n. 事物, 东西, 物, 用品, 事, 事件, 情况, 行为, 特征相关词组: a thing of naught come to the same thing do the handsome thing by feel not quite the thing look not quite the thing for one thing for one thing... have a thing about It is a good thing that... know a thing or two make a good thing of pretty much the same thing quite the thing sure thing take one thing with another tell sb a thing or two the first thing the thing is cannot get a thing out of sb a near thing
one thing, ... another句型结构分析语法讲解：句子成分、什么句型句法，怎么用什么意思
结构︰... is one thing, and ... is another
说明︰此句型意为“…是一回事，而…又是另一回事”。
To know is one thing; to teach is quite another. 知道是一回事，教又是另一回事。（学者未必是良师。）
It is one thing to make money, and it is another to spend it. 赚钱是一回事，而花钱又是另一回事。
Saying is one thing, and doing is another. 说是一回事，做又是另一回事。
单词：thing的近义词、反义词、形近词辨析
matter/thing/event/eventually/affair/incident/coincident/coincidence/accident
记忆：
1. matter [ 5mAtE ] n. 事件, 问题, 物质 vi. 有关系, 要紧 Does it matter whether he will attend the meeting about that matter?他是否参加关于那件事的会议很重要吗？
2. thing [ WiN ] n. 东西, 事, 事情 There wasn't a thing in sight. 什么都看不到。 格言：If you would have a thing well done, do it yourself.想把事情来做好，就得亲自动手搞。
3. event [ i5vent ] A significant occurrence or happening n. 事件, 事变 The event taught us a great lesson. 这件事给了我们一个很大的教训。
4. eventually [I5ventjJElI] adv. 最后, 终于 She understood my love eventually. 她终于明白了我的爱。
5. affair [ E5fZE ] Something done or to be done n. 事务, 事件, 私事, 恋爱事件 Affairs of state are often discussed in the hall.人们常在这个大厅里讨论国家大事。
6. incident [ 5insidEnt ] An occurrence or event that interrupts normal procedure n .事件, 事变 The air crash has become an international incident.这次飞机失事已演变为一次国际事件。
7. coincident [ kEu5insidEnt ] co-incident adj. 一致的, 符合的, 巧合的 Don’t you think it’s coincident?你不认为那是巧合吗？
8. coincidence [ kEu5insidEns ] n. 一致, 巧合 What a coincidence it is that we should have met him in Haikou!我们在海口遇到他，真巧！
7. accident [ 5AksidEnt] n. 意外事件, 事故 Such an accident could have been avoided. 这样的事故本来是可以避免的。
另类阅读：
--What’s the matter with him? Is there anything special?
--A traffic accident has eventually happened. The incident may turn out to be a troublesome event as in the car sat the ambassador from America who was in charge of international affairs.
与单词：thing 相关的例句或者名人名言
It's a good thing I brought this water; I'm so thirsty!
幸好我带了水；我好口渴！
Don't let that thing happen again.
不要再让那样的事情发生。
To do one thing well is a worthy ambition.
把一件事做好，这就是一个有价值的雄心。
ADJ. 无与伦比的；无可匹敌的. If you describe something as unbeatable, you mean that it is the best thing of its kind.
He did a dumb thing.
他做了一件蠢事。
※A state which dwarfs its men ,in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished.——John Stuart Mill, British economist 一个政府压制它的人民，以使他们成为自己手中的驯服工具——即便是为了正当的目的——它也会发现，靠受压制的人是不可能真正成就什么大事的。英国经济学家 穆勒J.S.
※The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time. 要想多做事情，最简单的办法是一次只做一件事。
※If you want a thing (well) done, do it yourself. 要想做好事情，就要自己动手。
※Keep thing seven years and you will find a use for it. 备而不用。
