all to nothing

1. 百分之百的; 肯定的

It is all to nothing that we will succeed.

我们肯定会成功。

nothing to

1. 对……来说无足轻重

John is nothing to her.

约翰对她来说无足轻重。

2. 远不如

Our losses are nothing to theirs.

我们的损失远不能与他们的相比。

come to nothing

1. 失败

Their experiments came to nothing in the end.

他们的实验以失败告终。

for nothing

1. 免费

I got the typewriter for nothing; a friend just gave it to me.

我免费得到了这台打字机, 是一位朋友送给我的。

2. 徒然

All the work has been done for nothing.

所有的工作都白做了。

3. 无端

They often quarrel for nothing.

他们经常无端争吵。

go for nothing

1. 没有结果

A whole year's hard work has all gone for nothing.

整整一年的辛苦全部化为乌有。

have nothing to do with

1. 与……无关

We have nothing to do with him.

我们与他没有什么关系。

make nothing of

1. 不理解

I could make nothing of what she had said.

我不能理解她所说的话。

next to nothing

1. 几乎没有

She ate next to nothing at dinner.

晚饭时她几乎什么也没吃。

no nothing

1. 什么也没有

After the floods, the local people lost everything; that is, they had no food, no clothing, no nothing.

洪水过后, 当地的人丧失了一切, 无衣无食, 一无所有。

nothing but

1. 只有

Nothing but a miracle can save her life.

只有奇迹才能挽救她的生命。

nothing if not

1. 极其

The present situation is nothing if not fine.

现在的形势好极了。

nothing less than

1. 与……一模一样

It was nothing less than a miracle.

那完全是个奇迹。

nothing much

1. 很少

Is there anything interesting in the paper? Nothing much.

报纸上有什么有趣的东西吗? 没什么。

nothing to write home about

1. 不值得大书特书的事; 并非重要之事

This is nothing to write home about.

这并非什么了不起的事。

Nothing succeeds like success.

1. 一事成功, 万事顺利。

Nothing venture, nothing have.

1. 不入虎穴, 焉得虎子。

there is nothing for it but to ...

1. 除了……以外别无他法

With the bridge destroyed, there was nothing for it but to swim across it.

桥被毁了, 只得游过去。

think nothing of

1. 把……视为平常

He thought nothing of walking 40 miles.

走四十英里他并不当一回事。

to say nothing of

1. 更不必说

He had to support his seven children, to say nothing of his wife and parents.

他要养活自己的七个孩子, 更不必说还有妻子和父母了。