what

1. QUEST You use what in questions when you ask for specific information about something that you do not know. 什么 (用于疑問句，就所不知道的事詢問具體信息)

What do you want?

你要什么？

What did she tell you, anyway?

她到底對(duì)你說了什么？

"Has something happened?"—"It certainly has."—"What?"

“發(fā)生了什么事嗎？”—“是的。”—“是什么事？”

2. DET What is also a determiner. 什么

What time is it?

現(xiàn)在幾點(diǎn)鐘？

What crimes are the defendants being charged with?

被告被控何罪？

"The heater works."—"What heater?"

“加熱器可以用。” —“什么加熱器？”

3. CONJ 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. 什么 (用在某些詞后，尤其是動(dòng)詞和形容詞后，指未知或不確定的情形)

You can imagine what it would be like driving a car into a brick wall at 30 miles an hour. 你可以想像以每小時(shí)30英里的速度，開車向一面磚墻撞去會(huì)是什么樣子。

I want to know what happened to Norman. 我想知道諾曼出什么事了。

4. DET What is also a determiner. 什么

I didn't know what college I wanted to go to. 我不知道我想上什么樣的大學(xué)。

I didn't know what else to say. 我不知道還能再說點(diǎn)什么。

5. CONJ 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. 用于某些從句之首，表示強(qiáng)調(diào)[強(qiáng)調(diào)]

What precisely triggered off yesterday's riot is still unclear. 具體是什么引發(fā)了昨天的暴亂仍然不清楚。

What I wanted, more than anything, was a few days' rest. 我最想要的是休息幾天。

6. CONJ You use what in expressions such as what is called and what amounts to when you are giving a description of something. …那樣的

She had been in what doctors described as an irreversible vegetative state for five years. 她陷入醫(yī)生們所說的一種不可逆轉(zhuǎn)的植物人狀態(tài)已達(dá)5年之久。

7. CONJ You use what to indicate that you are talking about the whole of an amount that is available to you. 所有的 (指所能獲得的全部)

He drinks what is left in his glass as if it were water. 他把杯子里所剩下的全部喝光，好像那是水一樣。

8. DET What is also a determiner. 所有的

They had used what money they had. 他們用盡了所有的錢。

9. CONVENTION 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. 什么？ (表示聽到對(duì)方的話，請(qǐng)對(duì)方繼續(xù)說下去)[口語]

"Dad?"—"What?"—"Can I have the car tonight?"

“爸爸？”—“什么？”—“我今晚可以用車嗎？”

10. CONVENTION 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?" 什么 (表示沒聽清楚或沒聽明白而請(qǐng)別人重復(fù)剛說過的話，沒有)(pardon)(和)(excuse me##excuse)(正式和禮貌)[口語]

"They could paint this place," she said. "What?" he asked. “他們可以把這個(gè)地方油漆一下，”她說?！笆裁?？”他問。

11. CONVENTION You say "What" to express surprise. 表示吃驚[情感]

"Adolphus Kelling, I arrest you on a charge of trafficking in narcotics."—"What?"

阿道弗斯·克林，我現(xiàn)在以販毒的罪名逮捕你?！薄笆裁矗俊?/p>

12. PREDET You use what in exclamations to emphasize an opinion or reaction. 多么 (用于感嘆句，強(qiáng)調(diào)某種看法或反應(yīng))[強(qiáng)調(diào)]

What a horrible thing to do. 做這樣的事多可怕！

13. DET What is also a determiner. 多么

What pretty hair she has, nice and thick. 她的頭發(fā)多漂亮啊，好看又濃密。

14. ADV You use what to indicate that you are making a guess about something such as an amount or value. 嗯 (表示對(duì)數(shù)量或價(jià)值等的猜測(cè))[ADV n]

It's, what, eleven years or more since he's seen her. 自從他上次見到她，已經(jīng)有，嗯，11年甚至更久了。

15. CONVENTION You say guess what or do you know what to introduce a piece of information that is surprising, that is not generally known, or that you want to emphasize. 你知道嗎 (用于講述讓人吃驚的、不為人知的消息，或表示強(qiáng)調(diào))

Guess what? I'm going to dinner at Mrs. Chang's tonight. 你知道嗎？我今晚要去常太太家吃晚飯啦。

16. PHRASE 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. 不然又是什么 (用于問句末尾，更有力地陳述觀點(diǎn)，并期待別人同意自己的看法)[強(qiáng)調(diào)]

Look at that moon. Is that beautiful or what?

看那月亮。很美，不是嗎？

17. CONVENTION You say so what? or what of it? to indicate that the previous remark seems unimportant, uninteresting, or irrelevant to you. 那又怎么樣呢 (表示別人剛說的話對(duì)自己不重要、沒意思或不相干)[情感]

"What if there is no kerosene this winter?" said Al.—"So what?" she said. "We still have electricity."

“今年冬天如果沒有煤油可怎么辦呢？”阿爾說?！澳怯衷趺礃?？”她說。“我們還有電呢?！?/p>

"You're talking to yourself."—"Well, what of it?"

“你在自言自語。”—“呵，那又怎么樣？”

18. PHRASE You say "Tell you what" to introduce a suggestion or offer. 你聽我說 (表示提出建議)

Tell you what, let's stay here another day. 你聽我說，咱們?cè)谶@兒再住一天吧。

19. PHRASE You use what about at the beginning of a question when you make a suggestion, offer, or request. …怎么樣 (用于問句句首，表示提建議或要求)

What about going out with me tomorrow?

明天和我一塊出去怎么樣？

20. PHRASE You use what about or what of when you introduce a new topic or a point that seems relevant to a previous remark. …又怎么樣 (用于引入與剛說過的話相關(guān)的新話題或觀點(diǎn))

Now you've talked about work on daffodils, what about other commercially important flowers, like roses?

既然你談到了種植水仙，那么其他有重要商業(yè)價(jià)值的花卉，如玫瑰，又怎么樣呢？

21.  PHRASE 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. …怎么了 (用于請(qǐng)別人解釋提問的原因)

"This thing with the Corbett woman."—"Oh, yeah. What about her?"

“與那個(gè)姓科比特的女人有關(guān)的那件事?！薄班蓿前?，她怎么了？”

22.  PHRASE You say what if at the beginning of a question when you ask about the consequences of something happening, especially something undesirable. 如果…怎樣 (用于疑問句之首，詢問某事尤其是不希望發(fā)生的事的后果)

What if this doesn't work out?

如果這行不通怎么辦呢？

23.  what's more→see more