never

A1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #116 ★★★★★

adv. 从不, 决不, 不曾 [法] 永不, 决不, 从来没有

发音

UK /ˈnɛv.ə/
CA /ˈnɛv.ɚ/
US /ˈnɛv.ɚ/

词形变化

nevers

别名

neva nevah nevuh neber ne'er nev'r neuer nebber niver nvr

教材释义与例句

副词

从未；决不

not at any time, or not once

He's never been to Australia.

他从未去过澳大利亚。

I'm never going back there again, not as long as I live.

只要我活着，我再也不会回到那儿去。

It is never too late to give up smoking.

戒烟不言晚。

(= never after a particular time ) would he return to Naples.

他再也不会回到那不勒斯。

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    Did not; didn't.

    新加坡
adv. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.

    从未

    从来

    不曾

    未曾

    从不

    I finally finished, and I never do wanna do it again.

    We were at the same college, but happened never to meet.

    I'll never not like you.

  2. 2.

    Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously.

    1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Chapter XIII: The Delights of Anticipation, I never saw such an infatuated man.

  3. 3.

    Negative particle (used to negate verbs in the simple past tense; also used absolutely).

    非正式

    The police say I stole the car, but I never did it.

    You said you were going to mow the lawn today. – I never!

interj.
  1. 1.

    A statement of defiance

    ‘Guess what, I've won the pools!’ ‘Never!’

词汇关系

副词

同义词 1

ne'er

反义词 1

ever

相关短语

never-ending a. 不停的, 无限的 never mind 没关系, 不用担心 never again [电影]到此为止 never in a month of Sundays never ever 从不,永不 never in a million years never smoker never change a running system never eat shredded wheat never look a gift horse in the mouth never say die 不要失望 never smokers never you mind

词源

From Middle English nevere, navere, nævere, from Old English nǣfre (“never”), equivalent to ne + ever.

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