thus

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthusthus /ðʌs/ W3 adverb formal 1 [sentence adverb]SO/CONSEQUENTLY as a result of something that you have just mentioned Most of the evidence was destroyed in the fire. Thus it would be almost impossible to prove him guilty.► see thesaurus at therefore2 RESULTin this manner or way They diluted the drug, thus reducing its effectiveness.3 → thus farExamples from the Corpusthus• Doucet sums it up thusly: "To me, Cajun music really is the heart of our culture."• There are thus a considerable number who appear in the autobiographies as simple vignettes.• Obtaining food and drink thus became a tricky balancing act.• The recent and the more or less distant past thus combine in the amalgam of the present.• The product was delivered on time, and we have thus fulfilled our promise.• The tax has the effect of reducing the overhead component of retailing and thus increasing total output.• External reality and psychic reality are thus inextricably intertwined.• This allowed for fairly good availability of well selected donor organs thus more easily facilitating an urgent transplant programme.• The houses were used for soldiers. Thus, the structures survived the Civil War.Origin thus Old English

单词	thus
释义	thus From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthusthus /ðʌs/ ●●○ W3 adverb formal 1 [sentence adverb]SO/CONSEQUENTLY as a result of something that you have just mentioned Most of the evidence was destroyed in the fire. Thus it would be almost impossible to prove him guilty.► see thesaurus at therefore2 RESULTin this manner or way They diluted the drug, thus reducing its effectiveness.3 → thus farExamples from the Corpusthus• Doucet sums it up thusly: "To me, Cajun music really is the heart of our culture."• There are thus a considerable number who appear in the autobiographies as simple vignettes.• Obtaining food and drink thus became a tricky balancing act.• The recent and the more or less distant past thus combine in the amalgam of the present.• The product was delivered on time, and we have thus fulfilled our promise.• The tax has the effect of reducing the overhead component of retailing and thus increasing total output.• External reality and psychic reality are thus inextricably intertwined.• This allowed for fairly good availability of well selected donor organs thus more easily facilitating an urgent transplant programme.• The houses were used for soldiers. Thus, the structures survived the Civil War.Origin thus Old English
随便看	you have no idea what etc) you have to hand it to you have to hand it to somebody you have to laugh you haven't lived you haven't lived if you haven't lived until ) you havent lived you havent lived if you havent lived until ) you haven’t lived (if/until ...) you he is a one you hear you know you know what you know what you know who you know who/what you know you know you know/do you know you live and learn you lose some you mark my words you mean you might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb