thanks

Word family  noun thanks thankfulness adjective thankful thankless verb thank adverb thankfully

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++thanks1 /θæŋks/ ●●● S1 interjection informal  1  THANKused to tell someone that you are grateful for something they have given you or done for you 感谢，谢谢 SYN thank you ‘Pass the salt, please ... thanks.’ “请把盐递过来…谢谢。”thanks for Thanks a lot for the drink. 多谢你请我喝酒。 Thanks very much for your help. 非常感谢你的帮助。 Many thanks for the lovely flowers. 花很漂亮，非常感谢。thanks for doing something I’d love to go to the party. Thanks for asking me. 我非常愿意去参加派对。谢谢你邀请我。2  THANKused as a polite way of accepting something that someone has offered you 谢谢〔表示礼貌地接受〕 ‘Do you want another cup of coffee?’ ‘Oh, thanks.’ “你还想要一杯咖啡吗？”“呃，谢谢。”3  spokenANSWER/REPLY used when politely answering someone’s question 谢谢〔用于对某人问题的礼貌回答〕 ‘Hi, Bill, how are you?’ ‘Fine, thanks.’ “嗨，比尔，你好吗？”“很好，谢谢。”4  no thanks informal NOused to say politely that you do not want something 不用，谢谢〔用于礼貌拒绝某事物〕 ‘How about some cake?’ ‘Oh, no thanks, I’m on a diet.’ “来点蛋糕怎么样？” “哦，不用，谢谢，我在节食。”5. thanks a lot informal  (also thanks a bunch American English spoken) used when really you are annoyed about something and you do not mean ‘thank you’ at all 谢谢你〔反语，表示对某事感到生气〕

Examples from the Corpus

thanks• "Do you want another cup of coffee?" "Oh, thanks."• Could you hold the door for me? Thanks.thanks for doing something• Thanks for ringing. and thanks for all the effort that you have put in personally.• A: No, but thanks for asking, Mom.• Charlie, thanks for giving us so much of your time.• J., thanks for reminding me.• Many thanks for your help in this matter.• The youth leader conveyed her thanks for the re-covering of the snooker table.• We should appreciate their help and give thanks for it but never waste our strength worrying about its fairness.• Yet Congress seems to be getting little thanks for this from the voters.thanks2 ●●○ W3 noun [plural]  1  THANKthe things you say or do to show that you are grateful to someone 感谢，感激；谢意 Joe got up and left without a word of thanks. 乔起身离开了，一句感谢的话也没有说。thanks to My thanks to all of you for your help. 我对你们大家的帮助表示感谢。2  thanks to somebody/something informal because of someone or something 归功于某人/某事物；多亏某人/某事物 We’ve reached our goal of $50,000, thanks to the generosity of the public. 我们完成了募集50,000美元的目标，这要归功于公众的慷慨大方。 Some ski resorts opened early, thanks to a late-October snowstorm. 一些滑雪胜地提前开放了，这多亏10月末的一场暴风雪。 ► Don’t say ‘thank to someone/something’.不要说 ‘thank to someone/something’。3  no thanks to somebody/something spoken an expression meaning ‘in spite of’, used when someone should have helped you but did not 并非由于某人/某事物才… It was no thanks to you that we managed to win the game. 我们并不是因为你才打赢了那场比赛。 → vote of thanksn COLLOCATIONSverbsexpress your thanks (=say that you are grateful)I would like to express my thanks to you for all your support.offer/extend your thanks to somebody (=thank someone publicly)We would also like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the medical staff at Broadgreen Hospital.give thanks (=thank God)Let us give thanks for the beauty of the world.thanks go to somebodyAbove all, our thanks go to Barbara Lambourne.adjectivesgrateful thanksOur grateful thanks go to everyone who took part in the event.sincere/heartfelt thanksPlease accept my most sincere thanks for all your help.special thanksSpecial thanks are due to John Bryden for his advice.

Examples from the Corpus

thanks• He won't get any thanks from them for being so honest.• Thereafter the Bambino became an object of pilgrimage and there are thanks offerings all around.• Nobody commented; after brief thanks and farewells, Jack departed and the two friends went indoors.• In it she expressed her thanks and gratitude to him for changing her whole dying experience.• I expressed my thanks and sat down.• She received a personal letter of thanks from the president.• He wrote me a short letter of thanks.• I'd like to propose a vote of thanks to Sandra for organizing the whole evening.• She got up and left without a word of thanks.• Please accept this bottle of champagne as our thanks for organizing the seminar.• And Ley and EconoMax supermarkets are seeing profits rise thanks to maquila food coupons.thanks to• The play was a great success thanks to the effort and commitment of everyone involved.• Today thanks to the Internet, you can do all your Christmas shopping from home.Origin thanks2 (1300-1400) Plural of thank “gratefulness” ((11-17 centuries)), from Old English thanc “thought, gratefulness”

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thanks¹ S1 /θæŋks/ interjection informal
1. used to tell someone that you are grateful for something they have given you or done for you
   SYN  thank you:
    ‘Pass the salt, please ... thanks.’
    thanks for
    Thanks a lot for the drink.
    Thanks very much for your help.
    Many thanks for the lovely flowers.
    thanks for doing something
    I’d love to go to the party. Thanks for asking me.
2. used as a polite way of accepting something that someone has offered you:
    ‘Do you want another cup of coffee?’ ‘Oh, thanks.’
3. spoken used when politely answering someone’s question:
    ‘Hi, Bill, how are you?’ ‘Fine, thanks.’
4. no thanks used to say politely that you do not want something:
    ‘How about some cake?’ ‘Oh, no thanks, I’m on a diet.’
5. thanks a lot (also thanks a bunch American English spoken) used when really you are annoyed about something and you do not mean ‘thank you’ at all

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thanks² W3 noun [plural]1. the things you say or do to show that you are grateful to someone:
    Joe got up and left without a word of thanks.
    thanks to
    My thanks to all of you for your help.
2. thanks to somebody/something informal because of someone or something:
    We’ve reached our goal of $50,000, thanks to the generosity of the public.
    Some ski resorts opened early, thanks to a late-October snowstorm.
  ► Do not say ‘thank to someone/something’.
3. no thanks to somebody/something spoken an expression meaning ‘in spite of’, used when someone should have helped you but did not:
    It was no thanks to you that we managed to win the game.
⇨ vote of thanks
     

COLLOCATIONS

■ verbs
   ▪ express your thanks (=say that you are grateful) I would like to express my thanks to you for all your support.
   ▪ offer/extend your thanks to somebody (=thank someone publicly) We would also like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the medical staff at Broadgreen Hospital.
   ▪ give thanks (=thank God) Let us give thanks for the beauty of the world.
   ▪ thanks go to somebody Above all, our thanks go to Barbara Lambourne.
■ adjectives
   ▪ grateful thanks Our grateful thanks go to everyone who took part in the event.
   ▪ sincere/heartfelt thanks Please accept my most sincere thanks for all your help.
   ▪ special thanks Special thanks are due to John Bryden for his advice.