anything
pronoun uk/ˈen.i.θɪŋ/ us/ˈen.i.θɪŋ/
(SOMETHING)
A1 （用于疑问句或否定句中）任何事物，任何东西
used in questions and negatives to mean "something"
Is there anything I can do to help? 有什么地方我可以帮忙的吗？
Was there anything else you wanted to say or is that it? 你还有什么要说的吗？还是就到此为止？
Do you have anything less expensive? 你们还有没有便宜些的？
Let me know if anything happens, won't you? 发生什么事就告诉我，好吗？
I didn't know anything about computers till I started this job. 在开始这项工作以前，我对电脑一无所知。
I was looking for a birthday present for my mother but I didn't find anything suitable. 我一直留意要给母亲买件生日礼物，可一件合适的也没有看到。
Did you notice anything strange about him? 你注意到他有什么异样的地方吗？
Spending Christmas with him and his brother - I can't imagine anything worse! 跟他兄弟俩一起过圣诞节？我可想象不出比这更糟糕的事了！
If he eats anything with wheat in it he's very sick. 他吃任何含有小麦的食物，都会很不舒服。
"What did you do over the weekend?" "I don't think we did anything much." “你们周末干什么了？”“什么也没干。”
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- There was so much cloud, we couldn't see anything.
- Did anything come of all those job applications?
- You didn't do anything wrong, - you should have a clear conscience .
(ANY OBJECT/SITUATION)
A1 无论什么东西;随便什么事情
any event, act, object, or situation
He said I could order anything on the menu. 他说菜单上的东西我可以随便点。
She could be anything (= any age) between 30 and 40. 她的年龄介于30到40岁之间。
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- We christened him 'Slowcoach' because he took so long to do anything.
- They're not fabulously rich or anything, but they're quite comfortable.
Idioms
anything butidiom 恰恰不；根本不；决不
used to mean the opposite of the stated quality
She's meant to be really nice but she was anything but nice when I met her. 她确实是想对别人好，可是我和她碰面的时候，她真的不怎么样。
The long-term prospects for the economy are anything but comforting.
The story sounded dark and depressing but I'm happy to say I found it anything but.
People think fraud is a victimless crime - it is anything but.
anything likeidiom （用于否定句中）全然，根本
used with negatives to say that someone or something is not at all similar to someone or something else
The pictures on cereal boxes don’t look anything like the actual stuff you eat. 麦片包装盒上的图片跟真正吃到的一点儿也不像。
as... as anythingidiom mainly UK informal （用于强调形容词或副词）非常，很，无比
used to add emphasis to an adjective or adverb
He's as fat as anything (= very fat). 他很胖。
for anything (in the world)idiom informal 无论如何
If you say that you would not do a particular thing for anything (in the world), it means that you certainly would not do it.
I wouldn't have missed your party for anything. 我本来无论如何都不会错过你的聚会。