nowhere /ˈnəʊˌwɛə/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  ADV You use nowhere to emphasize that a place has more of a particular quality than any other place, or that it is the only place where something happens or exists. 任何其他地方都不 [强调]

  例：

  Nowhere is language a more serious issue than in Hawaii.

  语言在任何地方都不像在夏威夷那样是个严重的问题。

  例：

  This kind of forest exists nowhere else in the world.

  这种森林在世界任何其他地方都没有。

• 2. 

  ADV You use nowhere when making negative statements to say that a suitable place of the specified kind does not exist. 没有任何地方

  例：

  There was nowhere to hide and nowhere to run.

  没有任何地方可藏，也没有任何地方可逃。

  例：

  I have nowhere else to go, nowhere in the world.

  我无别处可去，在这个世界没有任何可去的地方。

• 3. 

  ADV You use nowhere to indicate that something or someone cannot be seen or found. 任何地方都没有

  例：

  Michael glanced anxiously down the corridor, but Wilfred was nowhere to be seen.

  迈克尔焦虑地顺着走廊扫视，但任何地方都没有威尔弗雷德的身影。

  例：

  The escaped prisoner was nowhere in sight.

  那个越狱的囚犯已无踪影。

• 4. 

  ADV You can use nowhere to refer in a general way to small, unimportant, or uninteresting places. 无名的小地方

  例：

  ...endless paths that led nowhere in particular.

  …不特别通往什么名胜的无尽头的小路。

• 5. 

  ADV If you say that something or someone appears from nowhere or out of nowhere, you mean that they appear suddenly and unexpectedly. 无故突然出现 ['from/out of' ADV]

  例：

  A car came from nowhere, and I had to jump back into the hedge just in time.

  一辆轿车不知从哪里突然开了过来，我不得不赶紧向后跳进篱笆，险些来不及。

• 6. 

  ADV You use nowhere to mean not in any part of a text, speech, or argument. (在文本、演讲或争论中) 任何地方都没有 [强调]

  例：

  He nowhere offers concrete historical background to support his arguments.

  他在任何地方都没有给出具体的历史背景来支持他的论点。

  例：

  Point taken, but nowhere did we suggest that this yacht's features were unique.

  你说的是，但是我们在任何地方都没有表示这艘游艇的特点是独一无二的。

• 7. 

  PHRASE If you say that a place is in the middle of nowhere, you mean that it is a long way from other places. 在遥远偏僻处

  例：

  At dusk we pitched camp in the middle of nowhere.

  黄昏时我们在遥远偏僻的地方搭起了帐篷。

• 8. 

  PHRASE If you use nowhere near in front of a word or expression, you are emphasizing that the real situation is very different from, or has not yet reached, the state which that word or expression suggests. 远非 [强调]

  例：

  He's nowhere near recovered yet from his experiences.

  他远未从他的经历中恢复过来。