what
pron. 什麼;
det. 什麼
conj. 所
interj. 什麼(事); 真的嗎
adv. (用於猜測)嗯,哦
You use what in questions when you ask for specific information about something that you do not know.
What do you want?...
你想要什麼?
What did she tell you, anyway?...
總之,她告訴了你什麼?
You use what after certain words, especially verbs and adjectives, when you are referring to a situation that is unknown or has not been specified.
You can imagine what it would be like driving a car into a brick wall at 30 miles an hour...
你可以想象汽車以每小時30英里的速度撞向一堵磚牆結果會怎樣。
I want to know what happened to Norman...
我想知道諾曼怎麼了。
You use what at the beginning of a clause in structures where you are changing the order of the information to give special emphasis to something.
What precisely triggered off yesterday's riot is still unclear...
究竟是什麼引發了昨天的騷亂還不清楚。
What I wanted, more than anything, was a few days' rest...
我最想要的就是能休息幾天。
You use what in expressions such as what is called and what amounts to when you are giving a description of something.
She had been in what doctors described as an irreversible vegetative state for five years...
她處於醫生所說的不可逆性植物人狀態已經5年了。
Meanwhile, most young people in the West are expected to leave what could be life's most momentous decision—marriage—almost entirely up to luck.
同時,人們認為西方的大多數年輕人把婚姻這一可能是人生最重要的決定幾乎完全交由命運來安排。
You use what to indicate that you are talking about the whole of an amount that is available to you.
He drinks what is left in his glass as if it were water...
他把杯子裡剩下的東西當水一樣全喝了下去。
He moved carefully over what remained of partition walls.
他小心翼翼地跨過殘餘的隔牆。
You say 'What?' to tell someone who has indicated that they want to speak to you that you have heard them and are inviting them to continue.
'Dad?' — 'What?' — 'Can I have the car tonight?'
“爸爸?”——“什麼事?”——“我今晚能用車嗎?”
You say 'What?' when you ask someone to repeat the thing that they have just said because you did not hear or understand it properly. 'What?' is more informal and less polite than expressions such as 'Pardon?' and 'Excuse me?'.
'They could paint this place,' she said. 'What?' he asked.
“他們可以粉刷這個地方,”她說。“什麼?”他問。
You say 'What' to express surprise.
'Adolphus Kelling, I arrest you on a charge of trafficking in narcotics.'—'What?'
“阿道弗斯·克林,我以販毒的罪名逮捕你。”——“什麼?”
'We've got the car that killed Myra Moss.' — 'What!'
“我們已經找到撞死邁拉·莫斯的車了。”——“真的!”
You use what in exclamations to emphasize an opinion or reaction.
What a horrible thing to do...
做這樣的事簡直太可怕了!
What a busy day.
多麼忙碌的一天啊。
You use what to indicate that you are making a guess about something such as an amount or value.
It's, what, eleven years or more since he's seen him...
打從他上次見他,已有,嗯,11年甚至更久了。
This piece is, what, about a half an hour long?
這首曲子有,嗯,大約半個小時那麼長,對嗎?
You say guess what or do you know what to introduce a piece of information which is surprising, which is not generally known, or which you want to emphasize.
Guess what? I'm going to dinner at Mrs. Combley's tonight...
你猜怎麼著?今晚我要去康伯利夫人家裡赴宴。
Do you know what? I'm going to the circus this afternoon.
你知道嗎?我下午要去看馬戲。
In conversation, you say or what? after a question as a way of stating an opinion forcefully and showing that you expect other people to agree.
Look at that moon. Is that beautiful or what?...
看看那月亮,它真漂亮,不是嗎?
Am I wasting my time here, or what?
我是在這兒浪費時間嗎,是不是啊?
You say so what? or what of it? to indicate that the previous remark seems unimportant, uninteresting, or irrelevant to you.
'I skipped off school today,' — 'So what? What's so special about that?'...
“我今天逃學了。”——“那又怎樣?有什麼特別的嗎?”
'This is Hollywood, U.S.A., where they make all the movies, remember.' — 'What of it?'...
“記住,這是美國的好萊塢,所有那些影片都是在這裡製作的。”——“那又如何?”
You say 'Tell you what' to introduce a suggestion or offer.
Tell you what, let's stay here another day.
我想,我們可以在這裡再呆一天。
You use what about at the beginning of a question when you make a suggestion, offer, or request.
What about going out with me tomorrow?...
明天和我一起出去怎麼樣?
'What about Sunday evening at Frank's?' — 'Sure. What time?'...
“週日晚上在弗蘭克家怎麼樣?”——“好啊,幾點?”
You use what about or what of when you introduce a new topic or a point which seems relevant to a previous remark.
Now you've talked about work on daffodils, what about other commercially important flowers, like roses?...
既然你們已談到了種植水仙花,那麼其他具有重要商業價值的花卉呢,比如玫瑰?
And what about when you were in the fifth year, did people give you careers advice on coming to college?...
那麼在你五年級時,有人就上大學給過你擇業方面的建議嗎?
You say what about a particular person or thing when you ask someone to explain why they have asked you about that person or thing.
'This thing with the Corbett woman.'—'Oh, yeah. What about her?'
“是跟那個科位元家的女人有關的事。”——“哦,是嗎,她怎麼了?”
You say what have you at the end of a list in order to refer generally to other things of the same kind.
So many things are unsafe these days—milk, cranberry sauce, what have you...
現如今很多食品都不安全——牛奶、藍莓醬等等。
My great-grandfather made horseshoes and nails and what have you.
我曾祖父打製馬掌、鐵釘等諸如此類的東西。
You say what if at the beginning of a question when you ask about the consequences of something happening, especially something undesirable.
What if this doesn't work out?...
如果這個不行怎麼辦?
What if he was going to die!...
如果他快要死了該怎麼辦?
If you know what's what, you know the important things that need to be known about a situation.
You have to know what's what and when to draw the line...
你必須搞清狀況以及自己的底線。
You should come across the river with us. Then you will really see what's what.
你應該和我們一起過河,那時你就會了解實情了。
You say what with in order to introduce the reasons for a particular situation, especially an undesirable one.
Maybe they are tired, what with all the sleep they're losing staying up night after night...
也許他們是太累了,考慮到他們成宿成宿地熬夜。
What with one thing and another, it was fairly late in the day when we returned to Shrewsbury.
由於這事那事,那天我們返回什魯斯伯裡時已經很晚了。
People say 'you what?' to indicate that they do not believe or accept the remark that someone has just made, or that they have not heard or understood it properly.
'I'm going to have problems sleeping tonight.' — 'You what?'...
“今晚我可能睡不著。”——“不會吧?”
'What are you doing here?' — 'Oh I work here now.' — 'You what?'
“你在這兒幹什麼呢?”——“哦,我現在在這裡工作。”——“你說什麼?”
and (或 or) what have you
(非正式)諸如此類的事物,等等
and what not
(非正式)諸如此類,等等
give someone what for
what about —?
[詢問訊息或徵求意見]…怎麼樣
[提出建議]…怎麼樣;…好不好
what-d'you-call-it (或 what's-its name)
(非正式)某某人(或東西),那個不知叫什麼的人(或東西)
what for?
(非正式)為什麼
what if —?
如果…將會怎樣
即使…又有什麼關係
what is more
而且,加之
what next
what of —?
情況怎麼樣
what of it?
有什麼值得重視的?
what's-his (或 -its) -name
同 what-d'you-call-it
what say —?
[用於提出建議]怎麼樣
what's what
(非正式)有用(或重要)之事
Figure the situation to yourself, what can I do?
你設身處地想想, 我能做什麼?
He has, what is rare , true tolerance.
他具有一般人沒有的寬容精神.
You're very quiet; what are you thinking of?
你很沉默, 在想什麼 呢 ?
We still fall far short of what the Party expects of us.
我們離黨的要求還差得遠.
Who'd like to describe what happened just now?
誰來描述一下剛才所發生的情形?