nothing /ˈnʌθɪŋ/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  PRON-INDEF-NEG Nothing means not a single thing, or not a single part of something. 没有一个; 没有一点

  例：

  I've done nothing much since this morning.

  自从今天上午我什么都没做。

  例：

  There is nothing wrong with the car.

  那辆车没有一点毛病。

• 2. 

  PRON-INDEF-NEG You use nothing to indicate that something or someone is not important or significant. 无关紧要的事; 无足轻重的人

  例：

  Because he had always had money it meant nothing to him.

  因为他一直很有钱，所以钱对他来说无关紧要。

  例：

  Do our years together mean nothing?

  我们在一起的这些年一点都不重要吗？

• 3. 

  N-COUNT Nothing is also a noun. 无关紧要的事; 无足轻重的人

  例：

  It is the picture itself that is the problem; so small, so dull. It's a nothing, really.

  是这张图片本身的问题，那么小，那么乏味。它没什么价值，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. 极低的价格; 极低的价值

  例：

  The furniture was threadbare; he'd obviously picked it up for nothing.

  那件家具破破烂烂；显然他没花什么钱就捡来了。

• 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. (用于形容词或带)(to)(的不定式之前，表示事物或人不具备所说的性质) 没有什么

  例：

  Around the lake the countryside generally is nothing special.

  那片湖周围的乡村总的来说没什么特别的。

  例：

  There was nothing remarkable about him.

  他没有什么非凡之处。

• 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. (表示强调) 没有别的东西 [强调]

  例：

  Youngsters learn nothing so fast as how to beat the system.

  年轻人没有什么别的东西学得像如何钻制度的空子这样快。

  例：

  I consider nothing more important in my life than songwriting.

  我认为我的生活中没有什么比歌曲创作更重要。

• 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. 要么彻底做完，要么彻底不做

  例：

  Either he went through with this thing or he did not; it was all or nothing.

  他要么把这件事做完，要么就不做，只有这两种选择。

• 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. 比没有强

  例：

  After all, 15 minutes of exercise is better than nothing.

  毕竟，15分钟的锻炼比没锻炼强。

• 9. 

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

  例：

  All that money brought nothing but sadness and misery and tragedy.

  所有那些钱带来的仅仅是悲伤、痛苦和悲剧。

  例：

  It did nothing but make us ridiculous.

  它只是让我们显得可笑。

  例：

  He is focused on nothing but winning.

  他只关注胜利。

• 10. 

  CONVENTION People sometimes say "It's nothing" as a polite response after someone has thanked them for something they have done. 不用谢; 没什么 [套语]

  例：

  "Thank you for the wonderful dinner."—"It's nothing," Sarah said.

  “谢谢你这顿丰盛的晚餐。”—“没什么，”萨拉说道。

• 11. 

  PHRASE If you say about a story or report that there is nothing to it, you mean that it is untrue. 不真实

  例：

  It's all superstition, and there's nothing to it.

  这全是迷信，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. 轻而易举

  例：

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

  如果你过去没有信心做烙饼的话，就别再被它吓着–真没什么难的。

• 13. 

  PHRASE Nothing of the sort is used when strongly contradicting something that has just been said. 绝无此事 [强调]

  例：

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

  “我们将在我的办公室讨论这件事。”–“我们将绝对不会这么做。”

• 14. 

  nothing to write home about →see home

• 15. 

  to stop at nothing →see stop

• 16. 

  to think nothing of →see think