| 释义 |
nothing of the kind1Not at all like the thing in question: my son had done nothing of the kind before...- The so-called questions are nothing of the kind.
- The fact that the minister in question did nothing of the kind enraged other MPs.
- Vilified by his detractors as an uncritical apologist for the Arabs, he was nothing of the kind.
1.1Used to express an emphatic denial: ‘He made you do that?’ ‘He did nothing of the kind.’...- Again, and of course, I said nothing of the kind.
- Well, some data we have shows nothing of the kind.
- Now it turns out they knew nothing of the kind but assured us they did anyway.
See parent entry: kind |