anything /ˈɛnɪˌθɪŋ/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  PRON-INDEF You use anything in statements with negative meaning to indicate in a general way that nothing is present or that an action or event does not or cannot happen. 任何事物 (用于含有否定意义的陈述句中)

  例：

  We can't do anything.

  我们什么也做不了。

  例：

  She couldn't see or hear anything at all.

  她根本什么也看不见、听不见。

• 2. 

  PRON-INDEF You use anything in questions and conditional clauses to ask or talk about whether something is present or happening. 某事物 (用于疑问句和条件分句中)

  例：

  What happened, is anything wrong?

  发生什么了，有什么问题吗？

  例：

  Did you find anything?

  你发现什么了吗？

• 3. 

  PRON-INDEF You can use anything before words that indicate the kind of thing you are talking about. 任何…的事物 (接后置修饰语) [PRON cl/group]

  例：

  More than anything else, he wanted to become a teacher.

  比起任何别的职业，他更想当老师。

  例：

  Anything that's cheap this year will be even cheaper next year.

  今年任何便宜的东西明年甚至会更便宜。

• 4. 

  PRON-INDEF You use anything to emphasize a possible thing, event, or situation, when you are saying that it could be any one of a very large number of things. 任一事物 [强调]

  例：

  He is young, fresh, and ready for anything.

  他年轻、未经世故，任何事都愿意尝试。

• 5. 

  PRON-INDEF You use anything in expressions such as anything near, anything close to and anything like to emphasize a statement that you are making. 任何 (接近、像…的) 事物 [PRON prep] [强调]

  例：

  Doctors have decided the only way he can live anything near a normal life is to give him an operation.

  医生们已经确定了他能过任何接近正常生活的惟一方法是给他做个手术。

• 6. 

  PRON-INDEF When you do not want to be exact, you use anything to talk about a particular range of things or quantities. (某范围的) 任何事物 [PRON 'from' n 'to' n, PRON 'between' n 'and' n]

  例：

  ...Chinese herbs that have cured anything from colds to broken bones.

  …治愈了从感冒到骨折的任何病的中草药。

• 7. 

  PHRASE You use anything but in expressions such as anything but quiet and anything but attractive to emphasize that something is not the case. 绝对不 [强调]

  例：

  There's no evidence that Christopher told anyone to say anything but the truth.

  没有证据证明克里斯托弗叫任何人绝对不说真相。

• 8. 

  PHRASE You can say that you would not do something for anything to emphasize that you definitely would not want to do or be a particular thing. 决不会做某事/决不会是某事 [非正式，口语]

  例：

  I wouldn't want to move for anything in the world.

  说什么我也不会搬走。

• 9. 

  PHRASE You use if anything, especially after a negative statement, to introduce a statement that adds to what you have just said. 如果有什么的话

  例：

  I never had to clean up after the lodgers. If anything, they did most of the cleaning.

  我从来不必在房客们走后做打扫。要做的话，他们做大部分的清扫。

• 10. 

  PHRASE You can add or anything to the end of a clause or sentence in order to refer vaguely to other things that are or may be similar to what you just mentioned. 或什么的 [非正式，口语]

  例：

  Listen, if you talk to Elizabeth or anything make sure you let everyone know, will you.

  听着，如果你和伊丽莎白讲话或什么的，一定要让每个人都知道，你能做到吧。