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1 used to refer to a thing, animal, situation, idea etc that has already been mentioned or is already known about 它，这，那〔指已经提及或已为对方所知晓的事物、动物、情况、想法等〕

‘Where’s your office?’ ‘It’s on the third floor.’

“你的办公室在哪儿？”“在三楼。”

I love the spring – it’s a wonderful time of the year.

我喜欢春季 — 这是一年里最美妙的时间。

There were people crying, buildings on fire. It was terrible!

有人在哭喊，楼房在燃烧 — 太可怕了！

Don’t blame me. It wasn’t my idea.

不要责备我。这不是我的主意。

This little beast is a lemur and it lives in Madagascar.

这小动物是狐猴，它生活在马达加斯加。

2 used to refer to the situation that someone is in now, or what is happening now 〔指某人目前所处的境况或正在发生的事〕

I can’t stand it any longer. I’m resigning.

我再也忍受不了了，我要辞职。

How’s it going. Bob? I haven’t seen you for ages.

鲍勃，近况如何？我们好久不见了。

And the worst of it is the car isn’t even paid for yet.

最糟糕的是这辆车子还没有付钱。

Stop it, you two. You’re just being silly.

住手，你们俩。你们真愚蠢。

3 used as the subject or object of a verb when the real subject or object is later in the sentence 〔用作动词的主语或宾语，而真正的主语或宾语在句子的后部〕

It worries me the way he keeps changing his mind.

他老是改变主意，这让我很担心。

What’s it like being a sailor?

当水手是什么滋味？

Apparently it’s cheaper to fly than to go by train.

显然，乘飞机比坐火车便宜。

It’s a pity you couldn’t come.

你来不了，真遗憾。

It seems that we are not welcome here.

看来我们在这里不受欢迎。

I found it hard to concentrate.

我觉得很难集中精神。

4 used as the subject of a sentence when you are talking about the weather, the time, a distance etc 〔谈论天气、时间、距离等时作为句子的主语〕

Is it still raining?

还在下雨吗？

It was 4 o’clock and the mail still hadn’t come.

四点钟了，邮件还没到。

It’s my birthday today.

今天是我的生日。

It’s over 200 miles from London to Manchester.

从伦敦到曼彻斯特有二百多英里。

It gets dark very early in the winter.

冬天天黑得很早。

It’s three years since I last saw her.

我上次见到她至今已有三年了。

5 used with the verb ‘be’ to emphasize that you are talking about one particular thing, person, group etc and not any other 〔与动词 be 连用，强调你所讲的是某物、某人或某团体等，而不是任何其他的人或事物〕

It’s Lawrence you should be talking to.

你应该和劳伦斯谈谈，而不是其他人。

It was malaria that killed him.

他是死于疟疾的。

It was in New Zealand that Elizabeth first met Mr Cronje.

伊丽莎白初识克龙涅先生是在新西兰。

6 used to refer to a baby when you do not know what sex the baby is 〔指婴儿，用于不知道其性别时〕

What will you call it if it’s a boy?

要是男孩的话，你想给他取个什么名字？

7 a. used to say who a person is b. used to say who is speaking, especially on the telephone [口] 〔用于指说话的人，尤指电话里〕 spoken

Who’s that over there?’ ‘It’s Robert Morley.’

“那边的人是谁？”“是罗伯特．莫利。”

Hello, it’s Frank here.

你好，我是弗兰克。

It’s all right, it’s only me.

没事，是我而已。

8 used to refer to sex [非正式] 〔用于指性交〕 informal

Have you done it with him yet?

你和他上床了吗？

9

if it wasn’t/weren’t for sb/sth if it hadn’t been for sb/sth

also 又作 used to say who or what prevents or prevented something from happening 要不是某人; 要是没有某事物

We would have arrived much earlier if it hadn’t been for the snow.

要不是下雪，我们早就到了。

10 a particular ability or quality that is needed in order to do something [非正式] 〔做某事所需的〕特殊能力（品质） informal

11

this is it

11. used to say that something you expected to happen is actually going to happen [口] 就是它〔表示预计发生的事真要发生了〕 spoken

This is it, boys, the moment we’ve been waiting for.

时机到了，小子们，我们一直等的就是这一刻。

12

that’s it that does it

12. a. used to say that something is completely finished or that a situation cannot be changed b. used to tell someone that they are doing something correctly c. also 又作 used when you are angry about a situation and you do not want it to continue 够了〔表示愤怒，不想再继续了〕 spoken

That’s it then. There’s nothing more we can do.

那就这样了。我们再也做不了什么了。

Slowly...slowly. Yeah, that’s it.

慢点，慢点。对，就是这样。

That’s it. I’m leaving.

够了，我要离开了。

13

think you’re it

13. to think you are more important than you are [非正式] 自以为了不起 informal

Just because he got a higher mark he really thinks he’s it.

他因为分数比别人高就自以为了不起。