來自古英語 thus,因此,如此,來自 Proto-Germanic*thus,因此,來自 PIE*to,指示代詞,詞源 同 this,that.可能來自 this 的拚寫變體,並產生詞義和用法上的差別。
英文詞源
thus
thus: [OE] Thus is something of a mystery word. It presumably belongs to the family of words (that, there, etc) that go back to the prehistoric Germanic demonstrative base *tha-, but how its fits into the family tree is not clear. Its only close relative is Dutch dus ‘thus’.
thus (adv.)
Old English þus "in this way, as follows," related to þæt "that" and this; from Proto-Germanic *thus- (cognates: Old Saxon and Old Frisian thus, Middle Dutch and Dutch dus), from PIE *to-.
雙語例句
1. Thus far, the two prime ministers have achieved no concrete results.
到目前為止,兩位首相還沒有取得實質性成果。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He had thus far succeeded in fending off my conversational sallies.
他迄今為止一直不為我說的俏皮話所動。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Jimmy is adopted and thus unrelated to Beth by blood.