"it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"
"reduced to nil all the work we had done"
"we racked up a pathetic goose egg"
"it was all for naught"
"I didn't hear zilch about it"
"he looks nothing like his father"
1.没有什么;没有一件(东西);没有一点
nothing means not a single thing, or not a single part of something.
e.g. I've donenothing much since coffee time...
咖啡时间过后,我什么都没干。
e.g. Mr Pearson said he knewnothing of his wife's daytime habits...
皮尔逊先生说,他对妻子白天的生活习惯一无所知。
2.无关紧要的事物(或人);微不足道的事物(或人)
You usenothing to indicate that something or someone is not important or significant.
e.g. Because he had always had money it meantnothing to him...
因为他一直不缺钱,所以这对他来说不算什么。
e.g. While the increase in homicides is alarming, it isnothing compared to what is to come in the rest of the decade...
虽然凶杀案的增加令人担忧,但和这个十年里接下来的几年将要发生的事相比却是小巫见大巫了。
3.极低的价格;相当于免费
If you say that something costnothing or is worthnothing, you are indicating that it cost or is worth a surprisingly small amount of money.
e.g. The furniture was threadbare; he'd obviously picked it up fornothing...
这件家具很破旧,显然他是白捡来的了。
e.g. Homes in this corner of Mantua that once went for $350,000 are now worthnothing.
曼图亚市这个位置的房子曾一度卖到35万美元,现在不值几个钱了。
4.(用于形容词或带 to 的不定式前表示事物或人不具备所说的性质)没有什么,不是什么
You usenothing before an adjective or 'to'-infinitive to say that something or someone does not have the quality indicated.
e.g. Around the lake the countryside generally isnothing special...
湖四周的乡村总的来说没有什么特别的。
e.g. There wasnothing remarkable about him...
他没有什么特别之处。
5.(用于 so + 形容词、副词前或比较级前表示强调)没有别的东西,没有别的事情
You can usenothing before 'so' and an adjective or adverb, or before a comparative, to emphasize how strong or great a particular quality is.
e.g. Youngsters learnnothing so fast as how to beat the system...
年轻人对如何钻制度的空子学得最快。
e.g. I considernothing more important in my life than songwriting...
我想我的生活中没什么比写歌更重要了。
6.要么彻底干完,要么根本不干
You can useall or nothing to say that either something must be done fully and completely or else it cannot be done at all.
e.g. Either he went through with this thing or he did not; it was all ornothing.
他要么把这件事做完,要么就不做,只有这两种选择。
7.(有)比没有好;比没有强
If you say that something isbetter than nothing, you mean that it is not what is required, but that it is better to have that thing than to have nothing at all.
nothing
e.g. After all, 15 minutes of exercise is better thannothing.
毕竟,锻炼15分钟比不锻炼好。
8.(用于名词、不带 to 的不定式或 -ing 形式前)只有,仅仅
You usenothing but in front of a noun, an infinitive without 'to', or an '-ing' form to mean 'only'.
e.g. All that money broughtnothing but sadness and misery and tragedy...
钱带来的只是悲伤、痛苦和灾难。
e.g. It didnothing but make us ridiculous...
这只是让我们显得很滑稽。
9.未发生;不成
You can say 'nothing doing' when you want to say that something is not happening or cannot be done.
nothing什么意思
e.g. Pay now, ornothing doing...
现在付钱,否则不行。
e.g. 'I could take the subway and have David pick me up at the station.' — 'nothing doing.'
“我可以坐地铁,然后让戴维到车站接我。”——“不行。”
10.别无他法;只此一计
If you say thatthere is nothing for it but to take a particular action, you mean that it is the only possible course of action that you can take, even though it might be unpleasant.
e.g. Much depends on which individual ingredients you choose. There isnothing for it but to taste and to experiment for yourself...
很大程度上取决于你选择哪种配料。除了亲口品尝和动手尝试外,没有别的方法。
e.g. He wished he was not in a room so far from the bathroom. There wasnothing for it but a long trudge through the house.
他真希望自己的房间离卫生间不那么远,没别的办法,只能走上长长的一段穿过屋子。
11.极其;非常
You usenothing if not in front of an adjective to indicate that someone or something clearly has a lot of the particular quality mentioned.
e.g. Professor Fish has beennothing if not professional...
菲什教授一贯表现出很高的职业水准。
e.g. Hollywood isnothing if not creative, especially if someone else will pick up the bills.
好莱坞是极有创造力的地方,尤其是如果有人肯埋单的话。
12.没什么;小事情
People sometimes say 'It's nothing' as a polite response after someone has thanked them for something they have done.
e.g. 'Thank you for the wonderful dinner.' — 'It'snothing,' Sarah said...
“谢谢你招待了这么美味的晚餐。”——“这没什么,”萨拉说。
e.g. 'I'll be on my way. I can't thank you enough, Alan.' — 'It wasnothing, but take care.'
“艾伦,我要走了。真不知该怎么感谢你。”——“小事情,多保重。”
13.不真实;不可信
If you say about a story or report that there isnothing in it ornothing to it, you mean that it is untrue.
nothing的解释
e.g. It's all rubbish and superstition, and there'snothing in it.
这都是废话和迷信,不是真的。
14.不费事;轻而易举
If you say about an activity that there isnothing to it ornothing in it, you mean that it is extremely easy.
e.g. This device has a gripper that electrically twists off the jar top.nothing to it...
这个装置有一个能拧开瓶盖的电动钳子,并不复杂。
e.g. If you've shied away from making pancakes in the past, don't be put off — there's reallynothing in it!
如果你过去不敢做烤薄饼的话,现在别迟疑了,真是一点儿都不费事!
15.(比赛或竞争中)水平不相上下,势均力敌
If you say about a contest or competition that there isnothing in it, you mean that two or more of the competitors are level and have an equal chance of winning.
16.(用于强调,表示事情让人吃惊或重要)简直,全然
You can usenothing less than to emphasize your next words, often indicating that something seems very surprising or important.
e.g. What he had in mind amounted tonothing less than a total reversal of the traditional role of the executive...
他头脑中所想的简直就是对管理人员传统角色的彻底颠覆。
e.g. You'renothing less than a murderer!
你简直就是凶手!
17.并非没有道理;事出有因
If you say that it wasnot for nothing that something happened, you are emphasizing that there was a very good reason for it to happen.
nothing
e.g. Not fornothing was the plane called 'The widow-maker'...
这种飞机被称作“寡妇机”是事出有因的。
e.g. It's not fornothing that interior decorators the world over look to the English country garden for glorious inspiration.
全世界的室内设计师都希望从英国乡村花园汲取美妙的灵感,这并非没有道理。
18.不付代价的收益;不劳而获
If you say that someone is gettingsomething for nothing, you disapprove of the fact that they are getting what they want without doing or giving anything in return.
e.g. What's wrong with you is that you think you can get something fornothing.
你的问题是你认为自己可以不劳而获。
19.绝对没有;绝无此事
nothing of the sort is used when strongly contradicting something that has just been said.
e.g. 'We're going to talk this over in my office.'—'We're going to donothing of the sort.'...
“我们打算到我办公室把这件事谈个明白。”——“我们决不同意这么做。”
e.g. Mrs Adamson said that she was extremely sorry, in tones that made it clear that she wasnothing of the sort.
亚当森夫人说她深感抱歉,但她的语气清楚地让人感到她毫无歉意。
20. see also: sweet nothings
nothing to write home about -> see home
to saynothing of -> see say
nothing short of -> see short
to stop atnothing -> see stop
to thinknothing of -> see think
1. 没什么:威尔去远方寻找答案. 他不明白自己的老婆为什麼要跟自己最好的朋友做爱,既然不明白他就逃去他方找答案,他流浪了许多地方认识了很多女人,但没有一个成为女友. 最后,他写了一部名叫<>(nothing)的小说送给玛莉,在他结束自己的失踪后.
I had nothing in the world but a million-pound note.
除了一张百万英镑的钞票,这世上我是一无所有。
Don't scold her, she's nothing but a child.
不要责骂她,她只不过是个孩子。
nothing but to-/ v 〔to- v〕At present I can do nothing but wait.
目前,我只好等待。
They did nothing but complain.
他们只知道抱怨。
He wanted nothing but to stay there.
他什么也不想,就想呆在那儿。
We have no choice but to arrive late.
除了迟到以外,我们并无选择。
She saw nothing either funny or comforting in her sister relaxing.
出自:M. KeaneBefore, there had been nothing but the deepening of a..golden glow.
出自:J. C. PowysIn Bucharest nothing can be kept secret for long.
出自:O. ManningThere was nothing anyone could do but..wait for the news.
出自:G. VidalHad a bit of trouble..today...nothing we couldn't easily handle.
出自:R. P. JhabvalaDon't blow no bubbles or nothing.
出自:T. OTo solve..problems you have to..think of nothing else.
出自:C. P. SnowHe could think of nothing to say.
出自:P. AckroydI knew nothing of Camilla, had never even heard of her.
出自:H. JacobsonFull professors..who read nothing but cereal boxes.
出自:D. DeLilloThose..whose dream remains a separate state or nothing.
出自:Daily MailFew..possess the talent to do..nothing.
出自:Woman HomeThe sound faded into nothing.
声音逐渐消失了。
Two minus two leaves nothing.
二减二等于零。
His latest play is nothing.
他的新戏一文不值。
She is an interesting person but her husband is a real nothing.
她是个很有趣的人,但是她的先生却一无是处。
This will help you nothing.
这对你毫无帮助。
It's nothing like what it used to be.
这完全不是老样子。
I've done nothing much since coffee time...
咖啡时间过后,我什么都没干。
Mr Pearson said he knew nothing of his wife's daytime habits...
皮尔逊先生说,他对妻子白天的生活习惯一无所知。
Because he had always had money it meant nothing to him...
因为他一直不缺钱,所以这对他来说不算什么。
While the increase in homicides is alarming, it is nothing compared to what is to come in the rest of the decade...
虽然凶杀案的增加令人担忧,但和这个十年里接下来的几年将要发生的事相比却是小巫见大巫了。
The furniture was threadbare; he'd obviously picked it up for nothing...
这件家具很破旧,显然他是白捡来的了。
Homes in this corner of Mantua that once went for 350,000 are now worth nothing.
曼图亚市这个位置的房子曾一度卖到35万美元,现在不值几个钱了。
Around the lake the countryside generally is nothing special...
湖四周的乡村总的来说没有什么特别的。
There was nothing remarkable about him...
他没有什么特别之处。
Youngsters learn nothing so fast as how to beat the system...
年轻人对如何钻制度的空子学得最快。
I consider nothing more important in my life than songwriting...
我想我的生活中没什么比写歌更重要了。
Either he went through with this thing or he did not; it was all or nothing.
他要么把这件事做完,要么就不做,只有这两种选择。
After all, 15 minutes of exercise is better than nothing.
毕竟,锻炼15分钟比不锻炼好。
All that money brought nothing but sadness and misery and tragedy...
钱带来的只是悲伤、痛苦和灾难。
It did nothing but make us ridiculous...
这只是让我们显得很滑稽。
Pay now, or nothing doing...
现在付钱,否则不行。
'I could take the subway and have David pick me up at the station.' 'u2014 'nothing doing.'
“我可以坐地铁,然后让戴维到车站接我。”——“不行。”
Much depends on which individual ingredients you choose. There is nothing for it but to taste and to experiment for yourself...
很大程度上取决于你选择哪种配料。除了亲口品尝和动手尝试外,没有别的方法。
He wished he was not in a room so far from the bathroom. There was nothing for it but a long trudge through the house.
他真希望自己的房间离卫生间不那么远,没别的办法,只能走上长长的一段穿过屋子。
Professor Fish has been nothing if not professional...
菲什教授一贯表现出很高的职业水准。
Hollywood is nothing if not creative, especially if someone else will pick up the bills.
好莱坞是极有创造力的地方,尤其是如果有人肯埋单的话。
'Thank you for the wonderful dinner.' 'u2014 'It's nothing,' Sarah said...
“谢谢你招待了这么美味的晚餐。”——“这没什么,”萨拉说。
'I'll be on my way. I can't thank you enough, Alan.' 'u2014 'It was nothing, but take care.'
“艾伦,我要走了。真不知该怎么感谢你。”——“小事情,多保重。”
It's all rubbish and superstition, and there's nothing in it.
这都是废话和迷信,不是真的。
This device has a gripper that electrically twists off the jar top. nothing to it...
这个装置有一个能拧开瓶盖的电动钳子,并不复杂。
If you've shied away from making pancakes in the past, don't be put off 'u2014 there's really nothing in it!
如果你过去不敢做烤薄饼的话,现在别迟疑了,真是一点儿都不费事!
What he had in mind amounted to nothing less than a total reversal of the traditional role of the executive...
他头脑中所想的简直就是对管理人员传统角色的彻底颠覆。
You're nothing less than a murderer!
你简直就是凶手!
Not for nothing was the plane called 'The widow-maker'...
这种飞机被称作“寡妇机”是事出有因的。
It's not for nothing that interior decorators the world over look to the English country garden for glorious inspiration.
全世界的室内设计师都希望从英国乡村花园汲取美妙的灵感,这并非没有道理。
What's wrong with you is that you think you can get something for nothing.
你的问题是你认为自己可以不劳而获。
误 nothing is not satisfactory.
正 Everything is satisfactory.
析 nothing用作主语时,谓语动词不可用否定式。
They hadnothing in common with me.
他们和我毫无共同点。
2017全国卷1
My color television has given menothing but a headache.
我的彩电除了让我头疼之外, 什么也没带给我。
2015全国卷2
Opposition to telescopes on Mauna Kea isnothing new.
反对在莫纳克亚山上使用望远镜并不是什么新鲜事。
2017英语一
The core of her successful defence was that she knewnothing.
她成功辩护的核心是她一无所知。
2015英语一
For them, history didnothing, it possessed no immense wealth nor waged battles: "It is man, real, living man who does all that."
对他们来说,历史什么也没有做,它没有拥有巨大的财富,也没有发动战争:“ 做这一切的是人,真正的、活着的人。”
2012英语二
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