third person singular present of be, Old English is, from Germanic stem *es- (cognates: Old High German, German, Gothic ist, Old Norse es, er), from PIE *es-ti- (cognates: Sanskrit asti, Greek esti, Latin est, Lithuanian esti, Old Church Slavonic jesti), from PIE root *es- "to be." Old English lost the final -t-. See be. Until 1500s, pronounced to rhyme with kiss. Phrase it is what it is, indicating resigned acceptance of an unpleasant but inevitable situation or circumstance about which nothing positive really can be said, is attested by 2001.
雙語例句
1. In conversational English " is not " often contracts to " isn't ".
口頭英語中is not 常縮寫為 isn ‘ t.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. There is ( but ) little hope.
沒有什么希望. ( 比較:There is alittlehope. 還有一點希望.)
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
3. Beauty is an attitude. It has nothing to do with age.
美是一種態度，與年齡無關。
來自金山詞霸
4. The best thing to do when entering unknown territory is smile.
踏入未知地帶最好的對策就是微笑。
來自美劇《凱莉日記》
5. A miracle is something that seems impossible but happens anyway.