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Place Adv 副词   [Adv   [Emphasis Negative I V

The word 'nowhere' is an adverb with multiple uses: to emphasize a place's unique quality, to indicate the non-existence of suitable places, or to state that something or someone is impossible to find or see.

Nowhere is used to emphasize that a place has a particular quality more than others, or that something only happens or exists there. It can also mean that suitable places do not exist, or to indicate that something or someone cannot be seen or found.

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[ADV-INDEF-NEG 否定不定副词]任何地方都不;没有别的地方会 You use nowhere to emphasize that a place has more of a particular quality than any other places, or that it is the only place where something happens or exists.
  [ADV with be]
  [emphasis]
  • Nowhere is language a more serious issue than in Hawaii...

    没有哪个地方像夏威夷那样,语言成了如此重要的问题。

  • This kind of forest exists nowhere else in the world...

    在世界其他地方找不到这样的森林。

  • If you are extremely rich, you could stay nowhere better than the Ruislip Court Hotel.

    如果你非常有钱,那就住赖斯利普宫廷酒店吧,没有比它更好的地方了。

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[ADV-INDEF-NEG 否定不定副词]没有任何地方;无处 You use nowhere when making negative statements to say that a suitable place of the specified kind does not exist.
  [be ADV]
  • There was nowhere to hide and nowhere to run...

    无处可藏,也无处可逃。

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

    我没有其他地方可去,在这个世界上没有任何地方。

  • He had nowhere to call home.

    他根本没有可称为家的地方。

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[ADV 副词]没有踪影;找不到 You use nowhere to indicate that something or someone cannot be seen or found.
  [be ADV]
  • Michael glanced anxiously down the corridor, but Wilfred was nowhere to be seen...

    迈克尔焦急地顺着走廊望去,可根本看不到威尔弗雷德的影儿。

  • The escaped prisoner was nowhere in sight...

    越狱的囚犯已经无影无踪了。

  • He had gone out to get the gin. The cigarettes were nowhere.

    他去外边拿杜松子酒了,烟不知放哪儿了。

4
[ADV 副词]在不重要的地方;在无趣之处 You can use nowhere to refer in a general way to small, unimportant, or uninteresting places.
  [ADV after v]
  • ...endless paths that led nowhere in particular.

    不知通往何处的没有尽头的小路

  • ...country roads that go from nowhere to nowhere.

    不知从哪里来也不知通向何方的乡间公路

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[ADV 副词]突然(发生);一下子(冒出来) If you say that something or someone appears from nowhere or out of nowhere, you mean that they appear suddenly and unexpectedly.
  [from/out of ADV]
  • A car came from nowhere, and I had to jump back into the hedge just in time...

    一辆轿车不知从什么地方突然冒了出来,我只得向后跳到树篱中躲避,险些躲不及。

  • Houses had sprung up out of nowhere on the hills.

    山丘上突然冒出一幢幢的房子。

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[ADV 副词](文字、言谈或争论中)找不到出处地 You use nowhere to mean not in any part of a text, speech, or argument.
  [ADV before v]
  [emphasis]
  • He nowhere offers concrete historical background to support his arguments...

    他没给出具体的历史背景来支撑他的论点。

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

    你说得对,但我们压根没讲过这艘游艇的特色是独一无二的。

  • The most important issue for most ordinary people was nowhere on the proposed agenda.

    在提交的议事日程上找不到对大部分普通人来说最重要的议题。

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[PHRASE 短语]在遥远偏僻处 If you say that a place is in the middle of nowhere, you mean that it is a long way from other places.
  [usu PHR after v]
  • At dusk we pitched camp in the middle of nowhere.

    黄昏时,我们在茫茫荒野中扎营。

  • ...a farmhouse in the middle of nowhere.

    遥远偏僻处的一所农舍

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[PHRASE 短语](使)毫无结果;(使)一无进展 If you say that you are getting nowhere, or getting nowhere fast, or that something is getting you nowhere, you mean that you are not achieving anything or having any success.
  [V inflects]
  • My mind won't stop going round and round on the same subject and I seem to be getting nowhere...

    我脑子一直在不停地围绕着同一个问题转啊转,但一无所获。

  • 'Getting nowhere fast,' pronounced Crosby, 'that's what we're doing.'...

    克罗斯比断言说:“我们一无所获,在做无用功。”

  • Oh, stop it! This is getting us nowhere.

    哦,停下!这样不会有结果的。

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[PHRASE 短语]远非;远不及 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.
  [emphasis]
  • He's nowhere near recovered yet from his experiences...

    他还远没有从自己的经历中走出来。

  • The chair he sat in was nowhere near as comfortable as the custom-designed one behind his desk.

    他坐的那把椅子远不如他书桌后面那把定做的舒服。


Oxford no·where / ˈnəʊweə(r) ; NAmE ˈnoʊwer / ( also ˈno place especially in NAmE ) adverb not in or to any place 无处;哪里都不 This animal is found in Australia, and nowhere else. 这种动物生长在澳大利亚,别处没有。 There was nowhere for me to sit. 我无处可坐。 ‘Where are you going this weekend?’ ‘Nowhere special.’ “这个周末你打算去哪儿?”“没什么地方可去。” Nowhere is the effect of government policy more apparent than in agriculture. 政府的政策对农业的影响最为显著。 IDIOMS get/go ˈnowhere | get sb ˈnowhere to make no progress or have no success; to not enable sb to make progress or have success (让某人)毫无进展 We discussed it all morning but got nowhere. 我们就此事讨论了一上午,可是毫无进展。 Talking to him will get you nowhere. 和他谈话你会一无所获。 nowhere to be ˈfound/ˈseen | nowhere in ˈsight impossible for anyone to find or see 不可能找到(或看见) The children were nowhere to be seen. 根本看不到孩子们在哪儿。 A peace settlement is nowhere in sight (= is not likely in the near future). 近期内看不到和平解决的迹象。 more at
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no·where / ˈnəʊweə(r) ; NAmE ˈnoʊwer /
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nowhereno‧where /ˈnəʊweə $ ˈnoʊwer/ ●●● S2 adverb
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1not in any place or to any placenowhere to go/live/sit etc I have no job and nowhere to live. Nowhere is drug abuse more of a problem than in the US.2get/go nowhere to have no success or make no progress:  The proposal went nowhere in the Senate.get nowhere with somebody/something He was getting nowhere with the Bentley case.get somebody nowhere A negative attitude will get you nowhere. I soon realized that being tough was getting me nowhere fast (=was not helping me achieve anything).3be nowhere to be seen/found (also be nowhere in sight) to not be in a place, or not be seen or found there:  Typical – another street crime and the police are nowhere to be seen.4nowhere near a)a long way from a particular place:  He swore he was nowhere near her house on the night she died. b)not at allnowhere near ready/full/finished etc The building’s nowhere near finished. She’s nowhere near as pretty as you are.5out of/from nowhere happening or appearing suddenly and without warning:  In the last few seconds, Gunnell came from nowhere to win another gold medal. From out of nowhere he asks me to marry him!GRAMMAR: NegativesDon’t use nowhere with another negative word such as ‘not’. Use anywhere. You say: · You must not smoke anywhere in the building. Don’t say: You must not smoke nowhere in the building.
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[ˈnəʊweə(r)]

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无处(64%),任何地方都不(29%),不知道的地方(7%)
adv.无处;任何地方都不;毫无结果
n.无处;任何地方;无名之地
adj.不存在的;毫无结果的;不知名的

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