I think that it's fair to say that everyone agrees on that, and that's not nothing but that's pretty much where the agreement ends.
大家都非常赞同这些明喻并不是无关紧要的,反而很大程度上终结了所有的争论。
However, when it came to my life again, I found that it is not nothing, it's just that I haven't found it before flashing on the spot.
可是,当它再一次来到我的生命时,我发现它并不是一无是处,只是我以前没有发现它身上闪烁着地光点罢了。
If he's right only in his assertion that the most pleasing faces have mouths that relate to the noses above them by the ancient and mysterious golden ratio, that's not nothing. That's a lot.
即便仅仅马夸特医生的声明是正确的,即最讨人喜欢的脸其嘴巴与之上的鼻子之间有着这种古来而神秘的黄金比例的关系,这也不会全无意义,而是有着很多意义。
You're not doing yourself any favours, working for nothing.
你干活不取报酬,对自己没有任何好处。
There are not even the bare bones of a garden here – I've got nothing.
这儿连花园的最基本的东西都没有–我一无所获。
Whatever is in that house, it doesn't like me. Well it must not, my granddad has lived there for 24 years and nothing like this has ever happened.
不管那房子里有什么,它都不喜欢我。它肯定不喜欢我,我爷爷在那里住了24年,从来没有发生过这样的事。
If the district finds homework to be unimportant to its students' academic achievement, it should move to reduce or eliminate the assignments, not make them count for almost nothing.
如果该学区发现家庭作业对于孩子的学业是不重要的,它就应该减少或者免除家庭作业,而不是让它们几乎一文不值。
I'm not worried—they've got nothing on me.
我不担心—他们没抓住我什么把柄。
There was almost nothing he could not do, and he now imitated the voice of Hook.
几乎没有什么是他做不到的,现在他就模仿着胡克的声音说话。
"Nay," answered the bird, "I do not sing twice for nothing; you must give me something."
“不,”小鸟回答说,“如果没有报酬,我不会唱第二遍。你得给我点什么。”
His changes of manner did not offend me, because I saw that I had nothing to do with the cause of them.
他态度的变化并没有使我生气,因为我明白不是我导致了他态度上的改变。
If nothing else showing that you've tried to solve the problem yourself before you take it further, make it clear that you're not just a complainer.
在你采取进一步措施之前,先表现出你已经尝试过自己解决问题,向人表明你不是一个只会抱怨的人。
The man said, "I knew not that the garden belonged to you; can nothing save my life?"
男人说:“我不知道那园子是你的。没有东西能救我的命吗?”
Six months before Mistress Mary would not have seen how the world was waking up, but now she missed nothing.
六个月前,玛丽小姐还不知道世界是怎么苏醒的,但现在她什么也没错过。
My dancing life began not because I wanted to do it, but because my mother was sick and tired of seeing me running around after school doing nothing.
我开启了舞蹈生涯,不是因为自己想跳舞,而是因为我妈妈厌烦了看到我放学后无所事事到处晃悠。
I've nothing to give you—nothing—not a crumb!
我没有东西可以给你——什么也没有——一点面包屑也没有!
To many, the costs may not even appear to be financial at all, but merely aesthetic—a terrible shame, but nothing to do with money.
对许多人来说,这些损失可能根本不是财务上的问题,而仅仅是审美上的问题——这是一种可怕的耻辱,但与金钱无关。
One critic's response to the philosopher's new work is not that the position it takes is heretical, as some have asserted, but instead nothing new to anyone who knows anything about the topic.
一位评论家对这位哲学家的新著作的回应,并不是说它所采取的立场是异端邪说,就像有些人断言的那样,而是对任何对这个话题有所了解的人来说,它都不是什么新鲜事。
If nothing else, showing that you've tried to solve the problem yourself before you take it farther makes it dear that you're not just a complainer.
如果没有其他的事情,在你进一步解决问题之前,表现出你已经尝试过自己解决问题,这会让人觉得你不是一个爱抱怨的人。
The person finds himself in charge of a revolution he did nothing to discourage but did not create.
这个人发现自己在指挥着一个不是他发起,也无法阻止的革命。
Mister Simpson is nothing special as a boss. He's lazy and not too smart, but at least he's easy to get along with.
辛普森先生作为一个老板也只能说是一般。他虽然很懒,也不太聪明,但是他至少还很容易相处。
They are not called rainforests for nothing!
热带雨林的名字可不是白来的!
There was nothing I did not like about this book, except that it should have been longer!
这本书没有什么是我不喜欢的,除了它的篇幅不够长以外!
Why not have a try? After all, I had nothing to lose.
为什么不试试呢?毕竟,我没有什么可失去的。
Non-action (无为) does not mean that one should do nothing but passively wait for something to be achieved.
无为并不意味着一个人什么都不做,只是被动地等待事情发生。
It was not until then that I noticed the boy could see nothing.
直到那时我才注意到那个男孩什么也看不见。
It was not until then that I noticed the boy could see nothing.
直到那时我才注意到那个男孩什么也看不见。
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