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事物

thing [θıŋ] N

1. thing:

thing
东西 dōngxi
thing
事物 shìwù

2. thing [常作复数]:

thing
私人物品 sīrén wùpǐn
thing
衣物 yīwù

3. thing [常作复数]:

thing
情况 qíngkuàng
thing
形势 xíngshì

4. thing:

thing
话 huà
thing
主题 zhǔtí
There's one more thing I want to say.
我还有一点要说。

5. thing:

thing
举动 jǔdòng
thing
行动 xíngdòng

6. thing:

thing
人 rén
thing
生物 shēngwù
a nice old thing
不错的老家伙

7. thing inf:

thing
必要(或需要)的东西 bìyào de dōngxi
That's the thing for me.
那就是我需要的东西。

Phrases:

for one thing
一则 yīzé
for one thing
首先 shǒuxiān

wild thing N

wild thing
性行为 xìngxíngwéi

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take it [or things] easy
轻松点 qīngsōngdiǎn
All things conspire against me.
事事都跟我作对。
crush things into a box
把东西硬塞进箱子
take things as they are
接受现实
He is above doing such things.
他不至于做出这种事来。
Things of a kind come together.
物以类聚。
It's unlike her to say such things.
她不像是说这种话的人。
All bad things seem to come together.
所有坏事好像都同时来了。
get things together preparatory to a journey
收拾东西准备旅行
Things of that nature don't interest me.
我对那种事物不感兴趣。
Things were wearing a rather dangerous complexion.
局势显得十分危险。
in the (ordinary) course of nature [or events, things]
按正常情况 àn zhèngcháng qíngkuàng
It is beneath you to do such things.
做这样的事有失你的身份。
They always buy things in quantities [or in quantity] .
他们总是大量地采购物品。
It seems unfair that such things should happen to me.
我居然会遇上这样的事情，这似乎不大公平。
She does not look at things the same as we do.
她对事物的看法与我们的不一样。

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

He said that whenever possible he would try to avoid nappy diaper changes and things like that.
en.wikipedia.org
Following different desires leads to different things; one who follows his desire for food is a glutton, and so on.
en.wikipedia.org
The young Cantab came in for the final quarter and seemed to settle things down nicely with his well-rounded, if less flamboyant, game.
www.stuff.co.nz
But he that is with a wife, is solicitous for the things of the world, how he may please his wife: and he is divided.
en.wikipedia.org
She is a cool-headed person who likes the think things through, unlike her husband.
en.wikipedia.org

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