nothing

pron.

1. 没有什么；没有一件东西
   not anything; no single thing
   1. There was nothing in her bag.
      她的包里什么都没有。
   2. There's nothing you can do to help.
      你什么忙也帮不上。
   3. The doctor said there was nothing wrong with me.
      医生说我什么毛病也没有。
   4. Nothing else matters to him apart from his job.
      对他来说，除了工作以外，什么事都无关紧要。
   5. It cost us nothing to go in.
      我们没花钱就进去了。
   6. He's five foot nothing (= exactly five feet tall) .
      他正好五英尺高。
2. 无关紧要的东西；毫无趣味的事
   something that is not at all important or interesting
   1. ‘What's that in your pocket?’ ‘Oh, nothing.’
      “你口袋里装的是什么？”“哦，没什么重要的。”
   2. We did nothing at the weekend.
      我们周末什么也没干。

1. PRON-INDEF-NEG 没有什么;没有一件(东西);没有一点
   Nothing means not a single thing, or not a single part of something.
   1. I've done nothing much since coffee time...
      咖啡时间过后，我什么都没干。
   2. Mr Pearson said he knew nothing of his wife's daytime habits...
      皮尔逊先生说，他对妻子白天的生活习惯一无所知。
   3. He was dressed in jeans and nothing else...
      他穿着牛仔装，没别的了。
   4. There is nothing wrong with the car.
      这车一点毛病也没有。
2. PRON-INDEF-NEG 无关紧要的事物(或人);微不足道的事物(或人)
   You use nothing to indicate that something or someone is not important or significant.
   1. Because he had always had money it meant nothing to him...
      因为他一直不缺钱，所以这对他来说不算什么。
   2. While the increase in homicides is alarming, it is nothing compared to what is to come in the rest of the decade...
      虽然凶杀案的增加令人担忧，但和这个十年里接下来的几年将要发生的事相比却是小巫见大巫了。
   3. She kept bursting into tears over nothing at work...
      她老是为工作上微不足道的事儿哭鼻子。
   4. Do our years together mean nothing?
      难道我们这么多年在一起都毫无意义吗？
   5. Nothing is also a noun.
      
   6. It is the picture itself that is the problem; so small, so dull. It's a nothing, really...
      问题在图片本身;这么小，这么无趣。没什么价值，真的。
   7. All it took was a word here, a word there, to convince him that he was a nothing.
      所要做的是处处提醒他，使他相信自己并非什么大人物。
3. PRON-INDEF-NEG 极低的价格;相当于免费
   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.
   1. The furniture was threadbare; he'd obviously picked it up for nothing...
      这件家具很破旧，显然他是白捡来的了。
   2. Homes in this corner of Mantua that once went for $350,000 are now worth nothing.
      曼图亚市这个位置的房子曾一度卖到35万美元，现在不值几个钱了。
4. PRON-INDEF-NEG (用于形容词或带 to 的不定式前表示事物或人不具备所说的性质)没有什么，不是什么
   You use nothing before an adjective or 'to'-infinitive to say that something or someone does not have the quality indicated.
   1. Around the lake the countryside generally is nothing special...
      湖四周的乡村总的来说没有什么特别的。
   2. There was nothing remarkable about him...
      他没有什么特别之处。
   3. All kids her age do silly things; it's nothing to worry about.
      她这个年龄的孩子都会做傻事，根本不用担心。
5. PRON-INDEF-NEG (用于 so + 形容词、副词前或比较级前表示强调)没有别的东西，没有别的事情
   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.
   1. Youngsters learn nothing so fast as how to beat the system...
      年轻人对如何钻制度的空子学得最快。
   2. I consider nothing more important in my life than songwriting...
      我想我的生活中没什么比写歌更重要了。
   3. There's nothing better than a good cup of hot coffee.
      没什么比一大杯热咖啡更好的了。
6. PHRASE 要么彻底干完，要么根本不干
   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.
   1. 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。
7. PHRASE (有)比没有好;比没有强
   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.
   1. After all, 15 minutes of exercise is better than nothing.
      毕竟，锻炼15分钟比不锻炼好。
8. PHRASE (用于名词、不带 to 的不定式或 -ing 形式前)只有，仅仅
   You use nothing but in front of a noun, an infinitive without 'to', or an '-ing' form to mean 'only'.
   1. All that money brought nothing but sadness and misery and tragedy...
      钱带来的只是悲伤、痛苦和灾难。
   2. It did nothing but make us ridiculous...
      这只是让我们显得很滑稽。
   3. They care for nothing but fighting.
      他们只知道打架，什么也不关心。
9. CONVENTION 未发生;不成
   You can say 'Nothing doing' when you want to say that something is not happening or cannot be done.
   1. Pay now, or nothing doing...
      现在付钱，否则不行。
   2. 'I could take the subway and have David pick me up at the station.' — 'Nothing doing.'
      “我可以坐地铁，然后让戴维到车站接我。”——“不行。”
10. PHRASE 别无他法;只此一计
    If you say that there is nothing for it but to take a particular action, you mean that it is the only possible course of action that you can take, even though it might be unpleasant.
    1. Much depends on which individual ingredients you choose. There is nothing for it but to taste and to experiment for yourself...
       很大程度上取决于你选择哪种配料。除了亲口品尝和动手尝试外，没有别的方法。
    2. He wished he was not in a room so far from the bathroom. There was nothing for it but a long trudge through the house.
       他真希望自己的房间离卫生间不那么远，没别的办法，只能走上长长的一段穿过屋子。
11. PHRASE 极其;非常
    You use nothing if not in front of an adjective to indicate that someone or something clearly has a lot of the particular quality mentioned.
    1. Professor Fish has been nothing if not professional...
       菲什教授一贯表现出很高的职业水准。
    2. Hollywood is nothing if not creative, especially if someone else will pick up the bills.
       好莱坞是极有创造力的地方，尤其是如果有人肯埋单的话。
12. CONVENTION 没什么;小事情
    People sometimes say 'It's nothing' as a polite response after someone has thanked them for something they have done.
    1. 'Thank you for the wonderful dinner.' — 'It's nothing,' Sarah said...
       “谢谢你招待了这么美味的晚餐。”——“这没什么，”萨拉说。
    2. 'I'll be on my way. I can't thank you enough, Alan.' — 'It was nothing, but take care.'
       “艾伦，我要走了。真不知该怎么感谢你。”——“小事情，多保重。”
13. PHRASE 不真实;不可信
    If you say about a story or report that there is nothing in it or nothing to it, you mean that it is untrue.
    1. It's all rubbish and superstition, and there's nothing in it.
       这都是废话和迷信，不是真的。
14. PHRASE 不费事;轻而易举
    If you say about an activity that there is nothing to it or nothing in it, you mean that it is extremely easy.
    1. This device has a gripper that electrically twists off the jar top. Nothing to it...
       这个装置有一个能拧开瓶盖的电动钳子，并不复杂。
    2. If you've shied away from making pancakes in the past, don't be put off — there's really nothing in it!
       如果你过去不敢做烤薄饼的话，现在别迟疑了，真是一点儿都不费事!
15. (比赛或竞争中)水平不相上下，势均力敌
    If you say about a contest or competition that there is nothing in it, you mean that two or more of the competitors are level and have an equal chance of winning.
16. PHRASE (用于强调，表示事情让人吃惊或重要)简直，全然
    You can use nothing less than to emphasize your next words, often indicating that something seems very surprising or important.
    1. What he had in mind amounted to nothing less than a total reversal of the traditional role of the executive...
       他头脑中所想的简直就是对管理人员传统角色的彻底颠覆。
    2. You're nothing less than a murderer!
       你简直就是凶手！
17. PHRASE 并非没有道理;事出有因
    If you say that it was not for nothing that something happened, you are emphasizing that there was a very good reason for it to happen.
    1. Not for nothing was the plane called 'The widow-maker'...
       这种飞机被称作“寡妇机”是事出有因的。
    2. It's not for nothing that interior decorators the world over look to the English country garden for glorious inspiration.
       全世界的室内设计师都希望从英国乡村花园汲取美妙的灵感，这并非没有道理。
18. PHRASE 不付代价的收益;不劳而获
    If you say that someone is getting something for nothing, you disapprove of the fact that they are getting what they want without doing or giving anything in return.
    1. What's wrong with you is that you think you can get something for nothing.
       你的问题是你认为自己可以不劳而获。
19. PHRASE 绝对没有;绝无此事
    Nothing of the sort is used when strongly contradicting something that has just been said.
    1. 'We're going to talk this over in my office.'—'We're going to do nothing of the sort.'...
       “我们打算到我办公室把这件事谈个明白。”——“我们决不同意这么做。”
    2. Mrs Adamson said that she was extremely sorry, in tones that made it clear that she was nothing of the sort.
       亚当森夫人说她深感抱歉，但她的语气清楚地让人感到她毫无歉意。
20. See also: sweet nothings

1. I've done nothing much since coffee time
   咖啡时间过后，我什么都没干。
2. Mr Pearson said he knew nothing of his wife's daytime habits
   皮尔逊先生说，他对妻子白天的生活习惯一无所知。
3. He was dressed in jeans and nothing else
   他穿着牛仔装，没别的了。
4. There is nothing wrong with the car.
   这车一点毛病也没有。
5. Because he had always had money it meant nothing to him
   因为他一直不缺钱，所以这对他来说不算什么。
6. While the increase in homicides is alarming, it is nothing compared to what is to come in the rest of the decade
   虽然凶杀案的增加令人担忧，但和这个十年里接下来的几年将要发生的事相比却是小巫见大巫了。
7. She kept bursting into tears over nothing at work
   她老是为工作上微不足道的事儿哭鼻子。
8. Do our years together mean nothing?
   难道我们这么多年在一起都毫无意义吗？
9. The furniture was threadbare; he'd obviously picked it up for nothing
   这件家具很破旧，显然他是白捡来的了。
10. Around the lake the countryside generally is nothing special
    湖四周的乡村总的来说没有什么特别的。
11. There was nothing remarkable about him
    他没有什么特别之处。
12. All kids her age do silly things; it's nothing to worry about.
    她这个年龄的孩子都会做傻事，根本不用担心。
13. Youngsters learn nothing so fast as how to beat the system
    年轻人对如何钻制度的空子学得最快。
14. I consider nothing more important in my life than songwriting
    我想我的生活中没什么比写歌更重要了。
15. 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。
16. It did nothing but make us ridiculous
    这只是让我们显得很滑稽。
17. They care for nothing but fighting.
    他们只知道打架，什么也不关心。
18. Pay now, or nothing doing
    现在付钱，否则不行。
19. 'I could take the subway and have David pick me up at the station.' — 'Nothing doing.'
    “我可以坐地铁，然后让戴维到车站接我。”——“不行。”
20. Much depends on which individual ingredients you choose. There is nothing for it but to taste and to experiment for yourself
    很大程度上取决于你选择哪种配料。除了亲口品尝和动手尝试外，没有别的方法。
21. Professor Fish has been nothing if not professional
    菲什教授一贯表现出很高的职业水准。
22. 'Thank you for the wonderful dinner.' — 'It's nothing,' Sarah said
    “谢谢你招待了这么美味的晚餐。”——“这没什么，”萨拉说。
23. It's all rubbish and superstition, and there's nothing in it.
    这都是废话和迷信，不是真的。
24. This device has a gripper that electrically twists off the jar top. Nothing to it
    这个装置有一个能拧开瓶盖的电动钳子，并不复杂。
25. What he had in mind amounted to nothing less than a total reversal of the traditional role of the executive
    他头脑中所想的简直就是对管理人员传统角色的彻底颠覆。
26. Not for nothing was the plane called 'The widow-maker'
    这种飞机被称作“寡妇机”是事出有因的。
27. What's wrong with you is that you think you can get something for nothing.
    你的问题是你认为自己可以不劳而获。
28. 'We're going to talk this over in my office.' —'We're going to do nothing of the sort. '
    “我们打算到我办公室把这件事谈个明白。”——“我们决不同意这么做。”

pron.

be nothing to sb

• 对（某人）来说是无所谓的人
  to be a person for whom sb has no feelings
  1. I used to love her but she's nothing to me any more.
     我爱过她，但现在对她再也没什么感情了。

be/have nothing to do with sb/sth

• 与…毫不相干；与…无关
  to have no connection with sb/sth
  1. Get out! It's nothing to do with you (= you have no right to know about it) .
     出去！这根本就不关你的事。
  2. That has nothing to do with what we're discussing.
     那与我们所讨论的问题毫不相干。

for nothing

• 不花钱；免费
  without payment
  1. She's always trying to get something for nothing .
     她总想不劳而获。
• 无酬劳；毫无结果；白白地
  with no reward or result
  1. All that preparation was for nothing because the visit was cancelled.
     访问被取消，所有的准备工作都白费了。

have nothing on sb

• 远比不上某人；比某人差得多
  to have much less of a particular quality than sb/sth
  1. I'm quite a fast worker, but I've got nothing on her!
     我做事已经很麻利了，但比她还差得远。
• 没有某人的罪证
  to have no information that could show sb to be guilty of sth

not for nothing

• 有充分理由；有正当理由
  for a very good reason
  1. Not for nothing was he called the king of rock and roll.
     他被称作摇滚之王不是没有道理的。

nothing but

• 只；只有；只是；仅仅
  only; no more/less than
  1. Nothing but a miracle can save her now.
     现在只有出现奇迹才能救活她。
  2. I want nothing but the best for my children.
     我只是想给我的孩子们最好的。

nothing if not

• 极其；非常
  extremely; very
  1. The trip was nothing if not varied.
     这次旅行极其丰富多彩。

nothing less than

• 简直是；极其；不亚于
  used to emphasize how great or extreme sth is
  1. It was nothing less than a disaster.
     这简直就是一场灾难。

nothing like

• 完全不像；根本不像
  not at all like
  1. It looks nothing like a horse.
     它看上去根本不像一匹马。
• 完全不；根本没有
  not nearly; not at all
  1. I had nothing like enough time to answer all the questions.
     我根本来不及回答所有的问题。

nothing much

• 不很多；不太重要；价值不太大
  not a great amount of sth; nothing of great value or importance
  1. There's nothing much in the fridge.
     冰箱里没什么东西了。
  2. I got up late and did nothing much all day.
     我起来晚了，一天没怎么做事。

(there's) nothing to it

• （这事）轻而易举，非常简单
  (it's) very easy
  1. You'll soon learn. There's nothing to it really.
     你很快就能学会，真的很简单。

there is/was nothing (else) for it (but to do sth)

• （除了做某事）别无办法
  there is no other action to take except the one mentioned
  1. There was nothing else for it but to resign.
     除了辞职，没有别的办法。

there is/was nothing in sth

• （某事）不可信，不真实
  something is/was not true
  1. There was a rumour she was going to resign, but there was nothing in it.
     有传言说她要辞职，不过这靠不住。

there's nothing like sth

• …非常好；…太棒了
  used to say that you enjoy sth very much
  1. There's nothing like a brisk walk on a cold day!
     冷天出来快步走走，简直太舒服了。

stop at nothing

• 不择手段
  to be willing to do anything to get what you want, even if it is dishonest or wrong

sweet nothings

• 情话
  romantic words
  1. to whisper sweet nothings in sb's ear
     向某人低诉喁喁情话

noun

1. a quantity of no importance
   1. it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
   2. reduced to nil all the work we had done
   3. we racked up a pathetic goose egg
   4. it was all for naught
   5. I didn't hear zilch about it

   Synonym:    nilnixnadanullaughtciphercyphergoose eggnaughtzerozilchzipzippo

adv

1. in no respect
   1. he looks nothing like his father