释义 |
Examples:no room advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma—light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence one person, a matter of life or death to another—lit. has a name but no reality (idiom); exists only in name—spare no effort (idiom); to do one's utmost—show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances—bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost—lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom); fig. honesty prevails throughout society—Rabdosia lophanthoides (no common name), herb plant of Lamiaceae family (together with mint and lavender), used in TCM—no thought for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering—word having grammatical function but no meaning—cherish one's unrecognized talents (idiom); to have talent but no opportunity—without destruction there can be no construction—many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom); plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose—atropine C17H23NO3, alkaloid drug derived from deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)—spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost—have no qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking—it's better make slow progress than no progress at all (proverb)—lit. monk holding an umbrella: no hair, no sky—Fire and water have no mercy (idiom). forces of nature beyond human control—no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence—have no right or ability to interfere in sth—lit. ask passers-by how build one's house (idiom); fig. to have no idea what to do—it will cause no end of trouble (idiom); nip the problem in the bud—no less than from heaven the abyss (idiom); differing widely—the common good above everything without no regard for personal interests (idiom); behave altruistically—bravery with no thought of personal safety (idiom); risking life and limb—hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom); fig. modest about one's talents—(in ancient times) no direct contact between men and women—There are no poor soldiers under a good general—no-frills civil wedding ceremony lacking a material foundation: no car, house, reception, rings, or honeymoon—the dead cannot testify (idiom); dead men tell no tales—close relation, no gap (idiom); intimate and nothing can come between—Owari or Owari-no-kuni, Japanese fiefdom during 11th-15th century, current Aichi prefecture around Nagoya—the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); sth. which, despite its name, is of no practical use—no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster [idiom.]— |