never

英 ['nevə(r)] 美 ['nevər]

• adv. 永不；绝不；从不；未曾

双解释义

adv. (副词)

1. 从不,永不,从来没有

   not ever, not at any time

详尽释义

adv. 副词

1. 决不，根本不
2. 从不，从无，从未
3. 永不，永无
4. 千万不
5. 丝毫不
6. <口>不，没有
7. <英口>（表示惊讶或不相信）不会，不可能

英英释义

Adverb:

1. not ever; at no time in the past or future;

   "I have never been to China"
   "I shall never forget this day"
   "had never seen a circus"
   "never on Sunday"
   "I will never marry you!"
   

2. not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances;

   "never fear"
   "bringing up children is never easy"
   "that will never do"
   "what is morally wrong can never be politically right"
   

例句

用作副词 (adv.)

1. I will never forget your kindness.
   我永远忘不了你的好意。
2. In these altitudes snow never melts.
   在这样的高度，雪永不融化。
3. His love for science will never die.
   他对科学的热爱永不会消退。
4. We will never yield to invaders.
   我们绝不会向侵略者屈服。
5. We never flinch from difficulties.
   在困难面前我们决不退缩。
6. She would never thrash her children.
   她绝不会鞭打她的孩子。
7. She never goes to the cinema.
   她向来不看电影。
8. I never miss a chance of playing football.
   我从不错过踢足球的机会。
9. He had no sense of shame and never felt guilty.
   他毫无羞耻之心，而且从不觉得内疚。
10. He has never heard of that before.
    他未曾听说过那事。
11. I have never made his acquaintance.
    我与他素昧平生。

常见句型

用作副词 (adv.)

1. I can never understand why Mary said nothing about her wrongs.
   我毫不理解玛丽说她什么也没有做错。
2. Neighbors are said never to agree.
   据说,邻居们永远不会同意。
3. He never intended to use this method.
   他从来没想使用这种方法。
4. Never having seen him before,I did not know what he looked like.
   我从来没见过他,不知道他长得怎样。
5. I hope never to see him again.
   我希望再不要见到他。
6. Never have I seen such a strange person.
   我从来没见过这样的怪人。
7. There is never a friend but he remembers the birthday of.
   他记得每个朋友的生日。
8. I have never been abroad, neither〔nor〕 have I ever wished to go.
   我从未去过国外,我也从未想去。
9. He never behaves honestly, nor wisely.
   他的行为既不诚实,也不聪明。
10. You can tell him now, remember better late than never.
    你现在可以告诉他,要记得“晚做总比不做好”。
11. Never mind the expense!
    不用担心费用!
12. Let me carry it for you.—Never mind.
    我替你拿吧。——不用啦。

经典引文

• I never yet found one instance of their existence.

  出自： Goldsmith

• To be found..in the realities of Heaven, but never, never, in creatures of flesh, and blood.

  出自： Coleridge

• A frown upon its never-smiling face.

  出自： Dickens

• I believe the fact was never before observed.

  出自： J. Tyndall

• One never-to-be-forgotten occasion.

  出自： E. Wallace

• Never till now..had Portia been the first to look away.

  出自： E. Bowen

• I never knew my grandparents.

  出自： S. Bedford

• His daughters had never to his knowledge wept hysterically.

  出自： F. Swinnerton

• I'll never get married.

  出自： M. Roberts

常用短语

用作副词 (adv.)

never so much as

甚至不,甚至没有do not even

词汇搭配

• never mind 不要紧
• never take one's eyes off 始终注视着
• on the never-never 以分期付款方式(购买...
• never so much as 甚至不
• never the 一点也不
• never for a moment 多半
• Never say die 不要失望
• never a one 没有一个人
• Never is a long word. 参照 never
• never ever 永不
• never come to anything 彻底失败
• Well, I never! 嘿，真没想到！...
• Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. 别去自找麻烦。...
• never-never land 想像中的地方...
• Tomorrow never comes. 莫依赖明天。...
• never-ending 不停的
• seldom or never 极难得(简直不)...
• never a 一个也不(毫不)...
• never the ... 毫不
• never so 从来没有这样(非常)...

词语用法

adv. (副词)

1. never作“永不,绝不”解,表示全部否定,一般指经常性的状态,不用于修饰一次性的具体动作。
2. never一般位于系动词及助动词之后,实义动词之前; 如修饰动词不定式或分词,则要放在不定式或分词前。
3. never可用于句首以加强语气,其后的句子要主谓倒装。never所处的位置不同时,句意也会有所不同。

词义辨析

adv. (副词)

Never mind, You are welcome

• 两者都可作“不要客气”解。但使用的场合不同:You are welcome是回答对方谢意的用语; 而Never mind是回答对方歉意的用语。试比较:
• “Thanks a lot.”“You are welcome.” “多谢了。”“不用谢。” “Sorry for interrupting you.”“Never mind.” “对不起,打扰了。”“没关系。”

近反义词

【近义词】

• at no time
• not at all
• on no account

【反义词】

• always
• forever