| 单词 | thus |
| 释义 | thus /ðʌs/ ●●○ W3 adverb formal 1 [sentence adverb]SO/CONSEQUENTLY as a result of something that you have just mentioned 因此，因而，从而 Most of the evidence was destroyed in the fire. Thus it would be almost impossible to prove him guilty. 大多数证据已在大火中烧毁，因而要证明他有罪几乎是不可能的。► see thesaurus at therefore2 RESULTin this manner or way 以此种方式；如此，这样 They diluted the drug, thus reducing its effectiveness. 他们把药稀释，这样就减轻了它的药效。3 thus far formal NOWuntil now 到此为止，迄今 Her political career thus far had remained unblemished. 她的政治生涯迄今为止仍是清白的。 RegisterThus is formal or literary. In everyday English, people usually say so: thus语气正式，带文学色彩。在日常英语中，人们一般说soSo it was decided that he should be chairman. 于是就决定由他来当主席。We haven’t had any problems so far. 到目前为止我们没有任何问题。Examples 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 Englishthus adverb →REGISTER1Chinese mentioned have a of just that result Corpus you as something |
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