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it

/it/US // ɪt //UK // (ɪt) //

它,它是,它的,这

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Definitions

pron.代词 pronoun
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    nominative it,possessive its or it,objective it;plural nominative they,possessive their or theirs,objective them.

    • : : It has whitewall tires and red upholstery. You can't tell a book by its cover.
    • : : It was the largest ever caught off the Florida coast. Who was it? It was John. The horse had its saddle on.
    • : : The judge told the jury it must decide two issues.
    • : : It all started with Adam and Eve. He has been taught to believe it all his life.
    • : : Since you don't like it, you don't have to go skiing.
    • : : It is six o'clock. It is five miles to town. It was foggy.
    • : : If it weren't for Edna, I wouldn't go.
    • : : Where does it hurt? It looks bad for the candidate.
    • : : It is said that love is blind.
    • : : How's it going with you?
    • : : It is necessary that you do your duty. It was a gun that he was carrying.
    • : Informal.: It having rained for only one hour didn't help the crops.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
    • : Slang. sex appeal.sexual intercourse.

Phrases

  • it figures
  • it never rains but it pours
  • it stands to reason
  • it takes all sorts
  • it takes getting used to
  • it takes one to know one
  • it takes two to tango
  • that does it

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • He made an easy target, the know-it-all liberal egghead who demeaned the wisdom of the American people.

  • On her own path, though, the “relationship know-it-all” is embracing her own, different natural progression.

  • In her Twitter profile bio, writer Liz Tuccillo calls herself a “relationship know-it-all.”

  • The Lennon Wall in Admiralty is a mosaic of Post-It notes, each square a scribbled wish.

  • Its only failure was that it lacked the right kind of losing-it drama Oscar night watchers crave.

  • I was "strung up" to a high degree of expectation and listened every moment to hear the panpipes and the Roo-too-too-it.

  • And yet—can you understand it?With a tender smile and a tear, And a half-compassionate yearning,I felt her grown more dear.

  • He wuz very peart and sassy, and it was take-it-or-leave-it-and-be-plaguey- quick-about-it all the time.

  • But in that other heart how was it?how with the sweet saint that was talking to herself in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs?

  • What was there hidden under that despairing wail?it was the parting of the last strand of the cord of youthful hope.