| 单词 | no |
| 释义 | no (noʊ ) Word forms: noes , no's 1. convention A1 You use no to give a negative response to a question. 'Any problems?'—'No, I'm O.K.' 'Haven't you got your driver's licence?'—'No.' 2. convention A1 You use no to say that something that someone has just said is not true. 'We thought you'd emigrated.'—'No, no.' 'You're getting worse than me.'—'No I'm not.' 3. convention A1 You use no to refuse an offer or a request, or to refuse permission. 'Here, have mine.'—'No, this is fine.' 'Can you just get the message through to Pete for me?'—'No, no I can't.' After all, the worst the boss can do is say no if you ask him. 4. exclamation A1 You use no to indicate that you do not want someone to do something. No. I forbid it. You cannot. She put up a hand to stop him. 'No. It's not right. We mustn't.' 5. convention A2 You use no to acknowledge a negative statement or to show that you accept and understand it. 'We're not on the main campus.'—'No.' 'It's not one of my favourite forms of music.'—'No.' 'I don't know him, do I?'—'No, you don't.' 6. convention B1 You use no before correcting what you have just said. I was twenty-two–no, twenty-one. 7. exclamation A2 You use no to express shock or disappointment at something you have just been told. [feelings] 'John phoned to say that his computer wasn't working.'—'Oh God no.' 8. determiner A1 You use no to mean not any or not one person or thing. He had no intention of paying the cash. No job has more influence on the future of the world. No letters survive from this early period. 9. determiner B1+ You use no to emphasize that someone or something is not the type of thing mentioned. [emphasis] He is no singer. I make it no secret that our worst consultants earn nothing. 10. adverb B1+ You can use no to make the negative form of a comparative. It is to start broadcasting no later than the end of next year. Yesterday no fewer than thirty climbers reached the summit. It would be unfair to suggest that he will be no more effective than his predecessors. He liked the Secretary no better than his assistant. 11. determiner You use no in front of an adjective and noun to make the noun group mean its opposite. Sometimes a bit of selfishness, if it leads to greater self-knowledge, is no bad thing. Today's elections are of no great importance in themselves. 12. determiner A2 No is used in notices or instructions to say that a particular activity or thing is forbidden. The captain turned out the 'no smoking' signs. No talking after lights out. ...a notice saying 'No Dogs'. 13. countable noun A no is a person who has answered 'no' to a question or who has voted against something. No is also used to refer to their answer or vote. According to the latest opinion polls, the noes have 50 percent, the yeses 35 percent. Synonyms: objector, protester, dissident, dissenter 14. there is no phrase If you say there is no doing a particular thing, you mean that it is very difficult or impossible to do that thing. [emphasis] There is no going back to the life she had. There is no doubting them now. 15. not to take no for an answer phrase B2 If you say that someone will not take no for an answer, you mean that they go on trying to make you agree to something even after you have refused. She is tough, unwilling to take no for an answer. He would never take no for an answer. 16. no doubt phrase You use no doubt to emphasize that something seems certain or very likely to you. [emphasis] The contract for this will no doubt be widely advertised. 17. no less phrase [cl/group PHR] You can use no less as a way of expressing surprise or admiration at the importance of something or someone. [emphasis] He had returned to England in an aircraft carrier no less. 18. no less than phrase You use no less than before an amount to indicate that the amount is surprisingly large. [emphasis] The Amazon is no less than 200 miles wide at its mouth. He is lined up for no less than four U.S. television interviews. 19. no longer phrase B1 Something that is no longer the case used to be the case but is not the case now. You can also say that something is not the case any longer. Food shortages are no longer a problem. She could no longer afford to keep him at school. I noticed that he wasn't sitting by the door any longer. 20. in no way phrase You use in no way or not in any way to emphasize that a statement is not at all true. [emphasis] In no way am I going to adopt any of his methods. A spokesman insisted the two events were 'in no way related'. 'He hasn't become more boring has he?' she laughs. 'No. Not in any way.' 21. there's no way phrase B2 If you say there's no way that something will happen, you are emphasizing that you think it will definitely not happen. [emphasis] There was absolutely no way that we were going to be able to retrieve it. 22. no way phrase B1 You can say no way as an emphatic way of saying no. [informal, emphasis] Mike, no way am I playing cards with you for money. That was not the life Jack Hewitt planned to live. No way! No. Word forms: Nos B1+ No. is a written abbreviation for number. That year he was named the nation's No. 1 college football star. Columbia Law Review, vol. no. 698 p1317. Translations: Chinese: 没有, 不, 不！ Japanese: ない, いいえ, なんてことを！ |
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