[C] a fact, an event, a situation or an action; what sb says or thinks 事实；事件；情况；行为；话语；想法
- There are a lot of things she doesn’t know about me.
- There’s another thing I’d like to ask you.
- A terrible thing happened last night.
- He found the whole thing(=the situation) very boring.
- I’ve got loads of things to do today.
- Find things to do. The main thing to remember is to switch off the burglar alarm. I like camping, climbing and that sort of thing. She said the first thing that came into her head. ‘Why did you tell her our secret?’ ‘I did no such thing!’ Let’s forget the whole thing(=everything).
The last thing I want is to hurt you. 我最不愿意做的事情就是…… The last thing I want is to cause an argument on your birthday, but this is a serious problem. 我很不想在你的生日争吵，但这是一个很严重的问题。 I’m terrible at that sort of thing! What about getting Tom to have a look at it? 我最不擅长做这种事情了！让汤姆来看一下怎么样？