The most difficult thing in a fast game of basketball is to change course midstream.

在一场快节奏的篮球比赛中，最难之事莫过于中途变线了。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

"What's that thing in the middle of the fountain?"—"Some kind of statue, I guess."

“喷泉中间那个东西是什么？”—“我想是雕像之类的吧。”

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Exotic pets are the in thing right now.

奇异的宠物眼下很时髦。

《牛津词典》

I mean there's a lot of agencies out there that specialize in third-world country brides, that are coming from poverty,uneducated, that kind of thing."

VOA: special.2011.02.14

Kant calls it "purposiveness"--that is to say, the way in which the thing is organized according to some sort of guiding pattern.

康德称之为，“合目的性“，也就是说，依据某种引导型结构,组织事物的方式。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

We already moved way forward and completely revolutionizing the understanding of an atom in that there's something in an atom - it's not the smallest thing there is.

我们已经超前走了一步,完全改变我们对原子的看法：,原子里面还有东西，它并不是最小的,但你也知道。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Building a uniform is a key piece in - I mean a key thing - in keeping your wardrobe together.

NPR: Styling The NBA

Since I've worked out in the past, I know that a first-thing-in-the-morning session of lifting weights followed by a stationary bike ride in the later afternoon are the two things I'll do on a regular basis.

CNN: Healthy habits: A month of living perfectly

And if you look at accounts of Watergate, one continuing theme is that even though Nixon didn't order the break-in, he created the climate in which subordinates thought the break-in was the thing to do, and there is something of a parallel here.

NPR: With White House Bogged Down By Scandal, GOP Looks For Boost