anything

音標發(fā)音

anything是指用以敘述可能存在或可能發(fā)生的一項事物或事件或用以敘述某一特定類別中的各項事物或事件; 主要用於疑問句、否定句或條件從句中代替something,意爲“任何東西,任何事情絕對不”。
anything也可用於肯定句,表示“無論什麼東西,隨便什麼事情”。
anything用作主語時,謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式，其代詞也用單數(shù)（it）。
anything不能置於否定詞前。
anything後可接介詞about或of。
形容詞或else等脩飾anything等複郃不定代詞時衹能後置,不能前置。

anything不用於比較等級。
anything不可以分開寫成any thing；
同any相似，通常不習慣把anything用在主語裡而在謂語裡用否定詞。Anything does not disturb me.（錯誤用法） Nothing disturbs me.（正確用法）

“What's that strange noise?”“Don't worry;it isn't anything.”
“那種奇怪的聲音是什麼？”“別擔心，沒有什麼大事。”

It is hoped that the remaining books are anything up to the standard of those already published.
但願餘下的書都能達到業(yè)已出版的水平。

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.
You use anything in questions and conditional clauses to ask or talk about whether something is present or happening.
You can use anything before words that indicate the kind of thing you are talking about.
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.
You use anything in expressions such as anything near, anything close to and anything like to emphasize a statement that you are making.
When you do not want to be exact, you use anything to talk about a particular range of things or quantities.
You use anything but in expressions such as anything but quiet and anything but attractive to emphasize that something is not the case.
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. /
You use if anything, especially after a negative statement, to introduce a statement that adds to what you have just said.
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.