it

/ɪt/ (bre, ipa) · [ˈɪt] /ɪt/ (ame, ipa) · [ˈɪt] /ˈit ət/ (ame, mw)

it — pronoun

1. stands for a non-human referent or known situation that has already come up in t

1.代名詞A1
釋義

stands for a non-human referent or known situation that has already come up in the conversation

例句

Haruto picked up the blue scarf, then folded it into his bag.

it refers back to a mentioned object

The puppy heard the bell and chased it across the yard.

同義詞
  • this

    often points to something close or newly introduced, not simply back to an earlier mention

  • that

    often points to something more distant or to a whole idea with extra emphasis

文法句型

it + verb

verb/preposition + it

用法筆記

This sense can point back to a whole idea or event as well as a physical object. Repeat the noun instead if the reference would not be clear.

常見錯誤

❌I bought a chair, and she broke on the first day.
✅I bought a chair, and it broke on the first day.
💡use it, not he or she, for a thing.

2. holds a sentence slot until the real clause, phrase, or named person appears lat

2.代名詞A2
釋義

holds a sentence slot until the real clause, phrase, or named person appears later

例句

It surprised Linh that the museum stayed open past midnight.

it + verb + that-clause

Defne found it difficult to carry both boxes upstairs alone.

find it + adjective + to-infinitive

文法句型

it + adjective + that-clause

find it + adjective + to-infinitive

it + be + focus + who/that

用法筆記

Common before that-clauses, to-infinitives, and cleft patterns such as It was Mina who.... Distinguish it from sense 1, which refers back to something already named.

常見錯誤

❌Is hard to park here after eight.
✅It is hard to park here after eight.
💡English needs it to fill the subject position before the real idea.

3. serves as the subject when English talks about weather, temperature, time, dates

3.代名詞A1
釋義

serves as the subject when English talks about weather, temperature, time, dates, or distance

例句

It was nearly midnight when Nala finally left the studio.

it + be + time expression

It rained over the harbor while Ezra waited for the last ferry.

it + weather verb

文法句型

it + be + time expression

it + weather verb

it + be + distance expression

用法筆記

This it does not name a real thing. English uses it when the subject is time, weather, temperature, distance, or surrounding conditions.

常見錯誤

❌The weather is raining again.
✅It is raining again.
💡use it as the subject for weather expressions.

4. appears in short set expressions to mean the key point, the last limit, or the m

4.代名詞B1
釋義

appears in short set expressions to mean the key point, the last limit, or the moment something important begins

例句

If Lucía needs one final reason to resign, this is it.

this is it for a decisive moment

The stage manager raised her hand and whispered, 'This is it.'

文法句型

this is it

that's it

that was it

用法筆記

Mostly found in short set phrases such as that's it and this is it. Distinguish it from sense 1, where it refers to an earlier noun or situation.

it — adjective