nothingnoth•ing /'nʌθɪŋ/

pron

1. 没有；没有东西；没有事情

• I have seen nothing that I want. 我没看见什么想要的东西。

• I've nothing to do. 我没事可做。

• There is nothing new in the store. 商店里没什么新东西。

• He has eaten nothing at all for 3 days. 他已经3天什么也没吃了。

2. 不存在的东西；零

• We beat them ten to nothing. 我们以10比0击败了他们。

3. 微不足道的事，不重要的事

• There is a tear in the sleeve but it's nothing. 衣袖上有个口子，不过没关系。

词组all to nothing 十足地（的），百分之百地（地） be nothing to

1. 对…无关紧要

• What he has done is nothing to me. 他做了什么对我无所谓。

2. 不能同…相比

• This edition is nothing to its original. 这个版本根本不能跟原版相比。

be on a hiding to nothing 见hiding come to nothing 无结果；失败

• All our efforts have come to nothing. 我们的一切努力都白费了。

for nothing

1. 不要钱，免费

• I got the wardrobe for nothing; a friend gave it to me. 我免费得到了这个衣橱，一个朋友送给我的。

2. 无结果，徒劳

• We've done all this for nothing. 我们都白干了。

3. 无缘无故地

• They often quarreled with each other for nothing. 他们经常无缘无故地争吵起来。

have nothing on

1. 没穿衣服

2. 缺乏罪证

• The police had nothing on him. 警方没有掌握他的罪证。

3. 没有胜过…的地方

• He has nothing on his younger brother in many aspects. 在很多方面他都比不上自己的弟弟。

have nothing to do with sb.(sth.) 与某人（或某事）无关

• That affair had nothing to do with me. 那件事和我没关系。

make nothing of

1. 完全不明白

• I made nothing of what he said. 我听不懂他说的话。

2. 轻视；视为容易

• They made nothing of his plan. 他们看不上他的计划。

• He made nothing of climbing up that mountain. 他觉得爬那座山很容易。

mean nothing to

1. 对…不了解，对…一窍不通

• All these legal provisions mean nothing to him. 他对这些法律条款完全不明白。

2. 对…满不在乎；无关紧要

• What they think means nothing to me. 他们怎么想对我无所谓。

next to nothing 几乎没有，很少

• He earned next to nothing in that small company. 在那家小公司里他赚得很少。

no nothing 什么都没有

• I've no house, no car, no money, no nothing. 我没房子，没车，没钱，一无所有。

nothing but 只有

• I can give you nothing but some advice. 我只能给你些忠告。

nothing doing

1. 不行，绝对不行

• “Will you lend me your car？”“Nothing doing.” “你能把车借给我吗？”“不行。”

2. 无结果

• He asked for a pay rise but there was nothing doing. 他要求长工资，但毫无结果。

3. 没有什么事情(或活动)

nothing if not 非常

• Her room is nothing if not clean and tidy. 她的房间真的很整洁。

nothing less than

1. 与…完全一样

• Her survival was nothing less than miraculous. 她的幸存真是个奇迹。

2. 完全地

nothing like

1. 什么也比不上…

• There's nothing like doing exersice every day to keep fit. 没什么比每天锻炼更能保持健康的了。

2. 差得远；比不上

• This film is nothing like so good as they advertised. 这部影片远没有宣传的好。

3. 丝毫不像

• She is nothing like her mother. 她一点也不像她妈妈。

nothing more than 仅仅，不强于，不多于 nothing much 很少

• I've nothing much to say to you. 我没什么和你说的了。

nothing of the kind(或sort) 完全不是那回事

• “I'm sorry to interrupt you.”“It's nothing of the kind.” “对不起打扰你。”“没有的事。”

Nothing vertured, nothing gained. 谚 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 there's nothing like

1. 没什么比得上

2. 不真实；不重要

think nothing of 把…看得很容易，不把…放在心上

• He thinks nothing of asking me to lend him 20 pounds. 他认为向我借20英镑算不了什么。