thanking
present participle ofthank
| 单词 | thanking |
| 释义 | thanking present participle ofthank thank verb[T] uk/θæŋk/us/θæŋk/A2 toexpressto someone that you arepleasedabout or aregratefulfor something that they have done: He thanked mefortaking himhome.
Relieved and thankful
Idiomshavesomeoneto thank (forsomething) I'll thank you to dosomething thanksomeoneforsomething thankyourlucky stars thank God, goodness, heaven(s), etc. won't thankyoufor doingsomething Examplesofthankingthanking In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Thankingsomeone in this manner may sound discourteous. From theCambridge English Corpus We begin our response bythankingespecially those commentators who have taken such strongly critical positions against our arguments. From theCambridge English Corpus Finally, the functions ofthankingare considered, and these are seen, at least in par t, as resulting from its sequential position in discourse structure. From theCambridge English Corpus Formal features such as function, intonation, and continuation patterns are included, as well as situational features such as setting, par ticipants, and type ofthanking. From theCambridge English Corpus The most frequent conversational routines forthankingwere found to be thanks/ thank you with expansions, in telephone as well as face-to-face conversation. From theCambridge English Corpus We take this opportunity ofthankingthe author of the note appended to our article for pointing out our inaccuracy. From theCambridge English Corpus I received a most courteous reply,thankingme for my help. From theCambridge English Corpus I wish to conclude bythankingmy critics for the attention which they have awarded my ideas. From theCambridge English Corpus An author could have made do with privatelythankingthose who helped him: he would have perfectly fulfilled his duties. From theCambridge English Corpus I can write a very simple personal letter, for examplethankingsomeone for something. From theCambridge English Corpus I want to begin bythankingall the participants in today's roundtable for their comments and criticisms, and especially those who worked to conceive and arrange it. From theCambridge English Corpus We welcome the new arrivals, as well asthankingthose who have left. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot end my remarks withoutthankingall those who have so kindly given help to us from abroad. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I know that he would wish to join me inthankingall our colleagues who sought en masse to have a debate on this subject. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I take this opportunity ofthankingthe many willing and generous donors who helped us through a difficult period. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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