| 单词 | this |
| 释义 | this I. 1. a. (1) < this is the twelfth of August > < these are my hands > < this is a warmer welcome than I was expecting > < the plan has only two faults, but these are so serious that they may outweigh its merits > — often used with a general reference to something stated or implied in the previous context but without particular reference to a noun or noun equivalent in that context < in so far as those habits did change gradually over the century, this was thought to be due to a thing called progress — Christopher Hollis > < what he had to teach is far from clear, and this despite the fact that his prose style is extolled … for its marvelous simplicity — Irving Kristol > — often used in reference to a person as subject of a form of the verb be especially in performing an introduction < this is my sister > < these are my sons > (2) < let me tell you this: I have had feeling of my cousin's wrongs — Shakespeare > < a queer problem this, of causing a character … to step out of the page — Countryman > < the demonstratives may, and this in most languages … hold up their nouns to censure or to blame — M.E.B.Charnley > b. < expected him to return before this > < the time 'twixt this and supper — Shakespeare > c. < take yourself from this, young fellow, or I'll maybe add a murder to my deeds today — J.M.Synge > 2. a. (1) < this is iron and that is tin > < these are sparrows and those are robins > — contrasted with that (2) b. II. 1. a. < this man sitting beside me is the one who made the highest bid > < this book is mine > < this moment > < entertaining a great deal these days > < one of the most memorable experiences I had in Europe this summer > < he is to enter college this fall > < these United States > — used before a noun denoting a part of a day to indicate reference to the present day < got up early this morning > < expecting to dine out with some friends this evening > — used before a noun denoting a day of the week to indicate reference to the next ensuing day so named < going to make a business trip this Monday > — sometimes used before a noun denoting a person to form a phrase referring to the writer or speaker < this reviewer > < this commentator > — sometimes used archaically before a combination of possessive adjective plus noun < in this our country > where the standard and fully current construction instead has the noun followed by of plus the corresponding possessive pronoun < in this country of ours > b. < this commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should love his brother also — 1 Jn 4:21 (Revised Standard Version) > c. < this existentialism > < these satellites > — sometimes used disparagingly d. < after being friends all these years > < dinner has been waiting this half hour > < may your husband live these fifty years — R.B.Sheridan > e. (1) these plural, obsolete < under these hard conditions as this time is like to lay on us — Shakespeare > (2) these plural < the products of a technically adequate adjustment to reality constitute these many proofs of human potency — Weston La Barre > f. < I was waiting for the bus and this old man came along and asked me for a dime > < gave me a light from this big lighter off the table — J.D.Salinger > 2. a. < this car or that one > — contrasted with that b. < turn his ship this way and that — C.S.Forester > — sometimes used as first member of a 3-part series with that as the second member and the other as the third < this, that, or the other business — F.D.Roosevelt > III. 1. obsolete 2. < didn't expect to have to wait this long > < the fact that a novel about present-day Formosa could be quite this interesting seems odd — Margaret Parton > IV. < Lady This running an antique shop, and Madam That selling hats — Spectator > — contrasted with that |
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