| 词汇 | nothing |
| 释义 | nothingWord family nounnothingariannothingarianismnothingismnothingnessnothing Numbers noth·ing1 /ˈnʌθɪŋ/ ●●● S1 W1 pronoun 1 NONE/NOTHINGnot anything or no thing 没有任何东西；没有事 Nothing ever happens in this town. 这镇上从来都不会发生什么特别的事。 There’s nothing in this box. 这盒子里什么也没有。 There was nothing else the doctors could do. 医生们没有别的办法了。 He had nothing more to say. 他没有更多要说的了。 We know nothing about her family. 我们对她的家庭一无所知。 I couldn’t just stand by and do nothing. 我不能就那样袖手旁观。 I promised to say nothing about it to anyone. 我答应这件事对谁也不说。 We’ve heard nothing from her for weeks. 我们好几个星期没有她的音信了。 There’s absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. 根本没有什么好难为情的。 ‘Do you know much about business?’ ‘Nothing at all.’ “你对做生意了解得多吗？”“一窍不通。” She had eaten virtually nothing at supper. 晚饭她几乎什么也没吃。 There’s nothing wrong with the data. 这些数据没什么差错。 There’s nothing new about this. 这没有什么新鲜的。 A brief search was made but they found nothing untoward. 他们简单地搜查了一番，没发现任何异常。 2 nothing but only 只有；只是 She’d had nothing but bad luck. 她净倒霉了。 Examples from the Corpus nothing but• They saw nothing but a dim grayness, or was it blackness?• His death was nothing but an absurd, ludicrous accident.• They did nothing but argue for the whole journey.• You could walk from there till your feet ached, and still you'd see nothing but herring.• Indeed I was forgetful, pathologically so, and for this too I felt nothing but remorse.• At one time we had about eighty people here who did nothing but research into various family genealogies.• Charles, by contrast, had known nothing but restriction and discipline.• Nora objects, it's been nothing but ringing phones and boiling kettles, doorbells and toilets, since you began.• There was nothing but salad to eat.• This car's been nothing but trouble. 3 have nothing against somebody/something if you have nothing against someone or something, they do not annoy or offend you 对某人/某事不反感 I have nothing against him personally. 我对他本人并不反感。 Examples from the Corpus have nothing against somebody/something• Now I want this distinctly understood, that I have nothing against Cleveland.• Atari and Psion, like most companies, have nothing against enthusiasts making one or two copies for personal back-ups.• I have nothing against Jack personally, I just don't like his line of work.• I have nothing against Mr Jack Neighbours, who sadly, I understand, was killed in the war.• I have nothing against the Arabs ... They are the same as us.• I have nothing against the Arabs.• I have nothing against these resorts, but my own shortlist of best resorts would not include any of them.• I have nothing against thorns and prickles so long as you can admire them from a safe distance. 4 UNIMPORTANTsomething which is considered unimportant, not interesting, or not worth worrying about 微不足道的事，小事 ‘What have you been doing?’ ‘Nothing. Just sitting here.’ “你都在干些什么？”“没干什么，只是在这里坐着。” There’s nothing on television tonight. 今晚电视没什么可看的。 ‘What did you do last weekend?’ ‘Oh, nothing much.’ “你上周末做了什么？”“嗯，没做什么事。” Politics meant nothing (=was not important) to me for years. 多年来政治对我无关紧要。 The meal was nothing special (=it was not unusual or interesting) – just fish with a cheese sauce. 那顿饭没什么特别的——就是鱼配干酪酱。 5 especially American EnglishAmEHMNNONE/NOTHING zero 零 SYN British English nil We beat them ten to nothing. 我们以十比零击败了他们。 6 have/be nothing to do with somebody/something if you have nothing to do with someone or something, or if someone or something has nothing to do with you, you are not involved or connected with it 与某人/某事毫不相干；与某人/某事无关 He said that he had nothing to do with the decision. 他说他和那个决定毫不相干。 As I said, it’s nothing to do with me. 我说了，这事与我无关。 That’s got nothing to do with you. 那不关你的事。 I want nothing to do with (=do not want to be involved) the whole thing. 我可不想牵扯到这件事里去。 My staff had nothing whatsoever to do with this. 我的员工和这件事毫不相干。 Examples from the Corpus have/be nothing to do with somebody/something• We have nothing to do with each other.• He was nothing to do with her and Alan.• Finally, he was publicly warned and barred from communion, and the people advised to have nothing to do with him.• But that smell might very well have nothing to do with it.• These are things to be proud of, but they have nothing to do with rank or class.• I have nothing to do with the motel.• General Smuts will have nothing to do with you. 7 for nothing a) FREE/COST NOTHINGwithout paying for something or being paid for something 不要钱；不交钱，免费 Why pay a plumber when my brother will do it for nothing? 我弟弟就可以免费干，何必花钱去请管子工呢？ b) FAILREASONif you do something for nothing, you make an effort but do not get the result you want 毫无结果；白白地 We went all that way for nothing. 我们白白走了那么远的路。 Examples from the Corpus for nothing• I don't want to struggle all my life for nothing.• Nobody gets anything, for nothing.• Peres is to be blamed for nothing.• If we don't get the contract all our hard work will have been for nothing.• My dad said he'd fix it for nothing.• We drove all the way down there for nothing.• After all, it wasn't dubbed the Palace for nothing.• Ironically, later auf became a local expression for a long wait, or working for nothing.• We got the car for nothing because the woman wanted to get rid of it fast.• His mind was set on walking down his quarry and had room for nothing else.• Hell, his great-grandaddy used to work for nothing, for all that matter.• You can skate for nothing if you want.• What could be more stable than for nothing to change? 8 no money or payment at all 不值钱；不花钱 This service will cost you nothing. 这项服务不收费。 When a car has done that many miles, it’s worth nothing. 一辆车行驶了这么多里程，根本不值钱了。 9 there’s nothing like something used to say that something is very good 什么都比不上某事物 There’s nothing like a hot bath after a day’s climbing. 爬了一天的山以后，没什么比得上好好泡个热水澡了。 Examples from the Corpus there’s nothing like something• Facing page: there's nothing like a brew to soothe aching limbs but where's the Kendal Mint cake?• And there's nothing like a conversation when you smoke.• No, there's nothing like a good laugh to make you feel better about yourself.• When the weather's good there's nothing like a luxurious dessert to give a special menu a final flourish.• There's nothing like a nice hot bath to help you relax.• Second team or not, however, there's nothing like the first century. 10 there’s nothing in/to something UNTRUEused to say that what people are saying about someone or something is not true 某事不真实 It seems there’s nothing in the rumours that she’s pregnant. 看来关于她怀孕的说法是无稽之谈。 Examples from the Corpus there’s nothing in/to something• Come on, old girl, there's nothing to be frightened of now.• But the National Rivers Authority, which has investigated the site, says there's nothing to fear.• You find there's nothing to it, a false rumour.• The name in a way is obvious; there's nothing to it really.• It's because there's nothing in it.• And often there's nothing to show for it at the end.• But it's going to be all right - there's nothing to worry about.• Nine times out of ten, using this tactic, you discover that there's nothing to worry about. 11 if nothing else used to emphasize one good quality or feature that someone or something has, while suggesting that it might be the only good one 不说别的〔用于强调某一好的特性或特征，但暗示这可能是唯一的优点〕 If nothing else, the report points out the need for better math education. 不说别的，该报告起码指出了改进数学教育的必要性。 Examples from the Corpus if nothing else• Everybody knew each other, and had grown up in proximity, if nothing else.• There must be a Rafferty son who could at least do some digging, if nothing else.• On this, if nothing else, both left and right can certainly agree.• Used to be that Republicans were if nothing else, civil human beings.• And a strike, if nothing else, creates lots of opportunities.• Good manners, if nothing else, decreed that she stayed.• It's boring, but if nothing else, I can get my homework done.• At the very least, if nothing else is available, works should be rinsed with lots of cold water.• The formulation of classifications provides, if nothing else, mental exercise for geomorphologists.• If nothing else, the report points out the need for better math education. 12. come to nothing if a plan or action comes to nothing, it does not continue or does not achieve anything 〔计划或行动〕没有结果，终未实现 Examples from the Corpus come to nothing• Crack addicts, criminals, people whose lives have come to nothing.• Even Sam Smith's valiant attempts to reduce the deficit came to nothing.• Plots to dispose of him came to nothing.• Sadly it has come to nothing.• Speculation that the deputy chairman, Lord Barnett, might also be removed came to nothing.• Without action your job hunting will come to nothing.• But it had come to nothing, and in the process he had recognised the truth behind his motives.• If this was the intention it came to nothing, for the title was abolished in 1554. 13 be nothing if not something used to emphasize a particular quality that someone or something has 极其，非常〔用于强调某种特性〕 You’ve got to admit – he’s nothing if not persistent. 你得承认，他极为执着。 Examples from the Corpus be nothing if not something• The World Wide Web is nothing if not a participatory medium.• But Yeltsin is nothing if not a risk-taker.• The plan was nothing if not complicated.• Shelley's prose is nothing if not inspired and inspiring.• That kid is nothing if not noisy.• The Suffolk farmhouse was nothing if not practical.• Herbert Wadlough is nothing if not reliable.• He was nothing if not vain. 14. nothing doing spoken used to refuse to do something 不行，我不干 Examples from the Corpus nothing doing• Lend you $500? Nothing doing!• Clinton did some frantic shuttle diplomacy, but there was nothing doing.• I wanted to get to know him all right, but nothing doing. 15 (there’s) nothing to it spokenEASY used to say that something is easy to do 〔做某事〕没有困难，很容易 Anyone can use a computer. There’s nothing to it! 人人都会用电脑，很简单的！ 16 it was nothing/think nothing of it spokenTHANK used when someone has thanked you a lot for something you have done for them 别放在心上，没什么〔用于回应他人的感谢〕 ‘Thank you so much.’ ‘Oh, it was nothing.’ “太感谢你啦。”“哎呀，没什么。” 17 nothing of the sort/kind spokenREFUSEUNTRUE used to say strongly or angrily that something is not true or will not happen 绝对不行；绝对不可能〔用于严词否认〕 ‘I’ll pay.’ ‘You’ll do nothing of the sort!’ “我来付账。”“绝对不行！” Examples from the Corpus nothing of the sort/kind• Even apparent moves by the regime to resolve the crisis turn out on closer inspection to be nothing of the kind.• In reality, of course, Pooley had done nothing of the kind.• It is nothing of the kind.• Maggie expected him to look annoyed but he did nothing of the sort.• Uncle Allen remembered nothing of the sort.• But nothing of the sort happens.• It sounds unkind, but nothing of the sort was ever remotely true of Borg. 18 have nothing on somebody informal if someone has nothing on you, they are not better than you at something 比不上某人 She’s got nothing on you when it comes to writing. 说起写作，她可比不过你。 Examples from the Corpus have nothing on somebody• He realized she must have nothing on.• Where that girl is concerned I have nothing on my conscience.• When it comes to conniving, deceptive control freaks, ex-boyfriends have nothing on record companies.• Another time she seemed to have nothing on under a grass skirt as she danced on a mirrored floor.• She seemed to have nothing on underneath, which made the wheel in my stomach behave in an entirely crazy fashion. 19 there’s nothing for it but to do something DO something/TAKE ACTION British EnglishBrE used when there is only one thing you can do in a particular situation 除了做某事以外别无他法 → sweet nothings at sweet1(13), → to say nothing of at say1(45), → nothing on earth at earth1(9) There was nothing for it but to go back the way we came. 我们除了原路返回，没有别的办法。 5 GRAMMAR 语法 Do not use nothing with another negative word (eg ‘not’). Use anything. 如果有其他否定词(如not)，不要用nothing，而要用anything I could not find anything suitable (NOT 不说 I could not find nothing suitable). 我找不到合适的东西。 n GRAMMAR: Negatives Don’t use nothing with another negative word such as ‘not’. Use anything. You say: I could not find anything suitable. ✗Don’t say: I could not find nothing suitable. 我找不到合适的东西。 Examples from the Corpus nothing• "What did you say?" "Oh, nothing."• I never said nothing about taking you swimming.• Nothing ever happens around here.• There's nothing in this box.• It's nothing, just a scratch.• The kids were complaining there was nothing to do.• I have nothing to wear to the wedding.• No, there's nothing wrong, I'm all right. nothing else• She had on socks and nothing else!• She sees him as a friend and nothing else.• When nothing else happened disappointment diluted her excitement.• If nothing else, I know him.• If nothing else, it gives an indication of the performance to be expected from a well-maintained battery.• If nothing else, that would get boring.• If nothing else the meeting serves as a useful way of getting everyone's ideas together.• I am sorry, but there's nothing else to be done.• Everyone taught or studied; there was nothing else to do.• It was a fairly preposterous starting point, but there was nothing else to go on. nothing much• "What did you do last weekend?" "Oh, nothing much."• After more than a hour nothing much had changed.• Despite the tension, nothing much happens, but there is plenty of talk.• Yet, she knows, as the unemployed assuredly know, that nothing much is going to happen quickly.• His secret: nothing much more complicated than understanding what constitutes an explanation.• I had nothing much to do before reporting to the banker at four o'clock.• And for the past 10 years they have had nothing much to do except talk.• Only two or three clowns dressed up and nothing much took place.• For the rest of the ride nothing much was said. nothing2 adverbadv 1 be/seem/look nothing like somebody/something LIKE/SIMILAR#to have no qualities or features that are similar to someone or something else 一点都不像某人/某物 She’s nothing like her brother. 她一点都不像她的哥哥。 She looked nothing like her photograph. 她和照片上一点都不像。 2 be nothing less than something (also be nothing short of something)VERY used to emphasize that something or someone has a particular quality or seems to be something 简直是；近乎〔用于强调〕 His behaviour was nothing short of rudeness. 他的行为简直就是无礼。 Old English nan thing, nathing “no thing” →5 GRAMMAR1 →n GRAMMAR2nothing2 adverbadv |
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