thing
单词辨析：
通常指关乎利益、命运等的紧要事务，必须予以考虑或解决。
This is a serious matter that you need to concentrate on.
这件事很严重，你需要集中精力解决。
This is a matter for the manager to decide.
这是该由经理决定的事。
指令人印象深刻的重大事件或具有某种特点的不寻常之事。
Who first reported the Watergate affair?
谁最先报道了水门事件？
The wedding was a very grand affair.
婚礼场面非常隆重。
affairs 表示公共或政治事务、活动，也可指私事。
She is interested in public affairs.
她对公共事务感兴趣。
Don't keep asking about my financial affairs.
不要总是打听我的财务问题。
指需要完成或讨论的重要事务，也指归某人管的事或某人持有某种看法的事情。
Let's get down to the unfinished business.
我们来处理尚未了结的事务吧。
My family life is my personal business.
我的家庭生活是我的私事。
He regarded homework as serious business.
他把作业当作重要的事。
指关系到某人切身利益、引起其关注或担忧的重要事情。
What is a mother's main concern?
当妈妈的最关心什么？
How to control inflation has become a major concern for consumers.
如何控制通货膨胀已成为消费者关注的重要问题。
普通用词，词义最为广泛，可指任何事实、事件、情况、行为等。
That strange thing worried him a lot.
那件奇怪的事情让他十分不安。
The first thing to do is to improve their working conditions.
首要的事是改善他们的工作环境。
相关例句：
I realised I had a big problem. I wanted to be all things to all people
我意识到我有个大毛病，我总想不得罪任何人。
He came by on Saturday to see if she was lonely. One thing led to another and he stayed the night.
他星期六过来看看她是不是感到孤独。自然而然地，他就留下来过夜了。
'I wonder why.' Mr. Dambar shrugged. 'It must be just one of those things, I guess.'
“我也不知道为啥，”丹巴先生耸了耸肩，“我想可能是赶巧了吧。”
I'll go see her, first thing
我一早就去看她。
She'd actually taken it home and she put it in this jar thing
她确实把它拿回了家，放在了一个罐子模样的东西里。
Sara wished Franklin to follow family tradition, in this as in all things.
萨拉希望富兰克林在这件事上和所有其他事情一样，能遵循家庭传统。