单词 | nothing of the sort |
释义 | nothing of the sortnothing of the sort 1 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. → nothing of the sort/kind at nothing1(13) 2 British EnglishBrE spokenUNTRUENOT DO something used to say angrily that something is not true or that someone should not do something 根本不是;绝对不行〔用于气愤地否认某事或不让某人做某事〕 ‘I’m going to watch TV.’ ‘You’ll do nothing of the sort!’ “我要看电视。”“不行!” Examples from the Corpus nothing of the sort• It sounds unkind, but nothing of the sort was ever remotely true of Borg.• But nothing of the sort happens.• Maggie expected him to look annoyed but he did nothing of the sort.• In practice, of course, he does nothing of the sort.• This is nothing of the sort.• Uncle Allen remembered nothing of the sort.• So far, Holly says, he has seen nothing of the sort.• Kiki was a Garbo fanatic and looked on herself as a femme fatale even though she was nothing of the sort. → nothing of the sort at sort1(5) |
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