核心畫面

You can picture 'thanks' as a small warm thing you hand back to someone who has given you something or helped you — an acknowledgement that says 'I noticed, and I'm grateful.' As an it's that warm word spoken; as a noun it's the gratitude itself, and from there it stretches into pointing at whoever is the reason a good thing happened.

可以想成:thanks 的核心畫面比較像「你回遞給對方的一份小小暖意」——別人給了你東西、幫了你忙,你用一句話告訴他更多收起可以想成:thanks 的核心畫面比較像「你回遞給對方的一份小小暖意」——別人給了你東西、幫了你忙,你用一句話告訴他「我有看見,我心存感激」。當感嘆詞時,它是這句被說出口的暖話;當名詞時,它是那份感激本身;再延伸出去,就用來指「某件好事是多虧了誰」。

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

thanksintj/ˈθæŋks/

  • 1

    Used to express appreciation or gratitude.

    • Could you give me a hand, please? — Yes, sure. — Thanks. —Have you got enough now? —Yes, thanks.
    • Would you like some potatoes? — Thanks. —How many?

thanksnoun/ˈθæŋks/

  • 1

    An expression of appreciation or gratitude.

    • After all I’ve done, a simple acknowledgment is the thanks I get?
  • 2

    Grateful feelings or thoughts; favour, goodwill, graciousness.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。