英语词汇“to be nowhere”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

5. colloquial. to be nowhere.

a. To be badly beaten (in a race, contest, etc.); to be completely unsuccessful or out of the running. Frequently in extended use. Also to come nowhere.

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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > be defeated or overthrown [verb (intransitive)] > be defeated or lose > be badly beaten

to be nowhere1755

1755 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 153/1 His powerful deep rate, by which all the horses that ran against him were no-where.

1826 Sporting Mag. 17 306 Many men were nowhere at the end.

1831 T. B. Macaulay Boswell's Life Johnson in Edinb. Rev. Sept. 16 Boswell is the first of biographers..and the rest nowhere.

1867 ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags I. i. 18 The annoyance of a miscalculation on the flat..when a Maldon or Danebury favourite came ‘nowhere’.

1895 Athenæum 14 Sept. 347/3 To the philologist and the student of English literature, it is Oxford first, the rest nowhere.

1967 Listener 19 Jan. 83/3 The Dutch economy would be nowhere without the German hinterland.

1999 J. M. Coetzee Disgrace (2000) vii. 73 There is no funding any longer. On the nation's priorities, animals come nowhere.

b. To be an insignificant, unsatisfactory, or worthless person, thing, state, etc.Cf. sense C.

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1847 J. M. Field Drama in Pokerville 14 A travelling menagerie..but varmints were ‘no whar’ in comparison with..real live actors.

1870 Overland Monthly Jan. 89 A man who couldn't drink with the boys was nowhere.

1887 C. Mackenzie Jack Pots 80 Poke [sic] is de game I likes most of all; craps is nowhere.

1948 Partisan Rev. 721 As he was the illegitimate son of the lost Generation, the hipster was really nowhere.

1959 Esquire Nov. 70J Nowhere, the absolute of nothing. Example: That guy is nowhere.

1980 A. Beattie Falling in Place (1981) vii. 71 ‘He is so nowhere,’ Angela said. ‘I can't even believe that Lloyd likes him.’

†c. U.S. To be out of one's depth; to lack knowledge in a particular area. Obsolete.

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1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 297 To be nowhere is to be at sea; to be utterly at a loss; to be ignorant.

1868 in M. Schele de Vere Americanisms (1871) When he began to ask me questions about surgery, I was just nowhere, and I can't tell, to save my life, what I said to him.

单词	to be nowhere
释义	> as lemmas to be nowhere 5. colloquial. to be nowhere. a. To be badly beaten (in a race, contest, etc.); to be completely unsuccessful or out of the running. Frequently in extended use. Also to come nowhere. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > be defeated or overthrown [verb (intransitive)] > be defeated or lose > be badly beaten to be nowhere1755 1755 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 153/1 His powerful deep rate, by which all the horses that ran against him were no-where. 1826 Sporting Mag. 17 306 Many men were nowhere at the end. 1831 T. B. Macaulay Boswell's Life Johnson in Edinb. Rev. Sept. 16 Boswell is the first of biographers..and the rest nowhere. 1867 ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags I. i. 18 The annoyance of a miscalculation on the flat..when a Maldon or Danebury favourite came ‘nowhere’. 1895 Athenæum 14 Sept. 347/3 To the philologist and the student of English literature, it is Oxford first, the rest nowhere. 1967 Listener 19 Jan. 83/3 The Dutch economy would be nowhere without the German hinterland. 1999 J. M. Coetzee Disgrace (2000) vii. 73 There is no funding any longer. On the nation's priorities, animals come nowhere. b. To be an insignificant, unsatisfactory, or worthless person, thing, state, etc.Cf. sense C. ΚΠ 1847 J. M. Field Drama in Pokerville 14 A travelling menagerie..but varmints were ‘no whar’ in comparison with..real live actors. 1870 Overland Monthly Jan. 89 A man who couldn't drink with the boys was nowhere. 1887 C. Mackenzie Jack Pots 80 Poke [sic] is de game I likes most of all; craps is nowhere. 1948 Partisan Rev. 721 As he was the illegitimate son of the lost Generation, the hipster was really nowhere. 1959 Esquire Nov. 70J Nowhere, the absolute of nothing. Example: That guy is nowhere. 1980 A. Beattie Falling in Place (1981) vii. 71 ‘He is so nowhere,’ Angela said. ‘I can't even believe that Lloyd likes him.’ †c. U.S. To be out of one's depth; to lack knowledge in a particular area. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 297 To be nowhere is to be at sea; to be utterly at a loss; to be ignorant. 1868 in M. Schele de Vere Americanisms (1871) When he began to ask me questions about surgery, I was just nowhere, and I can't tell, to save my life, what I said to him. extracted from nowhereadv.n.pron.adj. < as lemmas
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