单词 | thus |
释义 | thus (once / 18 pages) 1adv 2adv 3n Use the adverb thus in place of words like therefore or so when you want to sound proper. Use thus interchangeably with words like consequently, ergo, hence, and just like that. For example, if you want to sound fancy you could say no one showed up for water aerobics, thus the class was cancelled. It had to be thus. Thus is also, rarely, a noun that means a good-smelling gum resin from trees that we don't really use anymore. WORD FAMILYthus: thurify, thuss USAGE EXAMPLESThus, for most people, 80 percent of the calories we expend each day are due to RMR. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Unpersuaded by the prospect of sunshine after two days of rain, Baffert yanked Arrogate, thus shrinking an already puny field to a wagering-unfriendly four. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) Thus they cite UN general assembly resolution 181 in support of the recent Israeli demand for recognition of Israel as a Jewish state. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) 1 adv (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result 2it is late and thus we must go Syn hence, so, thence, therefore adv in the way indicated 3set up the pieces thus Syn so, thusly n an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation Syn|Hyper frankincense, gum olibanum, olibanum gum any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying |
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