| 单词 | never |
| 释义 | never (nevəʳ ) 1. adverb [ADVERB before verb] A1 Never means at no time in the past or at no time in the future. I have never lost the weight I put on in my teens. Never had he been so free of worry. That was a mistake. We'll never do it again. Never say that. Never, do you hear? He was never really healthy. This is never to happen again. 2. adverb [ADVERB before verb] B1 Never means 'not in any circumstances at all'. I would never do anything to hurt him. Even if you are desperate to get married, never let it show. Divorce is never easy for children. The golden rule is never to clean a valuable coin. Synonyms: under no circumstances, no way, not at all, on no account 3. never ever phrase Never ever is an emphatic way of saying 'never'. [emphasis] I never, ever sit around thinking, 'What shall I do next?' He's vowed never ever to talk about anything personal in public, ever again. 4. adverb B1 Never is used to refer to the past and means 'not'. He never achieved anything. He waited until all the luggage was cleared, but Paula's never appeared. I never knew the lad. I'd never have dreamt of doing such a thing. 5. exclamation You say 'never!' to indicate how surprised or shocked you are by something that someone has just said. [spoken, feelings] 6. exclamation You say ' Well, I never' to indicate that you are very surprised about something that you have just seen or found out. [old-fashioned, spoken, feelings] 'What were you up to there?'—'I was head of the information department.'—'Well I never!' 7. will never do/would never do phrase If you say that something will never do or would never do, you are saying, often humorously, that you think it is not appropriate or not suitable in some way. It would never do to have Henry there in her apartment. I don't think it is an example of bad writing myself, otherwise I'd be agreeing with Leavis, and that would never do. 8. never fear phrase [usually PHRASE with cl] You say ' fear not' or ' never fear' to someone when you are telling them not to worry or be frightened. [old-fashioned] Fear not, Darlene will protect me. You'll get the right training, never fear. 9. never mind convention B1 You say never mind when you are emphasizing that something is not serious or important, especially when someone is upset about it or is saying sorry to you. [emphasis] Idioms: never in your wildest dreams said to emphasize that you think that something is extremely strange or unlikely We were told that we had won a lot of money but never in my wildest dreams could I have thought it would be more than £1 million. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers never be given an even break or never get an even break to not get the same chances or opportunities to do something as other people He kept talking about how she never got an even break from the family. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a watched pot never boils [old-fashioned] said to mean that if you wait and watch anxiously to see something happen, it will seem to take a very long time, or it will not happen at all This strategy is doomed from the start because it is far too public: a watched pot never boils. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers it never rains but it pours said to mean that when one bad thing happens, other bad things often happen too and make the situation worse He had a legitimate goal disallowed for `handball' and later had a shot handled by a defender, only to see no penalty given. It never rains but it pours. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers have never looked back to have never regretted a decision He became a professional photographer in 1978, and has never looked back. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers never the twain shall meet or ne'er the twain shall meet said to mean that there are so many differences between two groups of people or two groups of things that people believe that they can never exist together in the same place or situation The education system is notorious for separating the sciences and the humanities. This academic `ne'er the twain shall meet' policy unfortunately does not always reflect the needs of the real world. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 决不 Japanese: ･･･したことがない |
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