/θæŋk ||; θæŋk/verb [T] thank sb (for sth/for doing sth) to tell sb that you are grateful 感谢；谢谢；道谢；致谢: I'm writing to thank you for the present you sent me. 收到你送给我的礼物，谨此专函致谢。I'll go and thank him for offering to help. 他主动帮助我，我要去向他道谢。 ☞ Thank you and thanks are both used for telling somebody that you are grateful for something. Thanks is more informal Thank you very much for your letter. ‘How are you, Rachel?’ ‘Much better, thanks.’ You can also use thank you and thanks to accept something that somebody has offered to you ‘Stay for dinner.’ ‘Thank you. That would be nice.’ When you want to refuse something you can say no, thank you or no, thanks ‘Would you like some more tea?’ ‘No, thanks.’ 表示谢意可以用thank you或thanks。thanks用于非正式的场合：Thank you very much for your letter.收到你的信，十分感谢。·‘How are you, Rachel?’ ‘Much better, thanks.’“雷切尔，身体好吗？”“好多了，谢谢。”表示接纳对方给你的东西亦可以说thank you或thanks：‘Stay for dinner.’ ‘Thank you. That would be nice.’“留下吃晚饭吧。”“好的，谢谢。”婉言拒绝对方的提议可以说no, thank you或no, thanks：‘Would you like some more tea?’ ‘No, thanks.’“你还要茶吗？”“不用了，谢谢。” thank God/goodness/heavens used for expressing happiness that sth unpleasant has stopped or will not happen （用于表示放下心来或松一口气）感谢上帝，谢天谢地: Thank goodness it's stopped raining. 谢天谢地，雨总算停了。