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better than nothing adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (a small gain) | 聊胜于无 liáo shèng yú wú |
| I hate soup, but it is better than nothing since I am hungry. |
care nothing for vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (feel no affection for) | 不喜欢 bù xǐ huān |
care nothing for vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (think is unimportant) | 不在乎 bú zài hu |
| | 不以为意 bù yǐ wéi yì |
| | 不顾 bbú gù |
come to nothing v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (plan, idea: fail) (计划等) | 没有实现,毫无结果
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| He felt that all his efforts had come to nothing. |
cost nothing v | (be free of charge, not require money) | 不花钱 bù huā qián |
| | 不费分文 bú fèi fēn wén |
| If they say it costs nothing it must be a scam. |
cost nothing v | figurative (require no effort) (比喻) | 不费吹灰之力 bú fèi chuī huī zhī lì |
| Being helpful and friendly to people costs nothing. |
do nothing viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (fail or neglect to act) | 不作为 bú zuò wéi |
| | 不采取行动 bù cǎi qǔ xíng dòng |
| How can you sit there and do nothing while your son sits in jail? |
do nothing viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (have no occupation) | 没有工作 méi yǒu gōng zuò |
do-nothing adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | informal (politics: no action) | 不作为的 bú zuò wéi de |
do-nothing nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | informal (person: takes no action) | 不采取行动的人 bù cǎi qǔ xíng dòng de rén |
| | 光说不做的人
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| | 只想不行动的人
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| He has great ideas, but when it's time to act on them he's a do-nothing. |
double or quits, also UK: double or nothing nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (gambling: type of bet) (赌博、打赌) | 要么双倍付钱,要么一笔勾销
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double-or-quits, also UK: double-or-nothing n as adjnoun as adjective: Describes another noun--for example, "boat race," "dogfood." | (bet: risk is double) | 要么赢双倍
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| I won $100 in a double-or-nothing bet. |
for next to nothing advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (very cheaply) | 几乎不花钱 jī hū bù huā qián |
| | 很便宜 hěn pián yi |
| They didn't have much money, so they bought an old couch for next to nothing. |
for nothing advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (freely, free) | 免费地 miǎn fèi de |
| | 白得地 bái dé de |
| Billy's helping old Mrs.Thomas with her yard work for nothing. |
for nothing advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (ineffectively, without achieving goal) | 徒劳地 tú láo de |
| I put in all that effort for nothing! |
for nothing advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (without good reason) | 无缘无故地 wú yuán wú gù de |
| The little boy came up from behind and hit me for nothing. |
good for nothing, good-for-nothing adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | informal (person: lazy) | 懒且无用的
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备注: Hyphens are used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| My brother's a good-for-nothing scrounger. |
good for nothing, good-for-nothing adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | informal (useless) | 毫无用处的 háo wú yòng chù de |
| My Dad thinks I wasted 4 years of college on a good-for-nothing Philosophy degree. |
good-for-nothing nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | slang (person: lazy) | 游手好闲的人 yóu shǒu hào xián de rén |
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| In my opinion, Jake is nothing but a lazy good-for-nothing. |
have nothing in common v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (have no similarities or shared interests) | 毫无共同之处 háo wú gòng tóng zhī chù |
| At first glance she seems to have nothing in common with her boyfriend. |
have nothing on v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal (be naked) | 什么都没穿
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| Don't come in! I've got nothing on! |
have nothing on [sb/sth] v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | slang (be inferior) | 比不上
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| Richard is lovely, but he's got nothing on his brother. |
have nothing on [sb] v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal (have no evidence against) | 没有不利于…的证据
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| The police can't arrest me. They've got nothing on me! |
have nothing to do viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (be idle) | 无所事事 wú suǒ shì shì |
| | 无事可做 wú shì kě zuò |
hear nothing vtr + pron | (receive no news of [sb], [sth]) | 什么也没听说 shén me yě méi tīng shuō |
| | 没有…的消息 méi yǒu de xiāo xī |
| Since Mark moved to London, I have heard nothing from him. |
if nothing else exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (at least) | 至少 zhì shǎo |
| It's a long flight, but if nothing else, you can finish reading that novel. |
it's nothing exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | informal (it is not important) | 没什么 méi shén me |
| "What's the problem?" "Oh, it's nothing." |
know nothing vtr + pron | (be ignorant) | 一无所知 yì wú suǒ zhī |
| I know nothing about that. |
know nothing of vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (be uninformed about, ignorant of) | 对…一无所知 duì yì wú suǒ zhī |
| | 对…一点都不知道 duì yì diǎn dōu bù zhī dào |
| I'm ashamed to say I know nothing of American literature. |
know nothing of vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (have no experience of) | 对…没有经验 duì méi yǒu jīng yàn |
| | 对…一无所知 duì yì wú suǒ zhī |
| It is often said that the Royal Family know nothing of real life. |
like nothing else advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (in a unique way) | 出类拔萃 chū lèi bá cuì |
| | 与众不同 yǔ zhòng bù tóng |
| The sound of babies crying irritates me like nothing else. |
like nothing else adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (unique) | 出类拔萃的 chū lèi bá cuì de |
| | 与众不同的 yǔ zhòng bù tóng de |
| The train ride through the Swiss Alps was like nothing else. |
next to nothing nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (very little) | 几乎没有 jī hū méi yǒu |
| After paying that huge telephone bill, I have next to nothing left in the bank. She managed to prepare a sumptuous meal from next to nothing. |
nothing at all pronpronoun: Replaces noun--for example, "He took the cookie and ate it." "I saw you yesterday." | (not anything) | 什么都没有,一无所有
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| | 什么事都没有,没事
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| I've got nothing at all suitable to wear for the party! |
nothing but advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (only) | 只不过 zhǐ bù guò |
| | 只有 zhǐ yǒu |
| I have nothing but admiration for people who can speak several languages. |
nothing else pronpronoun: Replaces noun--for example, "He took the cookie and ate it." "I saw you yesterday." | (not anything more) | 没有任何别的东西,别无他物
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| | 没有别的事 méi yǒu bié de shì |
| When I'm in the mood for ice cream, nothing else will do. There is nothing else to say. |
nothing else but preppreposition: Relates noun or pronoun to another element of sentence--for example, "a picture of John," "She walked from my house to yours." | (only, solely) | 除了…就没有… chú le jiù méi yǒu |
| | 只有… zhǐ yǒu |
| | 只是… zhǐ shì |
| Nothing else but violin is needed to complete this orchestration. |
nothing in particular pronpronoun: Replaces noun--for example, "He took the cookie and ate it." "I saw you yesterday." | (not anything specific) | 没有什么特别的 méi yǒu shén me tè bié de |
| Nothing in particular is needed to complete this decor. |
nothing like exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (completely unlike) | 与…完全不同 yǔ wán quán bù tóng |
| | 和…丝毫不像 hé sī háo bú xiàng |
| Chicken tastes nothing like shrimp. |
nothing more pronpronoun: Replaces noun--for example, "He took the cookie and ate it." "I saw you yesterday." | (not any additional thing) | 没有别的,没有更多事
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| There's nothing more the doctors can to do to help Jim. |
nothing more than exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (merely, solely) | 仅此而已
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| Sympathy is nothing more than the understanding of someone else's feelings. |
nothing much nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (not a lot) (口语) | 很少 hěn shǎo |
| There is nothing much happening downtown today. |
nothing of the kind nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (not that) (强调情况不同) | 绝不是那么回事,才不是呢
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| They thought we were coming for a visit, but we had planned nothing of the kind. |
nothing of the sort nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (not at all as described) (强调情况不同) | 绝对不是这样的,绝对没有
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| I've done nothing of the sort! |
nothing of the sort interjinterjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!" | (not at all) (强调情况不同) | 绝没有这回事,才不是呢
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| "I heard that you borrowed Jane's car without asking her." "Nothing of the sort!" |
nothing on earth nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (not anything) | 非常难受 fēi cháng nán shòu |
| | 非常糟糕 fēi cháng zāo gāo |
| Nothing on earth can keep me from the man I love. Nothing on earth will persuade me to talk in front of an audience. |
nothing other than exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (actually, in fact) | 除…外没有 chú … wài méi yǒu |
| | 不过 bú guò |
| | 仅仅 jǐn jǐn |
| Some Americans think government oversight of health care is nothing other than socialism. |
nothing less than [sth], nothing short of [sth] exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (with noun: only) | 只有 zhǐ yǒu |
| Nothing short of a full apology will mollify him. |
nothing less than [sth], nothing short of [sth] exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (with adjective: utterly) | 十足,简直
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| His behaviour was nothing short of rude. |
be nothing to do with [sb], have nothing to do with [sth] v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (not concern [sb]) | 与...无关
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| Stop listening in to our conversation; this is nothing to do with you. |
be nothing to do with [sth/sb], have nothing to do with [sth/sb] v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (be unrelated) | 与…没有关系 yǔ … méi yǒu guān xì |
| | 与…不相干
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| You would think that volcanoes have nothing to do with the weather, but they do. My bad mood today has nothing to do with the weather. |
have nothing to do with [sth] v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (not get involved) | 不干涉...
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| | 不插足...
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| | 不插手...
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| I'll have nothing to do with your plan to steal gold from Fort Knox. |
have nothing to do with [sb] v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (not associate with) | 不与…来往
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| I've had nothing to do with my ex-husband since our divorce. |
nothing to say about [sth] preppreposition: Relates noun or pronoun to another element of sentence--for example, "a picture of John," "She walked from my house to yours." | (no information or opinion about) | 无话可说 wú huà kě shuō |
| When the reporter asked about his alleged affair, he answered "I have nothing to say about that." |
nothing to write home about exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | figurative, informal (unremarkable) | 平淡无奇
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| | 一般般 yì bān bān |
| | 不足挂齿
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| I enjoyed his last film, but this new one is nothing to write home about. |
nothing whatsoever pronpronoun: Replaces noun--for example, "He took the cookie and ate it." "I saw you yesterday." | (not anything) | 没有什么 méi yǒu shén me |
| | 无论什么也不能 wú lùn shén me yě bù néng |
| I will have nothing whatsoever to do with that boy, he's awful! |
nothing out of the ordinary nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | ([sth] unremarkable) | 平平无奇
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| It's not a bad restaurant but it's nothing out of the ordinary. |
say nothing v | (remain silent) | 什么也不说 shén me yě bù shuō |
| | 保持沉默 bǎo chí chén mò |
| A defendant has the right to say nothing in a court of law. |
say nothing of [sth] v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (not mention) | 更别提 gèng bié tí |
| | 不用说 bú yòng shuō |
| She said nothing of her upcoming surgery for fear her family would worry. You don't need to thank me - say nothing of it! |