| 复合形式： |
| almost never advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (hardly ever) | 几乎从不
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| | | 几乎不会
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| | I almost never eat ice cream, but I enjoy it two or three times a year. |
| never cease viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (not stop, go on forever) | 永不停止
yǒng bù tíng zhǐ |
| | The radio show host's idiocy never ceases to amaze me. |
| never die viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | figurative (endure forever) (比喻) | 永生，永存
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| | My love for you will never die. |
| never end viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (go on forever, continue indefinitely) | 永不结束
yǒng bù jié shù |
| | He thought that the lecture would never end. |
| never ever advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | informal (not ever) (非正式用语) | 从不，决不，永不
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| | I shall never ever forget you. |
| never fear interjinterjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!" | (do not worry) | 别怕
bié pà |
| | Never fear! Superdog is here! |
| never finish viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (continue indefinitely) | 永远不会结束
yǒng yuǎn bú huì jié shù |
| | | 永无休止
yǒng wú xiū zhǐ |
| never forget viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (remember forever) | 永远不会忘记
yǒng yuǎn bú huì wàng jì |
| | | 永难忘怀
yǒng nán wàng huái |
| | I will never forget my wedding day, it was perfect. |
| never in a month of Sundays advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | idiom (not ever) (习语) | 永不
yǒng bù |
| | Never in a month of Sundays did I expect to win first prize. |
| never in my life advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (not ever) | 一辈子从不曾…
yí bèi zi cóng bù céng … |
| | Never in my life have I seen such an ugly dog! |
| Never mind. interjinterjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!" | informal (It doesn't matter) | 没关系，没什么
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| | | 不要担心
bú yào dān xīn |
| | "Dinner is ruined!" "Never mind. We'll get takeaway." "Do you still need a ride?" "No, never mind. I'll take the bus." |
| never mind [sth/sb] v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal (pay no attention to) | 没关系，没什么
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| | | 不要担心
bú yào dān xīn |
| | Never mind the spilled tea; I'll just wipe it up and pour you another cup. |
| Never say die! interjinterjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!" | figurative (do not give up) | 别灰心
bié huī xīn |
| | | 别气馁
bié qì něi |
| | Come on boys, you can still win this game! Never say die! |
| never so advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (not ever as) | 永不
yǒng bù |
| | He was never so happy as when he finally quit his job. |
never to be forgotten,
never-to-be-forgotten adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (memorable) | 永不会被遗忘的
yǒng bú huì bèi yí wàng de |
| 备注: Hyphens are used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| | The photo of Neil Armstrong on the moon is an image never to be forgotten. |
| never to return exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (not going to come back) | 一去不返
yí qù bù fǎn |
| | He has left this country, never to return. Her son went to war, never to return. |
| never-ending adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (going on forever) | 不停的，永不停息的
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| | I almost fell asleep during the pastor's never-ending sermon. |
| never-never land nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (place existing only in fantasy) | 世外桃源
shì wài táo yuán |
| | | 想象中的乐土
xiǎng xiàng zhōng de lè tǔ |
| | We cannot go on living in never-never land, and have to take better care of the Earth's resources. |
| now or never exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (final chance) | 机不可失
jī bù kě shī |
| | | 时不再来
shí bú zài lái |
| | You have to decide, it's now or never if you want to go to the concert. |