新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

it

英 [ɪt]

[PRON]

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PHRASE. 习语

it's not that , it's not just that
1. 不是因为 , 不仅仅是因为
You use it in expressions such as it's not that or it's not just that when you are giving a reason for something and are suggesting that there are several other reasons.
双语例句
例：
It's not that I didn't want to be with my family.
并不是因为我不愿意和我的家人在一起。

PRON. 代词

1. 它（指上文提及的某一物体、动物或其他事物）
You use it to refer to an object, animal, or other thing that has already been mentioned.
双语例句
例：
It's a wonderful city, really. I'll show it to you if you want.
这确实是座很棒的城市。如果你愿意的话，我可以带你到处看看。
例：
My wife has become crippled by arthritis. She is embarrassed to ask the doctor about it.
我妻子因患关节炎腿瘸了。她不好意思去向医生询问相关病情。
2. 它（指小孩或婴儿）
You use it to refer to a child or baby whose sex you do not know or whose sex is not relevant to what you are saying.
双语例句
例：
She could compel him to support the child after it was born.
她可以迫使他在孩子出生后抚养孩子。
3. 它（指刚刚说过的情况）
You use it to refer in a general way to a situation that you have just described.
双语例句
例：
He was through with sports, not because he had to be but because he wanted it that way.
他放弃体育运动了，不是因为他非放弃不可，而是因为他想要那样。
4. （用于某些名词、形容词或动词前表达对某种情况的看法或观点）
You use it before certain nouns, adjectives, and verbs to introduce your feelings or point of view about a situation.
双语例句
例：
It was nice to see Steve again.
很高兴又见到了史蒂夫。
例：
It's a pity you never got married, Sarah.
萨拉，很遗憾你从来没有结过婚。
5. 用于被动句表示对某一情况或事件的报道
You use it in passive clauses that report a situation or event.
双语例句
例：
It has been said that stress causes cancer.
据说压力会诱发癌症。
6. （用作某些动词的形式主语或宾语）
You use it with some verbs that need a subject or object, although there is no noun that 'it' refers to.
双语例句
例：
Of course, as it turned out, three-fourths of the people in the group were psychiatrists.
当然，结果证明这些人中有四分之三是精神病医生。
7. （用作动词be的主语，指时间、日期等）
You use it as the subject of 'be' to say what the time, day, or date is.
双语例句
例：
It's three o'clock in the morning.
现在是凌晨3点。
例：
It was a Monday, so she was at home.
那天是星期一，所以她在家。
8. （用作系动词的主语，指天气、光、温度等）
You use it as the subject of a linking verb to describe the weather, the light, or the temperature.
双语例句
例：
It was very wet and windy the day I drove over the hill to Del Norte.
那天风雨交加，我开车翻过小山去德尔诺特。
9. （通电话时用作开首语，报出身份或名字）
You use it when you are telling someone who you are, or asking them who they are, especially at the beginning of a phone call. You also use it in statements and questions about the identity of other people.
双语例句
例：
'Who is it?' he called.—'It's your neighbour.'
“谁呀？”他喊道。—“你的邻居。”
10. （与be动词配合起强调作用，引起对某事物的注意）
When you are emphasizing or drawing attention to something, you can put that thing immediately after it and a form of the verb 'be'.
双语例句
例：
It's really the poor countries that don't have an economic base that have the worst environmental records.
确实是那些没有经济基础的贫穷国家的环保记录最糟糕。