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nothing

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈnʌθ.ɪŋ]
  • 美式音标 [ˈnʌθ.ɪŋ]
  • 国际音标 ['nʌθiŋ]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • pron. 没有什么；无关紧要的东西；（计算机数量上的）零；不值钱
  • adv. 毫不；绝不
  • n. 无；零；无关紧要的事
  • adj. 没前途的；没价值的

词源解说

  • 直接源自古英语的nathing，意为一无所有。

词根记忆

  • 阿迪达斯(Adidas)的广告语是ImpossibleIsNothing“没有什么不可能”→没有什么

同根派生

    同根词
  • 词根：nothing
    • n.
  • nothingness虚无，不存在；空白；不存在的状态

用法辨析

    pron. (代词)

  • nothing用作代词的意思是“没有什么东西”,在句中可用作主语、宾语和表语。nothing还可接形容词、现在分词、动词不定式、介词短语或从句作后置定语。
  • nothing作主语时,谓语动词须用单数形式。
  • nothing可用来表示“最”,也可以用来表示“整”,常用于人的身高。
  • nothing but意为“只有,只不过”,其中but是介词,其后可接名词、动词不定式,如nothing前的动词为can或do,则but后的动词不带to。

英汉例句

    用作代词 (pron.)

  • Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind into it.
    天下无难事,只怕有心人。

    • 用作名词 (n.)

  • She is an interesting person but her husband is a real nothing.
    她是个十分有趣的人,但她的丈夫就不及她了。

词组短语

    用作代词 (pron.)

    动词+～

  • ask (for) nothing 什么也不要
  • care nothing for 对…毫不在乎
  • come to nothing 失败，终未实现
  • count for nothing 算不了什么
  • do nothing but 只是…

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • not anything
  • in no way
  • someone of no value or importance

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • Nothing means not a single thing, or not a single part of something.
  • You use nothing to indicate that something or someone is not important or significant.
  • Nothing is also a noun.
  • 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.
  • You use nothing before an adjective or `to'-infinitive to say that something or someone does not have the quality indicated. (to)
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • You use nothing but in front of a noun, an infinitive without "to," or an "-ing" form to mean "only." (to)
  • People sometimes say "It's nothing" as a polite response after someone has thanked them for something they have done.
  • If you say about a story or report that there is nothing to it, you mean that it is untrue.
  • If you say about an activity that there is nothing to it, you mean that it is extremely easy.
  • Nothing of the sort is used when strongly contradicting something that has just been said.
  • nothing to write home about&rarrsee home
  • to stop at nothing&rarrsee stop
  • to think nothing of&rarrsee think

专业释义

    哲学

  • 无

    Chuang Tzu finally focuses on nothing, neglecting the starting point and direction of human existence.
    必须从人的生存本身出发来寻找那个生存的出发点——人之为人的依据。 《庄子》最后关注于“无”,却忘记了人的生存有其出发点与方向。

    数学

  • 零

    • 电子、通信与自动控制技术

  • 无