| 单词 | nothing |
| 释义 | pronoun | adverb nothingnothing1 /ˈnʌθɪŋ/ ●●● S1 W1 pronoun 1not anything or no thing: There’s nothing in this box. No, there’s nothing wrong, I’m all right. The kids were complaining there was nothing to do. She had on socks and nothing else! I have nothing more to say. I have nothing against New York, I just wouldn’t want to live there. There is absolutely nothing to worry about.► see thesaurus at zero12not anything that you consider important or interesting: Nothing ever happens around here. I have nothing to wear to the wedding. There’s nothing on TV tonight. “What did you say?” “Oh, nothing.” It’s nothing, just a scratch. “What did you do last weekend?” “Oh, nothing much.”3zero: We beat them ten to nothing.4for nothing a)without paying for something or being paid for something: My dad said he’d fix it for nothing. You can’t get something for nothing. b)if you do something for nothing, you make an effort but do not get the result you wanted: We drove all the way down there for nothing.5no money or payment at all: This service will cost you nothing.6have nothing to do with somebody/something [not in progressive] a)if something has nothing to do with a fact or situation, it is not related to that fact or situation: Race should have nothing to do with who gets hired. b)if a situation has nothing to do with you, you are not involved in the situation: I don’t know why she’s so worried; it has nothing to do with her.7have/want nothing to do with something to not be involved in a situation or with a person, especially because you disapprove: Joey wanted nothing to do with the whole idea.8nothing but something formal only: They’d had nothing but bad luck.9if nothing else used to emphasize one good quality or feature that someone or something has, while suggesting that it might be the only good one: If nothing else, the report points out the need for better math education.10nothing special having no very good or unusual qualities: The food there is nothing special.11better than nothing used to say that although an amount or action is small, it is more acceptable than none at all: I guess $5 is better than nothing.12not for nothing for very good reasons: Not for nothing was the American West described as the Big Empty.13there’s nothing like something informal used to say that something is very good: There’s nothing like a nice hot bath.14somebody has nothing to lose used to say that someone should try to do something because the situation will not be worse if he or she fails: You might as well apply for the job – you’ve got nothing to lose.SPOKEN PHRASES15(there’s) nothing to it/something used to say that something is easy to do: Anyone can use a computer. There’s nothing to it!16[used in negatives] nonstandard anything: I never said nothing about taking you swimming.17it was nothing old-fashioned said, when someone thanks you, in order to say that you did not mind helping: “Thanks a lot!” “It was nothing.”18nothing doing old-fashioned used to refuse to do something: Lend you $500? Nothing doing!19be nothing if not something used to emphasize a particular quality that someone or something has: Well, he’s nothing if not stubborn.20come to nothing if a plan or action comes to nothing, it does not continue or does not achieve anything21nothing of the sort/kind used to emphasize that something is not true or that something will not happen: They lived as man and wife when they were nothing of the kind.22there is nothing to/in something used to say that what people are saying is not true: An administration spokesman said there was nothing to the rumors. [Origin: Old English nan thing, nathing no thing] → see also nothing/nowhere etc. on earth at earth (5), to say nothing of something at say1 (14), sweet nothings at sweet1 (11), think nothing of (doing something) at think (8) pronoun | adverb nothingnothing2 adverb 1be/seem/look etc. nothing like somebody/something to have no qualities or features that are similar to someone or something else: She looks nothing like her sister.2be nothing less than something (also be nothing short of something) used to emphasize that something or someone has a particular quality or seems to be something: The country’s economic recovery was seen as nothing less than a miracle. |
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