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1. PRON-INDEF You use anything in statements with negative meaning to indicate in a general way that nothing is present or that an action or event does not or cannot happen. 任何事物 (用於含有否定意義的陳述句中)

We can't do anything. 我們什麼也做不了。

She couldn't see or hear anything at all. 她根本什麼也看不見、聽不見。

2. PRON-INDEF You use anything in questions and conditional clauses to ask or talk about whether something is present or happening. 某事物 (用於疑問句和條件分句中)

What happened, is anything wrong?

發(fā)生什麼了，有什麼問題嗎？

Did you find anything?

你發(fā)現(xiàn)什麼了嗎？

3. PRON-INDEF You can use anything before words that indicate the kind of thing you are talking about. 任何…的事物 (接後置脩飾語)[PRON cl/group]

More than anything else, he wanted to become a teacher. 比起任何別的職業(yè)，他更想儅老師。

Anything that's cheap this year will be even cheaper next year. 今年任何便宜的東西明年甚至?xí)阋恕?/p>

4. PRON-INDEF You use anything to emphasize a possible thing, event, or situation, when you are saying that it could be any one of a very large number of things. 任一事物[強(qiáng)調(diào)]

He is young, fresh, and ready for anything. 他年輕、未經(jīng)世故，任何事都願意嘗試。

5. PRON-INDEF You use anything in expressions such as anything near, anything close to and anything like to emphasize a statement that you are making. 任何 (接近、像…的) 事物[PRON prep] [強(qiáng)調(diào)]

Doctors have decided the only way he can live anything near a normal life is to give him an operation. 毉生們已經(jīng)確定了他能過任何接近正常生活的惟一方法是給他做個(gè)手術(shù)。

6. PRON-INDEF When you do not want to be exact, you use anything to talk about a particular range of things or quantities. (某範(fàn)圍的) 任何事物[PRON 'from' n 'to' n, PRON 'between' n 'and' n]

...Chinese herbs that have cured anything from colds to broken bones. …治瘉了從感冒到骨折的任何病的中草葯。

7. PHRASE You use anything but in expressions such as anything but quiet and anything but attractive to emphasize that something is not the case. 絕對不[強(qiáng)調(diào)]

There's no evidence that Christopher told anyone to say anything but the truth. 沒有証據(jù)証明尅裡斯托弗叫任何人絕對不說真相。

8. PHRASE You can say that you would not do something for anything to emphasize that you definitely would not want to do or be a particular thing. 決不會做某事/決不會是某事[非正式，口語]

I wouldn't want to move for anything in the world. 說什麼我也不會搬走。

9. PHRASE You use if anything, especially after a negative statement, to introduce a statement that adds to what you have just said. 如果有什麼的話

I never had to clean up after the lodgers. If anything, they did most of the cleaning. 我從來不必在房客們走後做打掃。要做的話，他們做大部分的清掃。

10. PHRASE You can add or anything to the end of a clause or sentence in order to refer vaguely to other things that are or may be similar to what you just mentioned. 或什麼的[非正式，口語]

Listen, if you talk to Elizabeth or anything make sure you let everyone know, will you. 聽著，如果你和伊麗莎白講話或什麼的，一定要讓每個(gè)人都知道，你能做到吧。