nil
英 [nɪl]
美 [nɪl]
n. (数码)零; (体育比赛中的)0分; 无; 零
Collins.2 / BNC.6632
同义词辨析
zeron. 零；零度；零点；零分
〔辨析〕
普通用词，一般用于表示数字、数量、刻度、比分、电话号码等；表示概率、程度等时，常指微乎其微或根本没有。
〔例证〕
If x is zero, y must be 2.
如果x为零，y肯定是2。
It was 18 degrees below zero.
气温是零下18度。
We won the football game with a score of 4 to zero.
我们以4比0的比分赢得了这场足球比赛。
My chances of winning are almost zero.
我获胜的机会几乎为零。
如果x为零，y肯定是2。
It was 18 degrees below zero.
气温是零下18度。
We won the football game with a score of 4 to zero.
我们以4比0的比分赢得了这场足球比赛。
My chances of winning are almost zero.
我获胜的机会几乎为零。
ciphern. 〈文〉零；不重要的人
〔辨析〕
指数字0或0至9的任何一个阿拉伯数字，强调数字概念；引申则指无足轻重的人。
〔例证〕
reliable ciphers
可靠性数字
223344 is a number of 6 ciphers.
223344是一个6位数。
One followed by two ciphers is 100.
1的后面跟两个0是100。
He's a mere cipher in the committee.
他在委员会里不过是个无名小卒。
可靠性数字
223344 is a number of 6 ciphers.
223344是一个6位数。
One followed by two ciphers is 100.
1的后面跟两个0是100。
He's a mere cipher in the committee.
他在委员会里不过是个无名小卒。
niln. 〈英〉零；无
〔辨析〕
多指体育比赛中的比分，或用于认知、价值等程度，常可与 zero 换用。
〔例证〕
Our team won by three goals to nil/zero.
我们队以3比0获胜。
His knowledge of the subject is practically nil/zero.
他在这方面的知识几乎是零。
Their new device reduced labour costs to almost nil/zero.
他们的新装置把劳动成本几乎降为零。
我们队以3比0获胜。
His knowledge of the subject is practically nil/zero.
他在这方面的知识几乎是零。
Their new device reduced labour costs to almost nil/zero.
他们的新装置把劳动成本几乎降为零。
noughtn. 〈英〉零
〔辨析〕
强调数字概念，可与cipher换用；在数字读法上与 zero 相同，可换用。
〔例证〕
nought/zero point one/two three etc.
0.1/0.23等
A million is 1 with six noughts/ciphers after it.
一百万是一后面加六个零。
0.1/0.23等
A million is 1 with six noughts/ciphers after it.
一百万是一后面加六个零。
牛津词典
noun
- （数码）零；（体育比赛中的）0分
the number 0, especially as the score in some games- Newcastle beat Leeds four nil/by four goals to nil.
纽卡斯尔队以四比零战胜利兹队。
- Newcastle beat Leeds four nil/by four goals to nil.
- 无；零
nothing- The doctors rated her chances as nil (= there were no chances) .
医生认为她没有希望了。
- The doctors rated her chances as nil (= there were no chances) .
柯林斯词典
- NUM 零分(通常用于表示橄榄球、足球等比赛中的得分)
Nilmeans the same as zero. It is usually used to say what the score is in sports such as rugby or football.- They beat Argentina one-nil in the final.
他们在决赛中以 1 比 0 击败了阿根廷队。
- They beat Argentina one-nil in the final.
- N-UNCOUNT 零;无;不存在
If you say that somethingis nil, you mean that it does not exist at all.- Their legal rights are virtually nil...
他们实际上毫无法律权利。 - The heating in winter was almost nil.
冬季供暖设施几乎毫无用处。
- Their legal rights are virtually nil...
英英释义
noun
- a quantity of no importance
- it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
- reduced to nil all the work we had done
- we racked up a pathetic goose egg
- it was all for naught
- I didn't hear zilch about it
双语例句
- Nil denotes the end of the list.
Nil表示列表的结尾。 - As for me even after a month my understanding was nil because of lack of faith and energetic effort.
而我由于缺乏信心和精进力，即使在一个月之后仍然在慧学修证上毫无收获。 - His team's won too. four, nil.
他的球队也赢了，四比零。 - This experienced editor is said to Be aBle to reduce the misprints to almost nil.
据说这位经验丰富的老编辑能把印刷错误几乎降低到零。 - Strings, numbers ( floating point only), booleans, and the special nil type are basic types.
number（只有浮点数）、boolean和特殊的nil类型都是基本类型。 - The heating in winter was almost nil.
冬季供暖设施几乎毫无用处。 - The energy requirement for hydrolytic reactions is considered nil.
水解反应所需的能量被认为是零。 - Asking an object if it is of the nil type ( via the nil? method call) returns a boolean.
询问一个对象是否是nil类型（通过nil？方法调用）会返回一个布尔值。 - In distressed debt, transaction volumes at the bottom are nil at best.
在问题债务中，在底部时的交易量可能会为零。 - While this subject cannot even be raised, the chances of getting energy policy right are nil.
当人们提都不能提这个问题时，正确把握能源政策的可能性为零。