9. pronoun B1 You use it when you are telling someone who you are, or asking them who they are, especially at the beginning of a phone call. You also use it in statements and questions about the identity of other people. 'Who is it?' he called.—'It's your neighbor.' Hello Freddy, it's only me, Maxine. 10. pronoun When you are emphasizing or drawing attention to something, you can put that thing immediately after it and a form of the verb 'be'. [emphasis] It's really these countries that have the worst environmental records. It was the country's rulers who devised this system. It was I who found him there. It's my father they're accusing. 11. it's not simply/just that phrase You use it in expressions such as it's not that or it's not simply that when you are giving a reason for something and are suggesting that there are several other reasons. It's not that I didn't want to be with my family. It's not just that a gulf exists in living standards–there's a psychological ravine. 12. think you're it phrase [VERB inflects] If you say that someone thinks they're it, you mean that they think they are better or more important than they really are. [informal] 13. if it wasn't for phrase If you talk about what would happen if it wasn't for someone or something, you mean that they are the only thing that is preventing it from happening. I could happily move back into a flat if it wasn't for the fact that I'd miss my garden. If it hadn't been for her, your father would be alive today. IT (aɪ tiː ) A2 IT is an abbreviation for information technology. Translations: Chinese: 它, 信息技术 Japanese: それは, 情報技術 |
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