adv. 1.〔ever 的否定形式;加强否定语气;用于句首时,主谓语次序倒装〕决不,永不;从来没有,一点也不。 2.〔口语〕〔表示怀疑或惊异〕不会…吧;不,没有;不要。 短语和例子 I never met him before. 从来没见过他。 He is never at home on Sunday. 星期日他从不在家。 He has never been heard of since. 此后再也没有听到一点儿他的消息。 N- did he break his promise. 他从不爽约。 N- fear! 不要怕。 N- mind! 不必介意!不要紧! Better late than never. 晚做总比不做好。 Now or never. 时不可失,机不再来。 Well, I never! =I never did! 真想不到,真是没有见过[听说过]。 You have never lost the key! 不会是丢了钥匙吧! N- tell me! 别跟我开玩笑?! He never so much as spoke. 他连话都没有讲。never a 一个也没有。 never a one 没有一个(人)。 N- N- (land [country]) 澳大利亚昆士兰州的北部,人迹稀少的地方。 never so 〔古语〕非常;空前地;〔在条件句中〕即使。 never the 一点也不〔和比较级连用〕 (I am never the wiser for it. 这样我还是一点也不懂)。 never ... without 干什么总是… (He never moved a thing without replacing it exactly. 他挪动过的东西总是要放还原地的)。
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!" 同义词:ne''er, ne''er,
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"
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!" 同义词:ne''er, ne''er,
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"
例句与用法
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Hurricanes never find people prepared . 飓风总是乘人不备突然袭击的。
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The thought of resigning never occurred to me . 我从来没想过要辞职。
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A man of moral integrity never resorts to deception . 明人不做暗事。
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You never work those things out, though . 这种事情你永远也捉摸不透。
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Were you never unfaithful to him before ? 你以前从来没有对不起他过?
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I have seen him but never spoken to him . 我见过他,但没跟他说过话。
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The firbolgs never revolted again . 后来菲尔博耳格人再没有爆发起义。
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He told me god would never forgive me . 他对我说上帝一定不会赦免我。
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He's never out of mischief one minute . 他简直没有一分钟不调皮捣蛋!
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The wheels of government never stop turning . 行政机关从不停止办公。