not any 无,没有 there is no excuse. 毫无借口。 no two plants are alike. 没有两株植物是一样的。
used to indicate that something is quite the opposite of what is being specified 表示“相反”;非 it was no easy task persuading her. 说服她绝非易事。 Toby is no fool. 托比并不傻。
hardly any 几乎没有 you'll be back in no time. 你马上就会回来。
used in notices or slogans forbidding or rejecting something specified [用于通知或标语]禁止;反对 No Smoking signs. 禁止吸烟的标志。 no nukes. 反对核武器。
exclamation
used to give a negative response [用于否定回答]不 ‘Is anything wrong?’ ‘No.’. “有什么不对吗?”“没有。”。 ■expressing disagreement or contradiction [表示“反对”,“反驳”]不 ‘This is boring.’ ‘No, it's not!’. “这很无聊。”“不,不无聊!”。 ■expressing agreement with or affirmation of a negative statement [表示对否定陈述的赞同,肯定]不,不会 they would never cause a fuss, oh no. 他们永远也不会弄得乱作一团,绝对不会。 ■expressing shock or disappointment at something one has heard or discovered [表示对所听到或发现的事物的“震惊”;“失 望”]不会吧,天啊 oh no, look at this!. 哦,不会吧,看看这个!。
adverb
[with comparative]not at all; to no extent 完全不;决不 they were no more able to perform the task than I was. 他们和我一样无法完成这项任务。
(Scottish)not (苏格兰)不 I'll no be a minute. 我要不了一分钟就好。
(pl. noes)
a negative answer or decision, especially in voting (尤指投票表决中的)反对
常用词组 no can do
(informal)(非正式)I am unable to do it 我干不了
the noes have it
the negative votes are in the majority 否定票占大多数
no less
见 less
no longer
not now as formerly 不再 they no longer live here. 他们不再住在这了。
no man
no person; no one 没有人
no more
见 more
no place
(N. Amer.)nowhere (北美)无处
no sooner —— than
见 soon
no through road
an indication that passage along a street is blocked or prohibited 道路堵塞;禁止通行
not take no for an answer
persist in spite of refusals 非取得同意不可;坚持己见
no two ways about it
used to convey that there can be no doubt about something 毫无疑问
no way
(informal)(非正式)under no circumstances; not at all 绝不可能 You think she's alone? No way. 你以为她一个人?绝不可能。
no worries
(informal, chiefly Austral.)all right; fine (非正式,主澳)好,行;太好了
or no
or not 或不是 she'd have ridden there, winter or no. 是不是冬天,她都会乘车去那儿的。
(—— or no ——)regardless of the specified thing 不管是不是 recession or no recession there is always going to be a shortage of good people. 不管经济景不景气,好人总是太少。
语源
Old English nō, nā (adverb), from ne 'not' + ō, ā 'ever'. The determiner arose in Middle English (originally before words beginning with any consonant except h-), reduced from non, from Old English nān (see none)