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1. PRON-INDEF-NEG Nothing means not a single thing, or not a single part of something. 沒(méi)有一個(gè); 沒(méi)有一點(diǎn)

I've done nothing much since this morning. 自從今天上午我什么都沒(méi)做。

There is nothing wrong with the car. 那輛車(chē)沒(méi)有一點(diǎn)毛病。

2. PRON-INDEF-NEG You use nothing to indicate that something or someone is not important or significant. 無(wú)關(guān)緊要的事; 無(wú)足輕重的人

Because he had always had money it meant nothing to him. 因?yàn)樗恢焙苡绣X(qián)，所以錢(qián)對(duì)他來(lái)說(shuō)無(wú)關(guān)緊要。

Do our years together mean nothing?

我們?cè)谝黄鸬倪@些年一點(diǎn)都不重要嗎？

3. N-COUNT Nothing is also a noun. 無(wú)關(guān)緊要的事; 無(wú)足輕重的人

It is the picture itself that is the problem; so small, so dull. It's a nothing, really. 是這張圖片本身的問(wèn)題，那么小，那么乏味。它沒(méi)什么價(jià)值，真的。

4. PRON-INDEF-NEG If you say that something cost nothing or is worth nothing, you are indicating that it cost or is worth a surprisingly small amount of money. 極低的價(jià)格; 極低的價(jià)值

The furniture was threadbare; he'd obviously picked it up for nothing. 那件家具破破爛爛；顯然他沒(méi)花什么錢(qián)就撿來(lái)了。

5. PRON-INDEF-NEG You use nothing before an adjective or `to'-infinitive to say that something or someone does not have the quality indicated. (用于形容詞或帶)(to)(的不定式之前，表示事物或人不具備所說(shuō)的性質(zhì)) 沒(méi)有什么

Around the lake the countryside generally is nothing special. 那片湖周?chē)泥l(xiāng)村總的來(lái)說(shuō)沒(méi)什么特別的。

There was nothing remarkable about him. 他沒(méi)有什么非凡之處。

6. PRON-INDEF-NEG You can use nothing before "so" and an adjective or adverb, or before a comparative, to emphasize how strong or great a particular quality is. (表示強(qiáng)調(diào)) 沒(méi)有別的東西[強(qiáng)調(diào)]

Youngsters learn nothing so fast as how to beat the system. 年輕人沒(méi)有什么別的東西學(xué)得像如何鉆制度的空子這樣快。

I consider nothing more important in my life than songwriting. 我認(rèn)為我的生活中沒(méi)有什么比歌曲創(chuàng)作更重要。

7. PHRASE You can use all or nothing to say that either something must be done fully and completely or else it cannot be done at all. 要么徹底做完，要么徹底不做

Either he went through with this thing or he did not; it was all or nothing. 他要么把這件事做完，要么就不做，只有這兩種選擇。

8. PHRASE If you say that something is better than nothing, you mean that it is not what is required, but that it is better to have that thing than to have nothing at all. 比沒(méi)有強(qiáng)

After all, 15 minutes of exercise is better than nothing. 畢竟，15分鐘的鍛煉比沒(méi)鍛煉強(qiáng)。

9. PHRASE You use nothing but in front of a noun, an infinitive without "to," or an "-ing" form to mean "only." (用于名詞、不帶)(to) 僅僅

All that money brought nothing but sadness and misery and tragedy. 所有那些錢(qián)帶來(lái)的僅僅是悲傷、痛苦和悲劇。

It did nothing but make us ridiculous. 它只是讓我們顯得可笑。

He is focused on nothing but winning. 他只關(guān)注勝利。

10. CONVENTION People sometimes say "It's nothing" as a polite response after someone has thanked them for something they have done. 不用謝; 沒(méi)什么[套語(yǔ)]

"Thank you for the wonderful dinner."—"It's nothing," Sarah said. “謝謝你這頓豐盛的晚餐?！薄皼](méi)什么，”薩拉說(shuō)道。

11. PHRASE If you say about a story or report that there is nothing to it, you mean that it is untrue. 不真實(shí)

It's all superstition, and there's nothing to it. 這全是迷信，不是真的。

12. PHRASE If you say about an activity that there is nothing to it, you mean that it is extremely easy. 輕而易舉

If you've shied away from making pancakes in the past, don't be put off – there's really nothing to it!

如果你過(guò)去沒(méi)有信心做烙餅的話(huà)，就別再被它嚇著–真沒(méi)什么難的。

13. PHRASE Nothing of the sort is used when strongly contradicting something that has just been said. 絕無(wú)此事[強(qiáng)調(diào)]

"We're going to talk this over in my office."—"We're going to do nothing of the sort."

“我們將在我的辦公室討論這件事?！报C“我們將絕對(duì)不會(huì)這么做。”

14. nothing to write home about→see home

15. to stop at nothing→see stop

16. to think nothing of→see think