"I heard 'cheers' hundreds of times when I lived in London. It was strange to me at first but I got used to it and when I used it myself I felt I gave a 'less foreign' impression." Cheers真有那么神奇的魔力，能让外乡人觉得自己像个地道的英国人？
Cheers最为大家熟知的含义是“干杯”，它表达了人们喝酒碰杯时对彼此的祝福。而今天，我们要讲的是cheers在英式英语里面的一个独特含义，这个用法在英国相当普及，you could hear "cheers" all over the place, whether on the street, in pubs or at university among students...这时候，"cheers" is equivalent to "thank you" in response to a favour or assistance given。
原来"cheers"还有“谢谢”的意思。So any time you want to say thank you, you can just replace that with the word cheers in British English. 我们可以在大多数情况下把cheers这个词当作thank you来使用，不过"cheers" meaning "thanks" is slang or colloquial，用cheers会不会显得不正式呢？
In the UK formal situations are often quite informal anyway. It is quite informal but we can still use it formal situation--so with your boss, when talking to someone you don't know so well.
在英国，即使是在一个正式的场合，大家也都比较随便，所以不论你是在和老板或是一个陌生人说话的时候，都可以使用cheers这个词。
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