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PRON-INDEF-NEG
没有什么;没有一件(东西);没有一点
Nothing means not a single thing, or not a single part of something.
例句
I've done nothing much since coffee time...
咖啡时间过后，我什么都没干。
Mr Pearson said he knew nothing of his wife's daytime habits...
皮尔逊先生说，他对妻子白天的生活习惯一无所知。
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PRON-INDEF-NEG
无关紧要的事物(或人);微不足道的事物(或人)
You use nothing to indicate that something or someone is not important or significant.
例句
Because he had always had money it meant nothing to him...
因为他一直不缺钱，所以这对他来说不算什么。
While the increase in homicides is alarming, it is nothing compared to what is to come in the rest of the decade...
虽然凶杀案的增加令人担忧，但和这个十年里接下来的几年将要发生的事相比却是小巫见大巫了。
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PRON-INDEF-NEG
极低的价格;相当于免费
If you say that something cost nothing or is worth nothing, you are indicating that it cost or is worth a surprisingly small amount of money.
例句
The furniture was threadbare; he'd obviously picked it up for nothing...
这件家具很破旧，显然他是白捡来的了。
Homes in this corner of Mantua that once went for $350,000 are now worth nothing.
曼图亚市这个位置的房子曾一度卖到35万美元，现在不值几个钱了。
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PRON-INDEF-NEG
(用于形容词或带 to 的不定式前表示事物或人不具备所说的性质)没有什么，不是什么
You use nothing before an adjective or 'to'-infinitive to say that something or someone does not have the quality indicated.
例句
Around the lake the countryside generally is nothing special...
湖四周的乡村总的来说没有什么特别的。
There was nothing remarkable about him...
他没有什么特别之处。
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PRON-INDEF-NEG
(用于 so + 形容词、副词前或比较级前表示强调)没有别的东西，没有别的事情
You can use nothing before 'so' and an adjective or adverb, or before a comparative, to emphasize how strong or great a particular quality is.
例句
Youngsters learn nothing so fast as how to beat the system...
年轻人对如何钻制度的空子学得最快。
I consider nothing more important in my life than songwriting...
我想我的生活中没什么比写歌更重要了。
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PHRASE
要么彻底干完，要么根本不干
You can use all or nothing to say that either something must be done fully and completely or else it cannot be done at all.
例句
Either he went through with this thing or he did not; it was all or nothing.
他要么把这件事做完，要么就不做，只有这两种选择。
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PHRASE
(有)比没有好;比没有强
If you say that something is better than nothing, you mean that it is not what is required, but that it is better to have that thing than to have nothing at all.
例句
After all, 15 minutes of exercise is better than nothing.
毕竟，锻炼15分钟比不锻炼好。
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PHRASE
(用于名词、不带 to 的不定式或 -ing 形式前)只有，仅仅
You use nothing but in front of a noun, an infinitive without 'to', or an '-ing' form to mean 'only'.
例句
All that money brought nothing but sadness and misery and tragedy...
钱带来的只是悲伤、痛苦和灾难。
It did nothing but make us ridiculous...
这只是让我们显得很滑稽。
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CONVENTION
未发生;不成
You can say 'Nothing doing' when you want to say that something is not happening or cannot be done.
例句
Pay now, or nothing doing...
现在付钱，否则不行。
'I could take the subway and have David pick me up at the station.' — 'Nothing doing.'
“我可以坐地铁，然后让戴维到车站接我。”——“不行。”
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PHRASE
别无他法;只此一计
If you say that there is nothing for it but to take a particular action, you mean that it is the only possible course of action that you can take, even though it might be unpleasant.
例句
Much depends on which individual ingredients you choose. There is nothing for it but to taste and to experiment for yourself...
很大程度上取决于你选择哪种配料。除了亲口品尝和动手尝试外，没有别的方法。
He wished he was not in a room so far from the bathroom. There was nothing for it but a long trudge through the house.
他真希望自己的房间离卫生间不那么远，没别的办法，只能走上长长的一段穿过屋子。
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PHRASE
极其;非常
You use nothing if not in front of an adjective to indicate that someone or something clearly has a lot of the particular quality mentioned.
例句
Professor Fish has been nothing if not professional...
菲什教授一贯表现出很高的职业水准。
Hollywood is nothing if not creative, especially if someone else will pick up the bills.
好莱坞是极有创造力的地方，尤其是如果有人肯埋单的话。
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CONVENTION
没什么;小事情
People sometimes say 'It's nothing' as a polite response after someone has thanked them for something they have done.
例句
'Thank you for the wonderful dinner.' — 'It's nothing,' Sarah said...
“谢谢你招待了这么美味的晚餐。”——“这没什么，”萨拉说。
'I'll be on my way. I can't thank you enough, Alan.' — 'It was nothing, but take care.'
“艾伦，我要走了。真不知该怎么感谢你。”——“小事情，多保重。”
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PHRASE
不真实;不可信
If you say about a story or report that there is nothing in it or nothing to it, you mean that it is untrue.
例句
It's all rubbish and superstition, and there's nothing in it.
这都是废话和迷信，不是真的。
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PHRASE
不费事;轻而易举
If you say about an activity that there is nothing to it or nothing in it, you mean that it is extremely easy.
例句
This device has a gripper that electrically twists off the jar top. Nothing to it...
这个装置有一个能拧开瓶盖的电动钳子，并不复杂。
If you've shied away from making pancakes in the past, don't be put off — there's really nothing in it!
如果你过去不敢做烤薄饼的话，现在别迟疑了，真是一点儿都不费事!
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PHRASE
(比赛或竞争中)水平不相上下，势均力敌
If you say about a contest or competition that there is nothing in it, you mean that two or more of the competitors are level and have an equal chance of winning.
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PHRASE
(用于强调，表示事情让人吃惊或重要)简直，全然
You can use nothing less than to emphasize your next words, often indicating that something seems very surprising or important.
例句
What he had in mind amounted to nothing less than a total reversal of the traditional role of the executive...
他头脑中所想的简直就是对管理人员传统角色的彻底颠覆。
You're nothing less than a murderer!
你简直就是凶手！
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PHRASE
并非没有道理;事出有因
If you say that it was not for nothing that something happened, you are emphasizing that there was a very good reason for it to happen.
例句
Not for nothing was the plane called 'The widow-maker'...
这种飞机被称作“寡妇机”是事出有因的。
It's not for nothing that interior decorators the world over look to the English country garden for glorious inspiration.
全世界的室内设计师都希望从英国乡村花园汲取美妙的灵感，这并非没有道理。
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PHRASE
不付代价的收益;不劳而获
If you say that someone is getting something for nothing, you disapprove of the fact that they are getting what they want without doing or giving anything in return.
例句
What's wrong with you is that you think you can get something for nothing.
你的问题是你认为自己可以不劳而获。
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PHRASE
绝对没有;绝无此事
Nothing of the sort is used when strongly contradicting something that has just been said.
例句
'We're going to talk this over in my office.'—'We're going to do nothing of the sort.'...
“我们打算到我办公室把这件事谈个明白。”——“我们决不同意这么做。”
Mrs Adamson said that she was extremely sorry, in tones that made it clear that she was nothing of the sort.
亚当森夫人说她深感抱歉，但她的语气清楚地让人感到她毫无歉意。