thus

正式或书面语中的副词，表示“以这种方式”，也常表示“因此、由此”。

💡 记忆钩子

先想象“事情按这种方式发生”：thus 表示“如此、这样地”；当“如此”带来后续结果时，就自然延伸为“因此、于是”。

📝 学习建议

建议先掌握表示结果的“因此、由此”这一常见书面用法，再记住表示方式的“如此、这样地”用法。
不要把 thus 误看成 this；它不是“这个”，而是指“以这种方式”或“由此产生的结果”。

📖 中文释义

adv

core 如此；以这种方式

📖 表示按照眼前所示或前文说明的方式来做，即“这样地、如此地”。它把“如此”看成一种具体的做法或动作方式。

💡 常用模式是“动词 + thus”，也可以用在句末说明动作应怎样完成。这个用法较正式或带文学色彩，日常对话通常用“这样”或“这么”。不要把它单独理解成“因此”；这里重点是动作的方式，而不是结果。

formal literary not-comparable

Hold the brush thus, with your fingers near the end.

像这样拿着画笔，手指靠近末端。

The machine is designed to fold the boxes thus.

这台机器的设计就是要这样折叠箱子。
core 因此；由此

📖 表示前面的事实或行动带来了后面的结果，相当于“因此、由此、于是”。可以把它理解为“事情如此，所以结果也随之出现”。

💡 常用模式是“前一句；thus，后一句”，也可写成“thus + 动词短语”来简洁地引出结果。它是正式的句间连接副词，通常不能像普通并列连词那样只用逗号连接两个完整句子。日常口语中更常用“so”，正式写作中则常用 thus 来使因果关系更紧凑。

conjunctive formal literary not-comparable

The roads were closed; thus, we had to take a longer route.

道路封闭了，因此我们不得不走更远的路线。

She saved a little every month and thus paid for the course herself.

她每个月存一点钱，于是靠自己付清了课程费用。

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 3 组

(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; ; ; ;

同义词集: therefore hence thence thus so

therefore X must be true

the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory

we were young and thence optimistic

it is late and thus we must go

the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted

in the way indicated; ; ; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant)

同义词集: thus thusly so

hold the brush so

set up the pieces thus

an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation

同义词集: frankincense olibanum gum olibanum thus

上位: gum

🌳 词源

源自古英语，原义与“如此、以这种方式、到这种程度”有关。

From Middle English thus, þus, from Old English þus (“thus, in this way, as follows, in this manner, to this extent”), from Proto-West Germanic *þus (“so, thus”), perhaps originally from a variant of the instrumental form of this, related to Old English þȳs (“by this, with this”), Old Saxon thius (“by this, with this”). Cognate with Scots thus (“thus”), North Frisian thus, Saterland Frisian dus, düs (“thus”), West Frisian dus (“thus”), Dutch dus (“thus, so”), Middle High German dus (“thus, as follows”). Compare also Dutch zus (“thus, hence”), Low German sus (“thus, hence”), Middle High German sus (“thus, hence”), a similar formation from the stem of Proto-West Germanic *swā (“so”).

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