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Definition of nothing in English: nothingpronoun ˈnʌθɪŋˈnəθɪŋ 1Not anything; no single thing. 什么都没有；一点儿都没有 我什么也没说。 there's nothing you can do 你无能为力。 他们没发现什么不对劲。 Example sentencesExamples - The final ten minutes of the piece are nothing like anything in the rest of the film which is a real shame.
- They didn't take anything because there was nothing for them to take.
- What's the use, it never changes anything, nothing ever happens at all.
- Anastasia stood still, looking around for anything suspicious, but nothing happened.
- It's not like him and Melissa did anything wrong so he had nothing to be worried about.
- They are with an unloved partner because, ultimately, anything is better than nothing.
- This is just incredible, it's nothing like anything in Ohio that I've ever worked on.
- If you get it wrong, there's nothing you can do, you're never gonna make anything good.
- So there was nothing extremist about anything the family have said so far.
- Of course, none of this has happened yet, and it very well may be that nothing comes of anything.
- So off I went again, browsing the site knowing that I could afford a CD single and nothing else.
- I can see nothing nor hear anything but I get a prickling feeling on the back of my neck.
- Don't worry though - if you haven't done anything wrong you've nothing to fear.
- I could find nothing wrong in anything that John Howard said in his speech today.
- There is nothing permanent about anything positive or negative in our lives.
- What we have today is a diluted bill that does nothing to repeal anything.
- Those people who discard anything unwanted at their feet may see nothing wrong or offensive about their behaviour.
- There has been nothing to suggest anything odd was happening at their house.
- The other two plans are to do nothing or have a single congestion charging zone.
- I don't have to do anything, or say anything, and nothing I do do will be assessed.
Synonyms not a thing, not a single thing, not anything, nothing at all, nil, zero Northern English nowt informal zilch, sweet Fanny Adams, sweet FA, nix, not a dicky bird British informal damn all, not a sausage North American informal zip, nada, a goose egg, bupkis British vulgar slang bugger all, sod all, fuck all archaic nought, naught - 1.1 Something of no importance or concern.
无关紧要的事 ‘What are you laughing at?’ ‘Oh, nothing, sir’ “你在笑什么？”“哦，没什么，先生。” 他（它）们在他心目中算不了什么。 as noun no longer could we be treated as nothings 我们再也不能被当作无足轻重的人来对待了。 Example sentencesExamples - But that is nothing compared to the concerns all Leeds United fans must have.
- She would not have been burned, but she would have been treated as nothing.
- In retrospect, the most shocking thing was the way the police treated the violence as nothing.
- In America, after all, if you are not an immense success, a star, you are nothing, a human zero.
- Whether they were anything to me or nothing to me, I felt everyone's pain equally.
- My trivial career concerns are nothing compared to the what she and Zach live through every day.
- It was like their argument had amounted into nothing in the face of such beauty.
- My embarrassment was nothing compared to my father's sense of guilt.
- Her surprise was nothing compared to the reason for the unannounced change given her by the driver.
Synonyms a matter of no importance/consequence, a trifling matter, a trifle, a piece of trivia, a (mere) bagatelle neither here nor there informal no big deal a person of no importance, an unimportant person, a person of no account, a nobody, a nonentity, a cipher, a non-person a lightweight British small beer - 1.2 (in calculations) no amount; nought.
（计算中数量上的）无，零 Example sentencesExamples - What I could not get used to was the money, huge wads of notes amounting to virtually nothing.
- First the forward transaction costs nothing for either party to enter into.
Synonyms zero, nought, 0 Tennis love Cricket a duck
adjectiveˈnʌθɪŋˈnəθɪŋ informal attributive Having no prospect of progress; of no value. 〈非正式〉没前途的；没价值的 he had a series of nothing jobs 他做过一些毫无价值的工作。
adverb ˈnʌθɪŋˈnəθɪŋ 1Not at all. 一点也不，毫不 a man who cared nothing for her 她毫不关心别人。 he looks nothing like the others 他跟其他人完全不像。 - 1.1North American informal postpositive Used to contradict something emphatically.
〈北美，非正式〉 用于强烈地表示相反看法根本不是（这样） ‘This is a surprise.’ ‘Surprise nothing.’ “这是意料不到的事。”“根本不是。”
Phrases1At no cost; without payment. 无代价地，分文不花地；无偿地；无报酬地 working for nothing is a luxury I can't afford Example sentencesExamples - He will probably even be paid for a job he'd have done for nothing.
- Renting china is very expensive so we would like to know if we could use your china for nothing.
- Admission was free and the four played for nothing, which has yet to provoke the organisers' gratitude.
- I phoned her to say loads of my constituents will do it for nothing!
- Irish rugby is about to get a brand new home, free, gratis and for nothing.
- In effect that meant money for nothing for those prepared to wait.
- Nicole Kidman wants to star in a radio play for the BBC and she's so keen that she'll do it for nothing.
- I've even had an offer from a designer to put it together for nothing.
- Rarely a day passes when letters drop on doorsteps offering an irresistible way to make money or win a free gift for nothing.
- I can say to any CEO that if it doesn't cut their costs then they can have the inventory system for nothing.
- No party ever offered such a cornucopia of naked bribes to the voter, all absolutely free, gratis and for nothing.
Synonyms free, gratis, without charge, without payment, free of charge, at no cost 2To no purpose. 徒劳地，白白地；无效果地 he died anyway, so it had all been for nothing 不管怎么说，他已经死了，因此这一切都白费了。 Example sentencesExamples - I am afraid that a whole country, an entire people, will be destroyed for nothing.
- It takes nerves of steel to bite your tongue and say nothing because we'd rather be paid than end up having an argument for nothing.
- Not for nothing were his closest guards called the Companion Cavalry.
- Surrender and save lives, or resist and let more people be killed for nothing.
- They don't call this sleepy frontier town Little Hollywood for nothing.
- They're not going to come back for the hard training, busting a gut for nothing.
- Not for nothing is Alastair clad in the finest cloth, his plaid trimmed in gold, his stockings tied with silk garters.
- They have been training very hard, Michael Bond hasn't gone back there for nothing.
Synonyms in vain, to no avail, to no purpose, with no result, needlessly, pointlessly, futilely
informal (concluding a list of negatives) nothing at all. 〈非正式〉（用在一连串否定的最后）什么也没有 how could you solve it with no clues, no witnesses, no nothing? 没有线索，没有证人，什么都没有，这案子你怎么能破得了？ Example sentencesExamples - There's no blood, no gore, no inventive deaths, no kick-ass villain, no nothing.
- We didn't visit people there but drove straight through from Israel on a four-lane highway - no border, no check-point, no nothing.
- There was no acting, no agenda, no nothing with him.
- There was no light, no candles, no nothing, just that endless night.
- Catherine, there are no deals, no agreements, no nothing.
- All of a sudden there were no noise complaints, no nothing.
- We were completely free, there was no pressure, no nothing - a total creative environment.
- ‘There were no maps, no photos, no nothing,’ she says of her trip up and down the 15,000-foot towers on the China-Russia border.
- But when you're 15 and there's no cinema, no way to get home from a gig, no nothing, all you want to do is get out.
- That's it: no fanfare, no entourage, no nothing.
For a very good reason. 很有好处 not for nothing have I a brother-in-law who cooks professionally 我有个厨艺一流的姐夫是很有好处的。 Example sentencesExamples - And, not for nothing, Deadwood's got the most complex characters on television.
- But an architect's seven-year training is not for nothing.
- It was not for nothing that the area was declared a top security zone by the Nazis during the Second World War.
- After all, their heavy investment was not for nothing.
- It's not for nothing that this author published a dissertation on another poet of private systems, William Blake.
- But it's not for nothing that I carry a too-large belly too.
- It's not for nothing that the studio is painted silver.
- It's not for nothing that they call our heritage Judeo-Christian.
- It was not for nothing that Goethe's house in East German Weimar was lovingly preserved.
- It is not for nothing that we are called the Festival City.
nothing but the best will do 只有最好的才行。 Example sentencesExamples - What he does know, however, is that working with lots of women has nothing but benefits.
- I have been looked after in an exemplary fashion and I have nothing but praise for them.
- At a recent talk we gave, Ann was accused of eating nothing but scones and toasted teacakes.
- Widescreen is nothing but a means to achieve presentation in the original aspect ratio.
- The hours were long, we were fed nothing but sandwiches, and the uniforms were awful.
- He held her for a very long time, in which she did nothing but simply be in his long arms, so sorry and so loving.
- I supposed if there is nothing but noise in your life you have no choice but to deal with it.
- Its nice to be able to chat with people around the world who are share nothing but the URL address in the browser.
- He's over in the kitchen area, wearing nothing but his hat and a baggy pair of Y-fronts.
- Her health meant that if she walked out on her husband she would have nothing but the clothes she stood in.
Synonyms merely, only, just, solely, simply, purely, no more than
1informal There is no prospect of success or agreement. 没有希望 He wants to marry her. Nothing doing! 他想娶她。没门儿！ 2informal Nothing is happening. 什么也没发生 there's nothing doing, and I've been waiting for weeks 什么事情都没发生，而我却等了好几个星期。
nothing (or nothing else) for it there was nothing for it but to follow 除了跟着（干）别无他法。 Example sentencesExamples - There was nothing for it but to improve what they had.
- But there was nothing for it but to clear my throat and dial.
- I decided that there was nothing for it - we'd have to replace the ceiling.
- Their car is marooned in fog; there is nothing for it but to wait, and their uneasy banter is interspersed with stylised flashbacks, giving clues not merely to their present situation but to Leo's psychotic state.
- Poor old Rod's telly was on the blink, and he understandably felt there was nothing for it but to scamper up for a fiddle around with the aerial.
- There's nothing for it, I'm just going to have to unwrap the whole thing.
- So, anyway, come Monday there's always a small pile of left-over high calorie stuff from the fridge that ought to go in the bin, except there's nothing at all wrong with it and there's nothing for it but to set myself down and eat it up.
- I guess there's nothing for it but to keep chewing and swallowing.
- Over the next four days there was nothing for it but bed rest, regular doses of paracetamol washed down with water, and the occasional banana for sustenance.
- I double checked against the previous few entries, pulled down the calendar to verify, but there was nothing for it, I had to admit to myself that my disjointed day had indeed been a Tuesday.
he has proved nothing if not consistent Example sentencesExamples - He is nothing if not a local hero.
- They are nothing if not frank about their ideological orientation.
- He has been nothing if not controversial in a career that began as a teenage trainee on the fisheries board before he bought his first boat at the age of 21.
- Wallace, nothing if not versatile, acted and sang in whatever came his way with the same blissful, heedless hedonism with which he had rejected the chance of becoming a lawyer.
- They were nothing if not determined and they kept trying all through.
- TV is nothing if not predictable.
- A mention should also go to the local participants who ensured that we were all made welcome in their city, and some of whom ensured that our evenings were nothing if not eventful.
- She's nothing if not ambitious.
Used to emphasize how great or extreme something is. 不折不扣是，十足是；完全是 it was nothing less than sexual harassment 那根本就是性骚扰。 Example sentencesExamples - The Parmesan tart was nothing less than truly gorgeous; she had chosen wisely again.
- When politicians distort the truth in relation to medical issues it is nothing less than shameful.
- Farmers should not sell their maize to briefcase buyers who aim at nothing less than just exploiting them.
- The man who speaks for these corporations aims for nothing less than to change the world.
- He is asking us to do nothing less than to take on his characteristics and become like him.
- My aim is nothing less than to make sure that no patient is left behind.
- Over the past decade we have seen nothing less than a revolution in the self-referential nature of Scottish art.
- At stake will be nothing less than the future of the finest natural boxing talent to come out of the east of Scotland since Ken Buchanan.
- It is nothing less than to attempt the moral regeneration of British public life.
- He had been nothing less than a good father and a good husband.
Not a great amount; nothing of importance. 数量不多；没什么重要的 there was nothing much to see Example sentencesExamples - The conversation was simple at first: with nothing much mentioned of importance.
- Equally importantly, however, they have nothing much in common ideologically either.
- Looking around the dining room at the decor, nothing much had changed.
- At last came the speech, with nothing much more in it than we'd already been told, and we felt cheated.
- We deliberately chose the afternoon slot as there is nothing much happening during that time.
- It also struck me that nothing much has changed - even the topics are reminiscent of days gone by.
- Now, other than the nurse's daily visit, her meals and the mail, nothing much at all happens.
- For the rest of us, the general view seems to be that consultation is all very well but there's a lot of it about and nothing much seems to come of it.
- The trouble is that, as every housewife and office worker knows, making lists can be an excuse for doing nothing much.
- But on Tuesday when we had ordered the wood we had nothing much else to do so we set to demolishing the kitchen instead.
There is nothing similar to or as good as. there's nothing like a party to lighten the mood Example sentencesExamples - When you've worked up a hunger on the slopes there's nothing like comfort food.
- He has found that there's nothing like a mint julep to calm your nerves.
- There's nothing like a cold beer on a hot day.
- "There is nothing like holding a child's hand and watch them gain confidence," she added.
- There's nothing like seeing a kid come in with ingredients and taking something home they have made.
- He said there was nothing like a home-cooked meal.
There is no difficulty involved. 毫无困难 Example sentencesExamples - She had never stolen a horse before and until now, she thought there was nothing to it.
- There's nothing to it if you know what you're doing.
- You may at first think that there is literally nothing to it.
- ‘Clearly, there was nothing to it,’ McNair said.
- I would tell you how difficult choosing the winner was, but since the selection was totally arbitrary and fueled with cheap brandy, there was really nothing to it.
- I whistled a happy tune as I whizzed along - nothing to it, I thought, I'll probably sit on the wall in the sun all day outside the school at Crimlin and have a chat with all the voters on their way in.
- Just follow the instructions - there's really nothing to it.
- There's nothing to it, but still they try so hard.
- They had been led to believe that there was nothing to it.
- As you will see however, there really is nothing to it!
Words of affection exchanged by lovers. 甜蜜情话 Ned appeared to be whispering sweet nothings in her ear 在她耳畔轻声说些情意绵绵的话。 Example sentencesExamples - There are also various sweet nothings exchanged between the two.
- He soothes his people, muttering sweet nothings instead of answering questions or telling the Australian people what this is really all about and what he has really done on our behalf, in defiance of our wishes.
- Obviously everybody was excited to see me, and the girls in particular were very keen to come and sit on my knee and whisper sweet nothings in my ear.
- He kissed me on the forehead while doing so and placed me on his lap whispering sweet nothings and soothing words into my ear to calm me.
- It was warm and friendly, one of those voices that could soothe hot tempers or whisper sweet nothings in the ear of a lover.
- At times, they spoke words of endearment and sweet nothings.
- My partner is forever whispering sweet nothings into my ear, and I never quite know what delights are lined up for me next.
- Across from me a gay couple exchanges soft kisses and sweet nothings.
- She giggled loudly, pretending Joel was whispering sweet nothings into her ear and she was reacting to them.
- Then she would have leaned over and stroked the mare's neck whispering sweet nothings in her ear as the animal pranced.
Synonyms sweet nothings, sweet words, sweet talk, affectionate talk, soft words
Consider (an activity others regard as unusual, wrong, or difficult) as straightforward or normal. ordinarily, our elected representatives would think nothing of spending another $20 billion Synonyms consider normal, consider usual, consider routine, take in one's stride, not think twice about
Do not apologize or feel bound to show gratitude (used as a polite response). （对道歉者或致谢者说的客气话）别放在心上；没关系；别客气
you ain't seen nothing yet informal Used to indicate that however extreme or impressive something may seem, it will be overshadowed by what is to come. if you think that was muddy, you ain't seen nothing yet 如果你以为那就算下流，还有更下流的你没看到呢。
OriginOld English nān thing (see no, thing). Definition of nothing in US English: nothingpronounˈnəθɪŋˈnəTHiNG 1Not anything; no single thing. 什么都没有；一点儿都没有 我什么也没说。 there's nothing you can do 你无能为力。 他们没发现什么不对劲。 Example sentencesExamples - This is just incredible, it's nothing like anything in Ohio that I've ever worked on.
- Don't worry though - if you haven't done anything wrong you've nothing to fear.
- If you get it wrong, there's nothing you can do, you're never gonna make anything good.
- The other two plans are to do nothing or have a single congestion charging zone.
- Those people who discard anything unwanted at their feet may see nothing wrong or offensive about their behaviour.
- I don't have to do anything, or say anything, and nothing I do do will be assessed.
- Anastasia stood still, looking around for anything suspicious, but nothing happened.
- So there was nothing extremist about anything the family have said so far.
- There is nothing permanent about anything positive or negative in our lives.
- What we have today is a diluted bill that does nothing to repeal anything.
- There has been nothing to suggest anything odd was happening at their house.
- I can see nothing nor hear anything but I get a prickling feeling on the back of my neck.
- So off I went again, browsing the site knowing that I could afford a CD single and nothing else.
- What's the use, it never changes anything, nothing ever happens at all.
- The final ten minutes of the piece are nothing like anything in the rest of the film which is a real shame.
- They are with an unloved partner because, ultimately, anything is better than nothing.
- They didn't take anything because there was nothing for them to take.
- Of course, none of this has happened yet, and it very well may be that nothing comes of anything.
- It's not like him and Melissa did anything wrong so he had nothing to be worried about.
- I could find nothing wrong in anything that John Howard said in his speech today.
Synonyms not a thing, not a single thing, not anything, nothing at all, nil, zero - 1.1 Something of no importance or concern.
无关紧要的事 “What are you laughing at?” “Oh, nothing, sir.” “你在笑什么？”“哦，没什么，先生。” 他（它）们在他心目中算不了什么。 as noun no longer could we be treated as nothings 我们再也不能被当作无足轻重的人来对待了。 Example sentencesExamples - It was like their argument had amounted into nothing in the face of such beauty.
- Her surprise was nothing compared to the reason for the unannounced change given her by the driver.
- Whether they were anything to me or nothing to me, I felt everyone's pain equally.
- My trivial career concerns are nothing compared to the what she and Zach live through every day.
- My embarrassment was nothing compared to my father's sense of guilt.
- She would not have been burned, but she would have been treated as nothing.
- But that is nothing compared to the concerns all Leeds United fans must have.
- In America, after all, if you are not an immense success, a star, you are nothing, a human zero.
- In retrospect, the most shocking thing was the way the police treated the violence as nothing.
Synonyms a matter of no consequence, a matter of no importance, a trifling matter, a trifle, a piece of trivia, a bagatelle, a mere bagatelle a person of no importance, an unimportant person, a person of no account, a nobody, a nonentity, a cipher, a non-person - 1.2 (in calculations) no amount; zero.
（计算中数量上的）无，零 Example sentencesExamples - What I could not get used to was the money, huge wads of notes amounting to virtually nothing.
- First the forward transaction costs nothing for either party to enter into.
adjectiveˈnəθɪŋˈnəTHiNG informal attributive Having no prospect of progress; of no value. 〈非正式〉没前途的；没价值的 he had a series of nothing jobs 他做过一些毫无价值的工作。
adverbˈnəθɪŋˈnəTHiNG 1Not at all. 一点也不，毫不 he looks nothing like the others 他跟其他人完全不像。 she cares nothing for others 她毫不关心别人。 - 1.1North American informal postpositive Used to contradict something emphatically.
〈北美，非正式〉 用于强烈地表示相反看法根本不是（这样） “This is a surprise.” “Surprise nothing.” “这是意料不到的事。”“根本不是。”
Phrases1At no cost; without payment. 无代价地，分文不花地；无偿地；无报酬地 无报酬地工作。 Example sentencesExamples - Admission was free and the four played for nothing, which has yet to provoke the organisers' gratitude.
- In effect that meant money for nothing for those prepared to wait.
- Rarely a day passes when letters drop on doorsteps offering an irresistible way to make money or win a free gift for nothing.
- I've even had an offer from a designer to put it together for nothing.
- I phoned her to say loads of my constituents will do it for nothing!
- He will probably even be paid for a job he'd have done for nothing.
- Renting china is very expensive so we would like to know if we could use your china for nothing.
- Irish rugby is about to get a brand new home, free, gratis and for nothing.
- No party ever offered such a cornucopia of naked bribes to the voter, all absolutely free, gratis and for nothing.
- I can say to any CEO that if it doesn't cut their costs then they can have the inventory system for nothing.
- Nicole Kidman wants to star in a radio play for the BBC and she's so keen that she'll do it for nothing.
Synonyms free, gratis, without charge, without payment, free of charge, at no cost 2To no purpose. 徒劳地，白白地；无效果地 he died anyway, so it had all been for nothing 不管怎么说，他已经死了，因此这一切都白费了。 Example sentencesExamples - They have been training very hard, Michael Bond hasn't gone back there for nothing.
- Not for nothing were his closest guards called the Companion Cavalry.
- Surrender and save lives, or resist and let more people be killed for nothing.
- Not for nothing is Alastair clad in the finest cloth, his plaid trimmed in gold, his stockings tied with silk garters.
- They don't call this sleepy frontier town Little Hollywood for nothing.
- They're not going to come back for the hard training, busting a gut for nothing.
- I am afraid that a whole country, an entire people, will be destroyed for nothing.
- It takes nerves of steel to bite your tongue and say nothing because we'd rather be paid than end up having an argument for nothing.
Synonyms in vain, to no avail, to no purpose, with no result, needlessly, pointlessly, futilely
informal (concluding a list of negatives) nothing at all. 〈非正式〉（用在一连串否定的最后）什么也没有 how could you solve it with no clues, no witnesses, no nothing? 没有线索，没有证人，什么都没有，这案子你怎么能破得了？ Example sentencesExamples - But when you're 15 and there's no cinema, no way to get home from a gig, no nothing, all you want to do is get out.
- Catherine, there are no deals, no agreements, no nothing.
- There was no light, no candles, no nothing, just that endless night.
- We were completely free, there was no pressure, no nothing - a total creative environment.
- We didn't visit people there but drove straight through from Israel on a four-lane highway - no border, no check-point, no nothing.
- ‘There were no maps, no photos, no nothing,’ she says of her trip up and down the 15,000-foot towers on the China-Russia border.
- There was no acting, no agenda, no nothing with him.
- That's it: no fanfare, no entourage, no nothing.
- All of a sudden there were no noise complaints, no nothing.
- There's no blood, no gore, no inventive deaths, no kick-ass villain, no nothing.
For a very good reason. 很有好处 not for nothing have I got a brother-in-law who cooks professionally 我有个厨艺一流的姐夫是很有好处的。 Example sentencesExamples - It is not for nothing that we are called the Festival City.
- It's not for nothing that they call our heritage Judeo-Christian.
- But an architect's seven-year training is not for nothing.
- It was not for nothing that the area was declared a top security zone by the Nazis during the Second World War.
- It's not for nothing that the studio is painted silver.
- It was not for nothing that Goethe's house in East German Weimar was lovingly preserved.
- But it's not for nothing that I carry a too-large belly too.
- It's not for nothing that this author published a dissertation on another poet of private systems, William Blake.
- After all, their heavy investment was not for nothing.
- And, not for nothing, Deadwood's got the most complex characters on television.
nothing but the best will do 只有最好的才行。 Example sentencesExamples - He's over in the kitchen area, wearing nothing but his hat and a baggy pair of Y-fronts.
- Widescreen is nothing but a means to achieve presentation in the original aspect ratio.
- At a recent talk we gave, Ann was accused of eating nothing but scones and toasted teacakes.
- Its nice to be able to chat with people around the world who are share nothing but the URL address in the browser.
- I have been looked after in an exemplary fashion and I have nothing but praise for them.
- Her health meant that if she walked out on her husband she would have nothing but the clothes she stood in.
- He held her for a very long time, in which she did nothing but simply be in his long arms, so sorry and so loving.
- What he does know, however, is that working with lots of women has nothing but benefits.
- I supposed if there is nothing but noise in your life you have no choice but to deal with it.
- The hours were long, we were fed nothing but sandwiches, and the uniforms were awful.
Synonyms merely, only, just, solely, simply, purely, no more than
1informal There is no prospect of success or agreement. 没有希望 He wants to marry her. Nothing doing! 他想娶她。没门儿！ 2informal Nothing is happening. 什么也没发生 there's nothing doing, and I've been waiting for weeks 什么事情都没发生，而我却等了好几个星期。
nothing (or nothing else) for it there was nothing for it but to follow 除了跟着（干）别无他法。 Example sentencesExamples - I guess there's nothing for it but to keep chewing and swallowing.
- I decided that there was nothing for it - we'd have to replace the ceiling.
- So, anyway, come Monday there's always a small pile of left-over high calorie stuff from the fridge that ought to go in the bin, except there's nothing at all wrong with it and there's nothing for it but to set myself down and eat it up.
- Over the next four days there was nothing for it but bed rest, regular doses of paracetamol washed down with water, and the occasional banana for sustenance.
- But there was nothing for it but to clear my throat and dial.
- There was nothing for it but to improve what they had.
- Poor old Rod's telly was on the blink, and he understandably felt there was nothing for it but to scamper up for a fiddle around with the aerial.
- I double checked against the previous few entries, pulled down the calendar to verify, but there was nothing for it, I had to admit to myself that my disjointed day had indeed been a Tuesday.
- Their car is marooned in fog; there is nothing for it but to wait, and their uneasy banter is interspersed with stylised flashbacks, giving clues not merely to their present situation but to Leo's psychotic state.
- There's nothing for it, I'm just going to have to unwrap the whole thing.
Used to emphasize how extreme something is. 不折不扣是，十足是；完全是 it was nothing less than sexual harassment 那根本就是性骚扰。 Example sentencesExamples - The man who speaks for these corporations aims for nothing less than to change the world.
- The Parmesan tart was nothing less than truly gorgeous; she had chosen wisely again.
- He is asking us to do nothing less than to take on his characteristics and become like him.
- Farmers should not sell their maize to briefcase buyers who aim at nothing less than just exploiting them.
- At stake will be nothing less than the future of the finest natural boxing talent to come out of the east of Scotland since Ken Buchanan.
- It is nothing less than to attempt the moral regeneration of British public life.
- Over the past decade we have seen nothing less than a revolution in the self-referential nature of Scottish art.
- When politicians distort the truth in relation to medical issues it is nothing less than shameful.
- He had been nothing less than a good father and a good husband.
- My aim is nothing less than to make sure that no patient is left behind.
Not a great amount; nothing of importance. 数量不多；没什么重要的 Example sentencesExamples - But on Tuesday when we had ordered the wood we had nothing much else to do so we set to demolishing the kitchen instead.
- We deliberately chose the afternoon slot as there is nothing much happening during that time.
- It also struck me that nothing much has changed - even the topics are reminiscent of days gone by.
- Equally importantly, however, they have nothing much in common ideologically either.
- For the rest of us, the general view seems to be that consultation is all very well but there's a lot of it about and nothing much seems to come of it.
- Now, other than the nurse's daily visit, her meals and the mail, nothing much at all happens.
- At last came the speech, with nothing much more in it than we'd already been told, and we felt cheated.
- The trouble is that, as every housewife and office worker knows, making lists can be an excuse for doing nothing much.
- The conversation was simple at first: with nothing much mentioned of importance.
- Looking around the dining room at the decor, nothing much had changed.
There is no difficulty involved. 毫无困难 Example sentencesExamples - There's nothing to it if you know what you're doing.
- I would tell you how difficult choosing the winner was, but since the selection was totally arbitrary and fueled with cheap brandy, there was really nothing to it.
- She had never stolen a horse before and until now, she thought there was nothing to it.
- You may at first think that there is literally nothing to it.
- As you will see however, there really is nothing to it!
- There's nothing to it, but still they try so hard.
- They had been led to believe that there was nothing to it.
- Just follow the instructions - there's really nothing to it.
- I whistled a happy tune as I whizzed along - nothing to it, I thought, I'll probably sit on the wall in the sun all day outside the school at Crimlin and have a chat with all the voters on their way in.
- ‘Clearly, there was nothing to it,’ McNair said.
Words of affection exchanged by lovers. 甜蜜情话 whispering sweet nothings in her ear 在她耳畔轻声说些情意绵绵的话。 Example sentencesExamples - There are also various sweet nothings exchanged between the two.
- At times, they spoke words of endearment and sweet nothings.
- It was warm and friendly, one of those voices that could soothe hot tempers or whisper sweet nothings in the ear of a lover.
- My partner is forever whispering sweet nothings into my ear, and I never quite know what delights are lined up for me next.
- He kissed me on the forehead while doing so and placed me on his lap whispering sweet nothings and soothing words into my ear to calm me.
- Obviously everybody was excited to see me, and the girls in particular were very keen to come and sit on my knee and whisper sweet nothings in my ear.
- He soothes his people, muttering sweet nothings instead of answering questions or telling the Australian people what this is really all about and what he has really done on our behalf, in defiance of our wishes.
- Then she would have leaned over and stroked the mare's neck whispering sweet nothings in her ear as the animal pranced.
- She giggled loudly, pretending Joel was whispering sweet nothings into her ear and she was reacting to them.
- Across from me a gay couple exchanges soft kisses and sweet nothings.
Synonyms sweet nothings, sweet words, sweet talk, affectionate talk, soft words
Consider (an activity others regard as odd, wrong, or difficult) as straightforward or normal. Synonyms consider normal, consider usual, consider routine, take in one's stride, not think twice about
Do not apologize or feel bound to show gratitude (used as a polite response). （对道歉者或致谢者说的客气话）别放在心上；没关系；别客气
you ain't seen nothing yet informal Used to indicate that although something may be considered extreme or impressive, there is something even more extreme or impressive in store. 〈非正式〉这还不算什么，还有更使你吃惊的你还没有见过呢 if you think that was muddy, you ain't seen nothing yet 如果你以为那就算下流，还有更下流的你没看到呢。
Example sentencesExamples - The sound of the breaking yoke in my dream changed into the sound of someone knocking on my door in the waking world, and nothing loath, I got up and opened it.
OriginOld English nān thing (see no, thing). |