v.认为；想；记起；考虑
n.想
I think you are very brave. 我认为你非常勇敢。
Women used to think they were on the shelf at 30. 过去女人一到30岁就认为是过了结婚年龄。
If you want to make money you've got to think money. 你要是想赚钱，脑子里就得想著钱。
He was trying to think what to do. 他在努力想办法。
I always think about her when it snows. 每当下雪的时候,我总是想起她。
He was almost too sleepy to think any more. 可是他太困了,再想不起什么了。
I was just thinking what a long way it is. 我刚才在琢磨路途太远了。
think的基本意思是“想,思索”,指使一件事情在头脑中不断地浮现或使这件事保持这种浮现的状态,可以表示“想”的动作,也可以表示“想”的状态。还可指“以为,认为”,指某事在头脑中形成一个固定的概念,即“想”的结果。think还有“想象”“想起”“打算”等意思。作“料想,想象”解时,通常用于否定句,不用于被动结构,且常与can〔could〕连用。think在口语中,尤其是美式英语中还可表示“朝…方面想”或“专想(某件事)”。
think可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,后接同源名词、代词、动词不定式、带有疑问词的动词不定式或that/wh-从句作宾语。接动词不定式作宾语时,多用于否定句或疑问句中。
think作“认为”解时,可接复合宾语,其宾语由名词、动名词、动词不定式或that从句充当。充当宾语的动名词、动词不定式或that从句常置于宾语补足语之后,而以it作形式宾语置于宾语补足语之前(it现在趋向省去); 其宾语补足语可由“(to be+) n./adj./v -ed”充当,有时也可以 v -ing充当。
think是表示思维活动的动词,常用于转移否定结构,即形式上是否定主句的谓语动词think,但意思却是否定从句的谓语动词。
To think that ...意为“没想到”“竟然”,Who would have thought ...表示“谁会想到”, wouldn't〔couldn't, shouldn't〕 think of表示“绝不能考虑〔想象〕”,这三个词组都表示因事先未料到某事而感到惊讶。
当主句是I (don't) think...时,如构成反意疑问句,则其附加疑问句部分须与宾语从句中的主语和谓语一致。
think后不需用非人称代词it替代前面的整个句子,而可使用替代词so或not。
think作“相信,认为”解时,既不用于进行体,也不用于现在完成进行时; 作“考虑”“想念”解时,可用于进行体。think的过去完成时可用来表示过去未曾实现的意图、打算或愿望。
think可引出直接引语。可用于被动结构。
think常用于转移否定句型,但在以下几种情况下否定词仍多出现在从句中。①当think的主语是除I或we以外的名词或代词时。例如:She thinks the cap is not beautiful.她认为这顶帽子不漂亮。②当think前有副词或起强调作用的助动词(如do〔does〕)时,或当think和另外一个动词构成并列谓语时,或当think用在疑问句中时。例如:I sometimes think you are not a good man.有时我认为你不是一个好人。I do think you shouldn't stay with me.我认为你不该和我呆在一起。I think and hope that you're not leaving so early.我认为,也希望你不要离开得太早。Do you think that I cannot finish the job?你认为我不能完成工作吗?③如果think后的从句中含有no, never, nothing, nobody或含有带not的固定词组如can't help, not at all等时。例如:I think nobody would like to help you.我想,没人愿意帮助你。④当think用于一般过去时、过去进行时或完成时态。例如:I thought you cannot pass the examination.我认为你不能通过考试。I was thinking that you wouldn't stay here.我在想你不会呆在这儿。I had thought that he wouldn't catch the bus.我认为他不会赶上公共汽车的。
有时候not位置的不同会引起意思的不同。试比较: I think this is not a good book.我认为这不是一本好书。(表示的是本人的意见)I don't think this is a good book.我不认为这是本好书。(表示有人说它是一本好书,但“我”加以否定)
英美人,尤其是美国人在回答问题或表示某种看法时很少说I think so,而多说Probably,I should think so等比较婉转的词。
think在口语中有时还可用作名词,意为“思考”或“考虑”,一般用于单数形式,可用不定冠词修饰,常出现在have (got) another think coming短语中,意为“必须修改个人的意见、计划等”或“搞错”。例如:I'll have to have a think about this before I give you an answer.这个问题我得好好想一想才能给你答复。If he thinks she's going to say “yes” he's got another think coming.如果他认为她会说同意的话,那他就错了。If you think I'm going to pay all your bills, you've got another think coming.你要是以为我会替你付清账单,你简直是异想天开。
v.[古]据我看来
vt.使思考；想起
