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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthusthus /ðʌs/ W3 adverb formal 1 [sentence adverb]SO/CONSEQUENTLY as a result of something that you have just mentioned Most of the evidence was destroyed in the fire. Thus it would be almost impossible to prove him guilty.► see thesaurus at therefore2 RESULTin this manner or way They diluted the drug, thus reducing its effectiveness.3 → thus farExamples 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 English

单词	thus
释义	thus From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthusthus /ðʌs/ ●●○ W3 adverb formal 1 [sentence adverb]SO/CONSEQUENTLY as a result of something that you have just mentioned Most of the evidence was destroyed in the fire. Thus it would be almost impossible to prove him guilty.► see thesaurus at therefore2 RESULTin this manner or way They diluted the drug, thus reducing its effectiveness.3 → thus farExamples 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 English
随便看	is nothing sacred? is of the essence is old enough to be her father is old enough to be her mother is old enough to be his father is old enough to be his mother is old enough to be your father is old enough to be your mother is old enough to know better is on another planet planet is on is on another what planet is on is only human is only skin deep is only to be expected is said to be is said to be do is small potatoes is so up herself etc is so up himself etc is that a fact is that a fact? is that the time is that the time? is the exception that proves the rule is the new