核心畫面
You can think of thus as pointing at 'this' — 'in this way / like this'. From pointing at the manner ('done thus') it grew to point at a cause ('thus, it follows') and at a stretch of time up to this point ('thus far').
可以想成它在指著「這個」:用這種方式、像這樣。thus 的核心畫面比較像伸手指向眼前的這個樣子;從指「做的方式」,延…更多收起
可以想成它在指著「這個」:用這種方式、像這樣。thus 的核心畫面比較像伸手指向眼前的這個樣子;從指「做的方式」,延伸到指「由此而來的原因結果」,再延伸到指「到這個時間點為止」。原始詞典資料4 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。
thusadv詞源 1/ˈðʌs/
- 1
formalliterarymannerIn this way or manner.
- If you throw the ball thus, as I’m showing you, you’ll have better luck hitting the target.
- But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge,[…].
- 2
formalliteraryAs a result.
- I have all the tools I need; thus, I will be able to fix the car without having to call a mechanic.
- I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。