1、在现代英语中,thank用作名词表示“感谢”时,只用复数形式,不用单数形式。
Thanks for listening.
谢谢收听。
We expressed our thanks.
我们表达了自己的谢意。
My wife also asks to join her greeting and thanks.
我妻子也要我顺致她的问候和感谢。
2、若要加语气,名词thanks有时可用many, a thousand等修饰。
A thousand thanks for your invitation.
非常感谢你的邀请。
Many thanks for your letter of 17 March.
非常感谢您3月17日的来信。
3、thank sb (for sth/doing sth)
We thanked them for all their help.
我们感谢他们的帮助。
4、have oneself/sb to thank (for sth) 对某事)负有责任; 使某人(对某事)负责
She only has herself to thank for what happened.
出了事只能怪她自己。
5、I'll thank you for sth/to do sth 用作提出请求或要求的礼貌用语
I'll thank you for that book.
请您把那本书送给我吧。
6、thank God/goodness/heaven(s) 用以表示松心或宽慰
Thank God you're safe!
谢天谢地,你平安无事!