| 单词 | it |
| 释义 | it1 /ɪt/ ●●● S1 W1 pronoun [used as subject or object] 1 XXused to refer to a thing, animal, situation, idea etc that has already been mentioned or is already known about 它，这，那〔指已经提及或已为对方所知晓的事物、动物、情况、想法等〕 ‘Where’s your office?’ ‘It’s on the third floor.’ “你的办公室在哪儿？”“在三楼。” I love the spring – it’s a wonderful time of the year. 我喜欢春季——这是一年里最美妙的时节。 There were people crying, buildings on fire. It was terrible! 有人在哭喊，楼房在燃烧―太可怕了！ Don’t blame me. It wasn’t my idea. 不要责备我，这不是我的主意。 This little beast is a lemur and it lives in Madagascar. 这小动物是狐猴，生活在马达加斯加。2 NOWused to refer to the situation that someone is in now, or what is happening now 〔指某人目前所处的境况或正在发生的事〕 I can’t stand it any longer. I’m resigning. 我再也忍受不了啦，我要辞职。 How’s it going, Bob? I haven’t seen you for ages. 鲍勃，近况如何？我们好久不见了。 And the worst of it is the car isn’t even paid for yet. 最糟糕的是这辆车子还没有付款。 Stop it, you two. You’re just being silly. 别闹了，你们俩。你们真愚蠢。3 XXused as the subject or object of a verb when the real subject or object is later in the sentence 〔用作动词的主语或宾语，而真正的主语或宾语在句子的后部〕 It worries me the way he keeps changing his mind. 他老是改变主意，这让我很厌烦。 What’s it like being a sailor? 当水手是什么滋味？ Apparently it’s cheaper to fly than to go by train. 显然，乘飞机比坐火车便宜。 It’s a pity you couldn’t come. 你来不了，真遗憾。 It seems that we are not welcome here. 看来我们在这里不受欢迎。 I found it hard to concentrate. 我觉得难以集中精神。4 XXused as the subject of a sentence when you are talking about the weather, the time, a distance etc 〔谈论天气、时间、距离等时作为句子的主语〕 Is it still raining? 还在下雨吗？ It was 4 o'clock and the mail still hadn’t come. 4点钟了，邮件还没到。 It’s my birthday today. 今天是我的生日。 It’s over 200 miles from London to Manchester. 从伦敦到曼彻斯特有两百多英里。 It gets dark very early in the winter. 冬天天黑得很早。 It’s three years since I last saw her. 我上次见到她至今已有三年了。5 EMPHASIZEused with the verb ‘be’ to emphasize that you are talking about one particular thing, person, group etc and not any other 〔与动词 be 连用，强调你所讲的是某物、某人或某团体等，而不是任何其他的人或事物〕 It’s Lawrence you should be talking to. 你应该和劳伦斯谈谈，而不是其他人。 It was malaria that killed him. 他死于疟疾。 It was in New Zealand that Elizabeth first met Mr Cronje. 伊丽莎白是在新西兰初识克龙涅先生的。6 BABY/HAVE A BABYused to refer to a baby when you do not know what sex the baby is 〔指婴儿，用于不知道其性别时〕 What will you call it if it’s a boy? 要是男孩的话，你想给他取个什么名字？7 a) used to say who a person is 〔用于指某人〕 ‘Who’s that over there?’ ‘It’s Robert Morley.’ “那边的人是谁？” “是罗伯特 · 莫利。” b) spoken used to say who is speaking, especially on the telephone 〔用于指说话的人，尤指打电话或接电话的人〕 Hello, it’s Frank here. 你好，我是弗兰克。 It’s all right, it’s only me. 没事，是我呀。8 informal used to refer to sex 〔用于指性交〕 Have you done it with him yet? 你和他上床了吗？9 if it wasn’t/weren’t for somebody/something (also if it hadn’t been for somebody/something)IF used to say who or what prevents or prevented something from happening 要不是某人；要是没有某事物 We would have arrived much earlier if it hadn’t been for the snow. 要不是下雪，我们早就到了。10 informal a particular ability or quality that is needed in order to do something 〔做某事所需的〕特殊能力[品质] In a job like advertising, you’ve either got it or you haven’t! 像广告这种职业，你要么有这份才能，要么没有！11 this is it spokenNOW used to say that something you expected to happen is actually going to happen 就是它〔表示预计发生的事真要发生了〕 This is it, boys – the moment we’ve been waiting for. 时候到了，男孩们，我们一直等的就是这一刻。12 that’s it spoken a) FINISH/COME TO AN ENDused to say that something is completely finished or that a situation cannot be changed 完了，没有了〔表示某事已结束或情况不可改变〕 That’s it, then. There’s nothing more we can do. 那就结束了。 我们再没什么可做了。 b) PRAISEused to tell someone that they are doing something correctly 做得对，就是这样〔用于告诉某人做得对〕 Slowly ... slowly. Yeah, that’s it. 慢点，慢点。对，就是这样。 c) (also that does it)REJECT/NOT ACCEPT used when you are angry about a situation and you do not want it to continue 够了〔表示愤怒，不想某事继续〕 That’s it. I’m leaving. 够了，我要离开了。13 think you’re it informalPROUD to think you are more important than you are 自以为了不起 Just because he got a higher mark, he really thinks he’s it. 只因为分数比别人高他就自以为很了不起。Examples from the Corpusit• And that's the end of it?• I'm sorry, but you just don't have it as a singer.• It costs $12 just to get in the door.• How's it going, Bob?• Since it happened to be such a nice day, they went to the beach.• So, did you two do it last night?• What's it like living in Miami?• It looks like they've left without us.• With the new stereo in the car, it makes a big difference.• In the summer, it must be beautiful there.• It's a nice camera.• It's a three-hour drive to Boston.• It was Jane who paid for the meal yesterday.• Do you like my tie? It was on sale.• It was sprinkling when we came in.• It was the meal that Jane paid for yesterday.• It was yesterday that Jane paid for the meal.it2, It adjective informal it bag/dress/shoes etc informal a bag, dress etc that is very fashionable and desirable 时髦而抢手的一个包/一件连衣裙/一双鞋等 I’ve managed to get my hands on this season’s it bag. 我好不容易买到了本季度很流行的一个包。Related topics: ComputersIT /ˌaɪ ˈtiː/ ●●○ noun [uncountable] TD (information technology) the study or use of electronic processes and equipment for storing information and making it available 信息技术Examples from the CorpusIT• It is the first assessment of the expanded IT Advanced Courses programme.• It is unlikely that IT managers will wish to migrate such large amounts of dead material across computer systems.• What this means is that effective IT managers have to be as sensitive to real estate as they are to virtual reality.• Jobs is positioning NeXTStep as a means to ride what he believes will be the next wave in IT - custom applications.• The program, aimed at top execs, is meant to help them manage IT more profitably and effectively.• The number of students involved in the other IT subject areas varied - between 3 and 6 percent in any one subject.• Thus IT and its record entered into the politics of the workplace.From Longman Business DictionaryITITCOMPUTING abbreviation for INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYIT has had a dramatic affect on the telecoms infrastructure.the firm’s IT departmentOrigin it Old English hitit1 pronounit2 adjectiveIT nounChinese Corpus a situation, idea to thing, to used animal, Business refer |
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