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PRON-INDEF-NEG
沒有什么;沒有一件(東西);沒有一點
Nothing means not a single thing, or not a single part of something.
例句
I've done nothing much since coffee time...
咖啡時間過后，我什么都沒干。
Mr Pearson said he knew nothing of his wife's daytime habits...
皮爾遜先生說，他對妻子白天的生活習慣一無所知。
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PRON-INDEF-NEG
無關緊要的事物(或人);微不足道的事物(或人)
You use nothing to indicate that something or someone is not important or significant.
例句
Because he had always had money it meant nothing to him...
因為他一直不缺錢，所以這對他來說不算什么。
While the increase in homicides is alarming, it is nothing compared to what is to come in the rest of the decade...
雖然兇殺案的增加令人擔憂，但和這個十年里接下來的幾年將要發(fā)生的事相比卻是小巫見大巫了。
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PRON-INDEF-NEG
極低的價格;相當于免費
If you say that something cost nothing or is worth nothing, you are indicating that it cost or is worth a surprisingly small amount of money.
例句
The furniture was threadbare; he'd obviously picked it up for nothing...
這件家具很破舊，顯然他是白撿來的了。
Homes in this corner of Mantua that once went for $350,000 are now worth nothing.
曼圖亞市這個位置的房子曾一度賣到35萬美元，現(xiàn)在不值幾個錢了。
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PRON-INDEF-NEG
(用于形容詞或帶 to 的不定式前表示事物或人不具備所說的性質(zhì))沒有什么，不是什么
You use nothing before an adjective or 'to'-infinitive to say that something or someone does not have the quality indicated.
例句
Around the lake the countryside generally is nothing special...
湖四周的鄉(xiāng)村總的來說沒有什么特別的。
There was nothing remarkable about him...
他沒有什么特別之處。
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PRON-INDEF-NEG
(用于 so + 形容詞、副詞前或比較級前表示強調(diào))沒有別的東西，沒有別的事情
You can use nothing before 'so' and an adjective or adverb, or before a comparative, to emphasize how strong or great a particular quality is.
例句
Youngsters learn nothing so fast as how to beat the system...
年輕人對如何鉆制度的空子學得最快。
I consider nothing more important in my life than songwriting...
我想我的生活中沒什么比寫歌更重要了。
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PHRASE
要么徹底干完，要么根本不干
You can use all or nothing to say that either something must be done fully and completely or else it cannot be done at all.
例句
Either he went through with this thing or he did not; it was all or nothing.
他要么把這件事做完，要么就不做，只有這兩種選擇。
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PHRASE
(有)比沒有好;比沒有強
If you say that something is better 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.
例句
After all, 15 minutes of exercise is better than nothing.
畢竟，鍛煉15分鐘比不鍛煉好。
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PHRASE
(用于名詞、不帶 to 的不定式或 -ing 形式前)只有，僅僅
You use nothing but in front of a noun, an infinitive without 'to', or an '-ing' form to mean 'only'.
例句
All that money brought nothing but sadness and misery and tragedy...
錢帶來的只是悲傷、痛苦和災難。
It did nothing but make us ridiculous...
這只是讓我們顯得很滑稽。
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CONVENTION
未發(fā)生;不成
You can say 'Nothing doing' when you want to say that something is not happening or cannot be done.
例句
Pay now, or nothing doing...
現(xiàn)在付錢，否則不行。
'I could take the subway and have David pick me up at the station.' — 'Nothing doing.'
“我可以坐地鐵，然后讓戴維到車站接我。”——“不行。”
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PHRASE
別無他法;只此一計
If you say that there 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.
例句
Much depends on which individual ingredients you choose. There is nothing for it but to taste and to experiment for yourself...
很大程度上取決于你選擇哪種配料。除了親口品嘗和動手嘗試外，沒有別的方法。
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.
他真希望自己的房間離衛(wèi)生間不那么遠，沒別的辦法，只能走上長長的一段穿過屋子。
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PHRASE
極其;非常
You use nothing if not in front of an adjective to indicate that someone or something clearly has a lot of the particular quality mentioned.
例句
Professor Fish has been nothing if not professional...
菲什教授一貫表現(xiàn)出很高的職業(yè)水準。
Hollywood is nothing if not creative, especially if someone else will pick up the bills.
好萊塢是極有創(chuàng)造力的地方，尤其是如果有人肯埋單的話。
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CONVENTION
沒什么;小事情
People sometimes say 'It's nothing' as a polite response after someone has thanked them for something they have done.
例句
'Thank you for the wonderful dinner.' — 'It's nothing,' Sarah said...
“謝謝你招待了這么美味的晚餐。”——“這沒什么，”薩拉說。
'I'll be on my way. I can't thank you enough, Alan.' — 'It was nothing, but take care.'
“艾倫，我要走了。真不知該怎么感謝你。”——“小事情，多保重。”
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PHRASE
不真實;不可信
If you say about a story or report that there is nothing in it or nothing to it, you mean that it is untrue.
例句
It's all rubbish and superstition, and there's nothing in it.
這都是廢話和迷信，不是真的。
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PHRASE
不費事;輕而易舉
If you say about an activity that there is nothing to it or nothing in it, you mean that it is extremely easy.
例句
This device has a gripper that electrically twists off the jar top. Nothing to it...
這個裝置有一個能擰開瓶蓋的電動鉗子，并不復雜。
If you've shied away from making pancakes in the past, don't be put off — there's really nothing in it!
如果你過去不敢做烤薄餅的話，現(xiàn)在別遲疑了，真是一點兒都不費事!
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PHRASE
(比賽或競爭中)水平不相上下，勢均力敵
If you say about a contest or competition that there is nothing in it, you mean that two or more of the competitors are level and have an equal chance of winning.
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PHRASE
(用于強調(diào)，表示事情讓人吃驚或重要)簡直，全然
You can use nothing less than to emphasize your next words, often indicating that something seems very surprising or important.
例句
What he had in mind amounted to nothing less than a total reversal of the traditional role of the executive...
他頭腦中所想的簡直就是對管理人員傳統(tǒng)角色的徹底顛覆。
You're nothing less than a murderer!
你簡直就是兇手！
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PHRASE
并非沒有道理;事出有因
If you say that it was not for nothing that something happened, you are emphasizing that there was a very good reason for it to happen.
例句
Not for nothing was the plane called 'The widow-maker'...
這種飛機被稱作“寡婦機”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.
全世界的室內(nèi)設計師都希望從英國鄉(xiāng)村花園汲取美妙的靈感，這并非沒有道理。
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PHRASE
不付代價的收益;不勞而獲
If you say that someone is getting something for nothing, you disapprove of the fact that they are getting what they want without doing or giving anything in return.
例句
What's wrong with you is that you think you can get something for nothing.
你的問題是你認為自己可以不勞而獲。
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PHRASE
絕對沒有;絕無此事
Nothing of the sort is used when strongly contradicting something that has just been said.
例句
'We're going to talk this over in my office.'—'We're going to do nothing of the sort.'...
“我們打算到我辦公室把這件事談個明白。”——“我們決不同意這么做。”
Mrs Adamson said that she was extremely sorry, in tones that made it clear that she was nothing of the sort.
亞當森夫人說她深感抱歉，但她的語氣清楚地讓人感到她毫無歉意。