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noth.ing5nQW7INpronounnot anything没什么; 没什么东西There's nothing in the drawer--I took everything out.抽屉里没什么东西----我把所有的东西都拿出来了。I wasn't sure what had happened so I said nothing to either of them.我不能肯定发生了什么事，所以我对他们俩什么也没说。Nothing I could say would cheer her up.无论我说什么都不能使她高兴起来。He wouldn't listen so there was nothing I could do.他不愿意听，所以我帮不了他。There was nothing new in the report.报道中没什么新内容。She said nothing interesting.她没说什么有趣的东西。There's nothing else (= no other thing) we can do to help.我们帮不上什么别的忙。He's nothing if not (= He is very) charming.他很有魅力。There's nothing much (= not very much) to do in our village.在我们的小村庄里没有许多事可做。(fml) The story was nothing but (= only) lies.这个故事只不过是一通谎言而已。Money is/means nothing (= it is not important) to him.钱对他来说算不了什么。We were fascinated by what we saw and time was/meant nothing (= the amount of time we spent was not important) to us.我们被眼前的东西吸引住了，丝毫不把时间的流逝放在心上。(Am) In sports nothing means no points.（美）（体育上）得零分the end of the fifth inning, the score is Yankees three, Red Sox nothing.第五局结束时扬基队得三分，红袜子队得零分。Something which is done in an all or nothing way is done either completely or not at all.要么做得很彻底，要么根本不去做; 走极端的The Government has rejected the all or nothing approach in favour of a compromise solution.政府已拒绝了极端化的处事方法，赞成采用妥协的办法。She will either love you or hate you-it's all or nothing.她要么爱你，要么就恨你。两者必居其一。For nothing means free or without paying.不花钱的I got the picture for nothing from a friend.我不花一分钱从一位朋友那儿得到这幅画。(All) for nothing means without a good result.没有好结果的; 白白的He queued for two hours and (all) for nothing--there were no seats left.他白白地排了两个小时的队----座位已满。My wish is that those who died for the liberty of their country did not die for nothing.我希望那些为了他们的国家的自由而牺牲的人没有白白地死。(infml) You say it's nothing/it was nothing to show that something is not especially important.没什么要紧的"You seem very upset." "No, no, it's nothing, I'm OK."“你看上去很不安。”“没，没，没什么，我很好。”"It was very kind of you to look after the baby all day." "Oh, that's all right, it was nothing (= it was not especially generous or kind), I enjoyed it. "“谢谢你一整天照看着小婴孩。” “没什么，我喜欢这份工作。”With the outrageous make-up and strange clothes he looked like nothing on earth.化妆成面目可憎的样子，穿上古怪的衣服，他看上去古怪透顶。(infml) Nothing doing means no, esp. in answer to a request.当然不; 不行We asked if she'd take a day off work to help us, but she said, "Nothing doing".我们问她是否愿意请一天假来帮我们，但她说，“不行”。There's nothing for it but to (= There is no other possible thing to do except) get some extra help.除了得到一些额外的帮助，再没什么别的事可做。I heard the rumour that she's leaving but apparently there's nothing in it (= it is not true).我听流言传说她要走了，但是显然这不是真的。Nothing less than is used to emphasize how important or desirable something is.不亚于; 不少于Their dream was nothing less than a revolutionary project to bring computers and ordinary people together.他们梦想着能把计算机和普通老百姓联系在一起，这简直就像是一项革命性的工程。He dismissed Bryan as nothing more than (= only) an amateur.他认为布赖恩仅仅是个业余爱好者。You say nothing of the sort/kind to emphasize a negative statement.根本不是; 没有那回事I told him nothing of the sort (= I did not tell him anything like that).我跟他讲的根本不是那么回事。In the summer she sleeps with nothing on (= wearing no clothes).在夏天她裸着身体睡觉。Nothing on also means having no arrangements for a stated period.（在既定的时间内）没有安排I've just looked in her diary and she has nothing on on/for Tuesday afternoon.我刚看了她的记事本，星期二下午她没有安排。The play was nothing special (= not very good).这出戏并不怎么好。It's nothing to do with me (= I am not involved).这事同我没关系。We have/are nothing to do with (= We are not involved with) the firm which has the offices next door.我们同在隔壁有间办公室的那家商行没有任何关系。In the evening he likes to read books and articles which have/are nothing to do with (= are not related to) his work.晚上他喜欢看一些与他的工作无关的书和文章。Windsurfing is easy--there's nothing to it (= there is no difficulty in doing it).风帆冲浪很容易----没什么难的。"Workers of the World unite, you have nothing to lose but your chains" (from the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, 1848)“全世界工人联合起来，除了铁链你们什么都不会失去。”（摘自马克思，恩格斯《共产党宣言》，1848年）"Nothing, like something, happens anywhere" (Philip Larkin in the poem I Remember, I Remember, 1954)“没有，就好比有，无处不在。”（摘自1954年菲力普·拉金的诗歌《我记得，我记得》）
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