thank和thanks的用法區別
1. 在現代英語中,thank用作名詞表示“感謝”時,衹用複數形式,不用單數形式。如:
Thanks for listening. 謝謝收聽。
We expressed our thanks.我們表達了自己的謝意。
My wife also asks to join her greeting and thanks. 我妻子也要我順致她的問候和感謝。
若要加語氣,名詞thanks有時可用many, a thousand等脩飾。如:
A thousand thanks for your invitation. 非常感謝你的邀請。
Many thanks for your letter of 17 March. 非常感謝您3月17日的來信。
注:漢語中說“多謝”,英語可說成Thanks. / Many thanks. / Thanks a lot. / Thanks very much. 等。但是,根據英語習慣,我們可以說Thanks a lot,卻不能說:Thank you a lot.
2. 比較以下thank用作動詞的用法:
Each of them phoned to thank me. 他們每個人都打電話來曏我道謝。
No more tea, thank you, I've had my fill. 謝謝你,不要再添茶了,我已經喝足了。
There's no need to thank me—I was only doing my job. 不用謝——這是我應做的工作。