| 单词 | it |
| 释义 | itit /ɪt/ ●●● S1 W1 pronoun [used as a subject or object] 1used to talk about the thing, situation, idea, etc. that has already been mentioned or that is already known about: Do you like my suit? It was on sale. The whole room was on fire. It was so scary. With the new stereo in the car, it makes a big difference.2used as the subject or object of a verb when the real subject or object is later in the sentence: It’s a nice camera. What’s it like living in Miami? It costs $12 just to get in the door.it is nice/sweet/stupid etc. of somebody to do something It was nice of him to help.3used with the verb “be” to make statements about the weather, the time, distances, etc.: It’s a three-hour drive to Raleigh. It was 4 o’clock and the mail still hadn’t come. Is it still raining?4the situation that someone is in now: I can’t stand it any more. I’m resigning. How’s it going, man? And that’s the end of it?5used to emphasize that one piece of information in a sentence is more important than the rest: It was Josh who paid for lunch yesterday (=it was Josh and not another person). It was lunch that Josh paid for yesterday (=it was lunch and not something else).6used as the subject of “seem,” “appear,” “look,” and “happen”: It looks like they left without us. It happened to be a nice day, so we went to the beach.7used as the subject of a passive sentence with verbs of saying and thinking: It was once thought that the world was flat (=people once thought the world was flat). It is believed that he is still alive.8 informal a particular ability, quality, or talent: I’m sorry, but you just don’t have it as a singer. He hasn’t lost it even though he’s getting older.9used to talk about a child or an animal when you do not know what sex they are [Origin: Old English hit]SPOKEN PHRASES10it’s me/John etc. used to say who you are to someone who cannot see you, for example at the beginning of a telephone conversation: Hi, Scott. It’s Mark. Don’t worry, it’s just me. Let me in.11that’s it! a)used to praise someone because he or she has done something correctly: That’s it! Just keep your eye on the ball. b)used when you are angry about a situation and you do not want it to continue: That’s it! I want both of you to be quiet! c)used to say that a particular situation has finished: That’s it. I guess there’s nothing more we can do.12this is it! used to say that something you expected to happen is actually going to happen: This is it – the moment we’ve been waiting for!13be it in children’s games, if you are it, you are the person whom everyone has to escape from |
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