三個(gè)感謝單詞用法各不同

thank

(adj。) thankful (unthankful); (n。) thankfulness

thank作為及物動(dòng)詞，常用搭配是thank sb (for sth / for doing sth)，如：

She said goodbye and thanked us for coming。

thank表示“感謝”，習(xí)慣上只接“人”作賓語(yǔ)，而不能接“事”作賓語(yǔ)：

正：Thank you for your help。

誤：Thank your help。

另外的用法：

1. have sb to thank for (doing) sth 歸功于，如：

I have my parents to thank for my success。

2. thank your lucky stars 感謝你的幸運(yùn)之星，口語(yǔ)中用于表達(dá)幸運(yùn)，尤其是躲過(guò)了不愉快或危險(xiǎn)的事。如：

Just thank your lucky stars you weren't in the house at the time。

appreciate

(adj。) appreciative (inappreciative); (n。) appreciation

appreciate作為“感激”解釋時(shí)是及物動(dòng)詞，常用搭配：appreciate doing sth，后跟動(dòng)名詞或代詞it代指的事情。習(xí)慣上只能接“事”作賓語(yǔ)(object)，而不能接“人”作賓語(yǔ)：

正：I'd appreciate some help。

誤：I'd appreciate you for some help。

appreciate也指“欣賞”，有“對(duì)某事物有一定的興趣及認(rèn)識(shí)”的含義，如：

In time you'll appreciate the beauty and subtlety of this language。

此外，在商業(yè)書(shū)信來(lái)往中，appreciate一字出現(xiàn)率頗高，但其意和上面提及的“欣賞”音樂(lè)有所不同;如：

We greatly appreciate your getting the goods to us at such short notice。

在這句里，“We greatly appreciate.。。”和“Thank you for.。。”含意相同。

appreciate的第三個(gè)意思是“(對(duì)一種情況或問(wèn)題的)理解”，如

I fully appreciate your concern. We will do all in our power to help。

appreciate的另一用法是指某東西“增值”，是不及物動(dòng)詞，如：

Their investments have appreciated over the years。

大家有沒(méi)有留意到appreciate解作升值時(shí)是不需接賓語(yǔ)(object)的?

grateful

(反)ungrateful; (n。) gratitude (ingratitude)

grateful沒(méi)有相應(yīng)的動(dòng)詞，它的常用搭配是be grateful to sb for sth，或者后面跟不定式或that從句，如：

I am extremely grateful to all the teachers for their help。

She seems to think I should be grateful to have a job at all。

He was grateful that she didn't tell his parents about the incident。

另外，grateful也可用于表達(dá)請(qǐng)求，這種用法在書(shū)信或者其他正式場(chǎng)合用得比較多，如：

I would be grateful if you could send the completed form back as soon as possible。

除了上述的用法區(qū)別之外，thank, appreciate和grateful在表達(dá)情感上也有略微的區(qū)別：

"When you are 'grateful' to someone, you can sometimes feel a little 'beholden' to them. It creates a feeling of 'owingness'." 也就是說(shuō)grateful帶有一點(diǎn)“義務(wù)”的性質(zhì)。

而另一方面，"When we appreciate someone or something there is a feeling of ending. There is a feeling of finality. We do not feel the need to pay this person back." 當(dāng)我們用appreciate有點(diǎn)意味著這件事的結(jié)束，不需要再做什么回報(bào)。

另外，oblige (vt。) 一詞也有“使感激”的意思，如：

I'm much obliged to you. 我非常感謝你。

不過(guò)oblige更常見(jiàn)的含義是“迫使”，如：

Parents are obliged by law to send their children to school。