(1) think nothing of意为“觉得……不怎么样;觉得……没什么,不难”。
- He thinks nothing of what we've achieved in the past years.
对于我们近几年取得的成果他却认为没什么。 - The scientist thinks nothing of biking five miles to work every day.
这位科学家认为每天骑车五英里去上班没什么难的。
(2) think nothing of it意思是“不用谢;不必当成事,不必介意”,在别人道谢或道歉时用,意思同it doesn't matter。
- A: I'm sorry I interrupted your meal.
很抱歉我打扰你用餐了。
B: Oh, that's all right. Think nothing of it .
没关系,真的没什么。
(3) think little/badly of指“认为……不好”,think little of还可表示“对……不在意,不觉得难;不赞成”。
- You thought little/of him earlier, did not you?
你以前认为他不好,是吗? - She thought little of walking two miles to school.
她认为步行两英里去学校是轻而易举的事情。 - I think little of what he advocates.
我不赞成他的提议。
(4) ①think highly/well of 意为“赞赏,对……印象好,评价高”。
- The people here all think well/very highly of him. 这里的人们都很赞赏他。
- He was highly thought of by his colleagues. 他给同事们留下的印象很好。
②也可用think better of表示“对……看法变好;认为……更好”。
- I think better of her now that she has said she's sorry she offended me; that takes moral courage.
既然她因得罪我而向我道歉了,这需要道德上的勇气,我对她的看法也好转了。 - I had always thought better of you than to suppose you could be so unkind.
我过去一直认为你不至于那样狠心。
(5) think much/a great deal/a lot of意思是“对……评价很高”,与think highly of 同义。
- He thinks too much/highly of himself. (=He has too high an opinion of himself.)
他自视太高。
(6) think ill/evil/badly of (sb.)指“把(某人)想得坏”。
- Do not think ill/evil/badly of me.
不要把我想得那么坏。
(7) think poorly of指“对……评价低;低估”。
- They all think poorly of the way he treats his servant.
他们都看不惯他对待佣人的方式。
(8) think the world of意思是“对……印象非常好;非常喜欢”。
- When I was a child, I had an aunt who thought the world of me and often gave me presents.
在孩提时,有个阿姨非常喜欢我,还常送我礼物。
(9) think meanly of (sb.)意为“看不起(某人)”。
- I always think meanly of those men wearing a long plait.
我鄙视那些留着长辫子的男人。
(10) make light of意为“使……显得没实际上严重;把……看得很轻(不在意)”。
- No one will ever know how she made light of her suffering all those years.
无人知道那么多年来她是如何做到对自己的痛苦看得很淡的。 - The climbers made light of the difficulties and dangers they had faced in reaching the top of the world's highest mountain.
这些登山者把攀上世界最高峰所面临的艰难险阻看得很轻。
(11) make light work of意思是“认为……没什么,不难”。
- With their experience, the men made light work of moving the heavy furniture.
凭经验,他们认为移动这笨重的家具不算难。 - It was a difficult job, but he made light work of it.
这是一项有难度的工作,但他认为没什么。
(12) make little of也可表示“不把……当回事;觉得……没什么了不起”。
- He made little of what he had done for others.
他觉得他为别人做的事没什么。 - She made little of Mary's new car because she was jealous.
她因为嫉妒觉得玛丽那新车没什么了不起。
(13) make nothing of可表示“轻而易举地做(某事)”。
- This is one of the most difficult pieces to play, yet this wonderful young pianist made nothing of it.
这是最难演奏的乐章之一,而这位出色的年轻钢琴家轻而易举地弹完了。
