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| 1 | not anything 没有东西；没有事情 |
| There was nothing in the room except for a mattress. 房间里除了一张床垫外什么东西也没有。 |
| She waited and watched, but nothing happened. 她一边等一边观察，但什么事也没发生。 |
| nothing at all I knew nothing at all about looking after babies. 我一点儿也不懂照顾婴儿。 |
| nothing else The smoke alarms were working, but it seemed nothing else was. 似乎除了烟雾报警器其他什么都没起作用。 |
| nothing new/strange/wrong etc I saw nothing strange in the situation. 我没看出这情形有什么好奇怪的。 |
| There’ s nothing wrong with tourism – it’ s good for business. 旅游业没什么不好，可以让生意都红火起来。 |
| nothing to do/eat/drink etc The kids complain that there’ s nothing to do there. 这些孩子抱怨说在那儿无事可做。 |
| Some of them had had nothing to eat for three days. 他们中的一些人已经3天都没东西吃了。 |
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| 2 | not anything that is important or worth thinking about 微不足道的事；无关紧要的事 |
| You’ re just making a fuss about nothing. 你简直就是庸人自扰。 |
| Do I mean nothing to you? 我对你来说是不是微不足道？ |
| A minor headache is nothing to get too worried about. 轻微的头疼不需过于担心。 |
| nothing much ‘What did you do while I was gone?’ ‘Nothing much.’ “我走之后你做了些什么？”“没什么。” |
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| 3 | no money 没有钱 |
| The car is worth nothing now. 这车现在不值钱了。 |
| next to nothing (=almost nothing) We stayed with our friends, so our holiday cost next to nothing. 几乎没有 |
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| 4 | informal used in a score to mean ‘zero’ （用于比分中）零 |
| Our team beat the Eagles, four-nothing. 我们队以4比0击败了鹰队。 |
| PHRASES |
| - | be nothing if not
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| used for emphasizing that someone or something has a lot of a particular quality |
| 极其；非常；确实 |
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| He is nothing if not enthusiastic. 他极其热情。 |
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| - | be nothing like
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| to not be similar to someone or something in any way |
| 丝毫不像；完全不像 |
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| Her two daughters are nothing like each other. 她的两个女儿彼此一点也不像。 |
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| - | be nothingshort of/less than sth
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| used for emphasizing how great or extreme something is |
| 简直是某事物，无异于某事物（用于强调程度） |
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| The state of our health service is nothing short of a scandal. 我们的医疗保健服务状况简直是一种耻辱。 |
| Her victory was nothing less than remarkable. 他的胜利确实引人瞩目。 |
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| - | for nothing
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| 1 | without any payment 免费地；不花钱地；不计报酬地 | Some of the men volunteered to work for nothing. 其中一些人自愿来做义工。 | | I’ m a club member, so I can get tickets for nothing. 我是俱乐部会员，所以我不花钱就能得到票。 | |
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| 2 | without a reason or purpose 无缘无故地 | Why did you call me down here for nothing? 你为什么无缘无故地把我叫下来？ | | not for nothing (=for a good reason) Not for nothing is McRae known as ‘the wild man of motor sport’ . 不是没有缘由的 | |
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| - | if nothing else
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| used for mentioning what you think may be the only good aspect of something or the only good reason for doing something |
| 至少 |
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| Andrea’ s work has always been neat and tidy, if nothing else. 安德烈娅的工作至少一直都是利索而有条不紊的。 |
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| - | it’ s nothing/think nothing of it spoken
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| used as a polite reply when someone has thanked you for doing something for them |
| 没什么，别放在心上，这算不上什么（用于对他人答谢的一种礼貌回答） |
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| ‘It’ s very kind of you to bring me home.’ ‘Think nothing of it.’ “你送我回家真好。”“这没什么。” |
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| - | nothing but
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| 仅仅；只有；不过；不外 |
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| They’ ve shown us nothing but kindness. 他们对我们只有善意。 |
| He has nothing but praise for the managers at his company. 他对他公司的经理不外乎是称赞。 |
| You’ re nothing but a thief. 你只不过是个小偷。 |
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| - | nothing doing informal
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| used for refusing a request or saying that something is not possible |
| 不行，办不到，绝对不（用于拒绝要求或表示某事是不可能的） |
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| - | nothing of the kind/sort
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| used for emphasizing that you disagree with someone’ s statement , or that you refuse to let someone do something |
| 根本没那回事，绝对不可以（用于强调不赞成他人的陈述或不让某人做某事） |
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| ‘I’ ll just stay here then.’ ‘You’ ll do nothing of the kind.’ “那我就留在这儿。”“这绝对不行。” |
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| - | there’ s nothing better/worse/more exciting etc than
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| used for emphasizing how goodbadexciting etc something is |
| 没什么比…更好/糟糕/令人激动的（用于强调某事物非常好/糟糕/令人激动等） |
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| There’ s nothing more exciting than seeing your name in print. 没什么比看到你的名字刊印在出版物上更令人激动的了。 |
| There’ s nothing worse than not being able to sleep at night. 没什么事比晚上不能入睡更糟糕的。 |
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| - | there’ s nothing for it but BRITISH
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| used when you are saying that a situation is so difficult that there is only one thing that you can do |
| 除了…之外别无他法 |
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| There was nothing for it but to run away. 除了逃走之外已别无他法。 |
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| - | there’ s nothing in/to sth
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| used for saying that something is not true |
| 某事是不真实的 |
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| There’ s nothing in the rumours about an affair. 关于这桩风流韵事的传闻是不真实的。 |
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| - | there’ s nothing like sth
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| used for saying that something is very good , enjoyable , or effective |
| 没什么比得上某事物 |
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| There’ s nothing like a cold beer on a hot summer day. 没什么能比得上在炎热的夏天喝上一杯冰镇啤酒。 |
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| - | there’ s nothing to it spoken
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| used for saying that something is very easy to do |
| 很容易；非常简单 |
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| Here, just press this button. There’ s nothing to it. 这儿，只需按下这个按钮。非常简单。 |
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| See also | | - do with | | - say 1 | | - stop 1 | | - sweet nothings | | - think 1 | | - venture 2 | |
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