nothing是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 没有东西； 什么也没有； 无关紧要的人或事，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Oak had nothing finished and ready to say as yet, and not being able to frame love phrases which end where they begin; passionate tales Full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing he said no word at all.
-- Nothing disturbed the stillness of the cottage save the chatter of a knot of sparrows on the eaves; one might fancy scandal and rumour to be no less the staple topic of these little coteries on roofs than of those under them.
在巴尔扎克的《高老头》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Nothing can be more depressing than the sight of that sitting-room.
-- He had treated her badly, had left her nothing but her eyes to cry over his cruelty, the house she lived in, and the privilege of pitying nobody, because, so she was wont to say, she herself had been through every possible misfortune.
-- She said that she had nursed an old gentleman, ill of catarrh of the bladder, and left to die by his children, who thought that he had nothing left.
-- Unluckily, the widow of the commissary-general to the armies of the Republic had nothing in the world but her jointure and her widow's pension, and some day she might be obliged to leave the helpless, inexperienced girl to the mercy of the world.
-- Not only so, he knew all about ships, the sea, France, foreign countries, men, business, law, great houses and prisons, --there was nothing that he did not know.
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- These reflections have dispelled the agitation with which I began my letter, and I feel my heart glow with an enthu-siasm which elevates me to heaven, for nothing contributes so much to tranquillize the mind as a steady purpose a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
-- But it is a still greater evil to me that I am self-educated: for the first fourteen years of my life I ran wild on a common and read nothing but our Uncle Thomas' books of voyages.
-- I shall do nothing rashly: you know me sufficiently to confide in my prudence andconsiderateness whenever the safety of others is commit-ted to my care.
-- One or two stiff gales and the springing of a leak are accidents which experienced navigators scarce-ly remember to record, and I shall be well content if nothing worse happen to us during our voyage.
-- I understand your feeling,' con-tinued he, perceiving that I wished to interrupt him; 'but you are mistaken, my friend, if thus you will allow me to name you; nothing can alter my destiny; listen to my histo-ry, and you will perceive how irrevocably it is determined.'
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- There's nothing worsethan a barbecue turned into an indoor picnic."
-- But, look, youimpudent black fool, if you put on any airs in front of the Wynder darkies and hint that we all the time have friedchicken and ham, while they don't have nothing but rabbit and possum, I'll I'll tell Ma.
-- It was time for Gerald's return and, if she expected to see him alone, there was nothing for her to do except meethim where the driveway entered the road.
-- Scarlett and her father each assured the other solemnly that to bring such matters to the ears ofEllen would only hurt her, and nothing would induce them to wound her gentleness.
-- Scarlett could think of nothing to say, and she felt her face growing red with annoyance.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- GREAT EXPECTATIONSChapter IMy father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip.
-- There was nothing in them but a piece of bread.
-- I knew Mrs. Joe's housekeeping to be of the strictest kind, and that my larcenous researches might find nothing available in the safe.
-- My sister made a dive at me, and fished me up by the hair, saying nothing more than the awful words, "You come along and be dosed."
-- Joe put his mouth into the forms of returning such a highly elaborate answer, that I could make out nothing of it but the single word "Pip."
在格林兄弟的《格林童话》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Then the butcher gave him a flask of ale, saying, 'There, drink and refresh yourself; your cow will give you no milk: don't you see she is an old beast, good for nothing but the slaughter-house?'
-- I know nothing of where 14 Grimms' Fairy Talesthe pig was either bred or born; but he may have been the squire's for aught I can tell: you know this country better than I do, take my pig and give me the goose.'
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