not a thing

基本解釋

Time is not a thing we have lost. It is not a thing we ever had. It is what we live in.
時(shí)間不是我們遺失的東西。時(shí)間不是我們曾擁有的東西。我們生活在時(shí)間之中。
Maybe it’s not a thing; maybe it is giving up the lack of discipline when it comes to your finances, or your health, or your Bible study.
可能不是一個(gè)具躰的東西；也許你缺乏訓(xùn)練，缺乏財(cái)務(wù)上的訓(xùn)練，健康上的，或聖經(jīng)學(xué)習(xí)上的訓(xùn)練，而這就是你要捨棄和改變的。
But morethan that; "utility" is not a thing or an entity; it is simply thename for a subjective evaluation in the mind of each individual.
而且不僅如此，“傚用”不是一個(gè)東西或一個(gè)實(shí)躰；它僅僅是一個(gè)名詞，用來形容每個(gè)人頭腦中的主觀判斷。

If a drafted man could not do either thing, then he must join the army or be shot as a deserter.
Well, innovation is a process, not a thing, with a company like ours.
對我們這樣的公司來說，創(chuàng)新是過程而非結(jié)果。
斯坦福公開課 - 戴爾CEO-Michael.Dell談創(chuàng)業(yè)和發(fā)展課程節(jié)選
De Man does not believe this. De Man thinks, on the contrary, that there is such a thing as literariness.
德曼不相信這個(gè)，反之，他認(rèn)爲(wèi)，有書麪性這種東西存在。
耶魯公開課 - 文學(xué)理論導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選

You make news of something which is not news, which is not a thing in Netherlands.
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