nothing
pron
adv
ˈnʌθɪŋ pron
1 not anything or no thing 没有任何东西; 没有事
2
nothing but
only 只有; 只是
She’d had nothing but bad luck.
她有的只不过是倒霉。
3
have nothing against sb/sth
if you have nothing against someone or something, they do not annoy or offend you 对某人/某事不反感
I have nothing against him personally.
我个人对他并不反感。
4 something which is considered unimportant, not interesting, or not worth worrying about 微不足道的事，小事
‘What have you been doing?’ ‘Nothing. Just sitting here.’
“你都在干些什么？”“没干什么，只是在这里坐坐。”
There’s nothing on television tonight.
今晚电视没什么可看的。
‘What did you do last weekend?’ ‘Oh, nothing much .’
“你上周末做了什么？”“嗯，没做什么事。”
Politics meant nothing (=was not important) to me for years.
多年来政治对我无关紧要。
The meal was nothing special (=it was not unusual or interesting) – just fish with a cheese sauce.
那顿饭没什么特别的 — 就是鱼配奶酪酱。
5 zero [尤美] 零; especially AmE BrE
We beat them ten to nothing.
我们以十比零击败了他们。
6
have/be nothing to do with sb/sth
if you have nothing to do with someone or something, or if someone or something has nothing to do with you, you are not involved or connected with it 与某人/某事毫不相干; 与某人/某事无关
He said that he had nothing to do with the decision.
他说他和那个决定毫不相干。
As I said, it’s nothing to do with me.
我说了，这事与我无关。
That’s got nothing to do with you.
那不关你的事。
I want nothing to do with (=do not want to be involved) the whole thing.
我可不想牵扯到这件事里去。
My staff had nothing whatsoever to do with this.
我的员工和这件事毫不相干。
7
for nothing
a. without paying for something or being paid for something b. if you do something for nothing, you make an effort but do not get the result you want 毫无结果; 白白地
Why pay a plumber when my brother will do it for nothing?
我弟弟可以免费干，何必花钱去雇一个管道工呢？
We went all that way for nothing.
我们白白赶了那么远的路。
8 no money or payment at all 不值钱; 不花钱
This service will cost you nothing.
这项服务是不收费的。
When a car has done that many miles, it’s worth nothing.
一辆车行驶了这么多里程，根本不值钱了。
9
there’s nothing like sth
used to say that something is very good 什么都比不上某事物
There’s nothing like a long hot bath after a day’s climbing.
爬了一天的山以后，没什么比得上好好泡个热水澡了。
10
there’s nothing in/to sth
10. used to say that what people are saying about someone or something is not true 某事不真实
It seems there’s nothing in the rumours that she’s pregnant.
看来关于她怀孕的谣言是无稽之谈。
11
if nothing else
11. used to emphasize one good quality or feature that someone or something has, while suggesting that it might be the only good one 不说别的〔用于强调某一好的特性或特征〕
If nothing else, the report points out the need for better math education.
不说别的，该报告起码指出了改进数学教育的必要性。
12
come to nothing
12. if a plan or action comes to nothing, it does not continue or does not achieve anything 〔计划或行动〕没有结果，终未实现
13
be nothing if not sth
13. used to emphasize a particular quality that someone or something has 极其，非常〔用于强调某种特性〕
You’ve got to admit – he’s nothing if not persistent.
你得承认，他非常执着。
14
nothing doing
14. used to refuse to do something [口] 不行，我不干 spoken
15
(there’s) nothing to it
15. used to say that something is easy to do [口] 〔做某事〕没有困难，很容易 spoken
Anyone can use a computer. There’s nothing to it!
谁都会用计算机，很简单的！
16
it was nothing/think nothing of it
16. used when someone has thanked you a lot for something you have done for them [口] 别放在心上，没什么〔用于回应他人的感谢〕 spoken
‘Thank you so much.’ ‘Oh, it was nothing.’
“太感谢你啦。”“噢，没什么。”
17
nothing of the sort/kind
17. used to say strongly or angrily that something is not true or will not happen [口] 绝对不行; 绝对不可能〔用于严词否定〕 spoken
‘I’ll pay.’ ‘You’ll do nothing of the sort!’
“我来付账。”“绝对不行！”
18
have nothing on sb
18. if someone has nothing on you, they are not better than you at something [非正式] 比不上某人 informal
She’s got nothing on you when it comes to writing.
说起写作，她可比不过你。
19
there’s nothing for it but to do sth nothing anything not
19. used when there is only one thing you can do in a particular situation Do not use another negative word (e.g. ‘not’) with . Use with . 不要把别的否定词（例如 not）和 nothing 连用, 而要用 anything BrE
There was nothing for it but to go back the way we came.
我们除了原路返回，没有别的办法。
Nothing happened.
什么事也没有发生。
Didn’t anything happen?
没发生什么事吗？
adv
20
be/seem/look nothing like sb/sth
to have no qualities or features that are similar to someone or something else 一点都不像某人/某物
She’s nothing like her brother.
她一点都不像她的哥哥。
She looked nothing like her photograph.
她和照片上一点都不像。
21
be nothing less than sth be nothing short of sth
also 又作 used to emphasize that something or someone has a particular quality or seems to be something 简直是; 近乎〔用于强调〕
His behaviour was nothing short of rudeness.
他的行为非常无礼。