never

never

英 [ˈnevə(r)]   美 [ˈnɛvɚ]  

adv.

从不，从来没有;一点也不，决不;<口>不会…吧，没有;不曾

1. ( at no time ) 从未；从不；永不

I never write letters.

我从不写信。

I have never been camping.

我从未去露营过。

That was a mistake. We'll never do it again.

那是个错误。我们不会再犯了。

We never saw him again.

我们再也没有见过他。

Have you ever been to Germany?—No, never.

你去过德国吗？——没有，从未去过。

When are you going to phone him?—Never!

你准备何时给他打电话？——永远不打！

never again!

再也不会；再也没有；决不再可能

The holiday was awful. Never again!

这次假期糟透了。再也不去了！

never in my life

我这辈子都没有

Never in my life have I seen anyone drink as much as you.

我这辈子都没有见过有人像你喝这么多酒。

2. ( in no circumstances ) 绝不；根本不；千万不

Never leave valuables in your car.

千万不要把贵重物品留在车内。

Divorce is never easy for children.

离婚对孩子来说绝不是件容易的事。

I would never do anything to hurt him.

我绝对不会做任何伤害他的事情。

3. < 非正式 > ( used as an emphatic negative ) 不，没有（尤在口语中与一般过去时连用表示强调，相当于标准英语中的did not）

He waited until all the luggage was cleared, but Paula's never appeared.

他一直等到所有的行李都被拿走了，但葆拉的行李还是没有出现。

I'd never dreamt he'd ask me to go with him.

我做梦也没想到他会让我和他一起去。

We waited over an hour, but he never turned up.

我们等了一个多小时，但是他没有出现。

4. it would never do to do sth

做某事是绝对不行的

It would never do to have Henry there in her apartment.

让亨利去她的公寓是绝对不行的。

It would never do to disagree with the boss.

万万不可与老板意见不一致。

It would never do for Jill to find out the real reason that we didn't ask her to help.

绝不能让吉尔发现我们没让她帮忙的真正原因。

1. Ah,never mind, please.

啊，没关系，请问吧。

2. Paula had never seen an epileptic seizure.

葆拉从来没有见过有人癫痫发作。

3. Fred and Bobby an item? Never!

弗雷德和博比是一对？不可能！

4. I had never handled an automatic.

我从未开过自动挡汽车。

5. `Never mind, Ned,' he consoled me.

他安慰我说：“没关系，内德。”

1. never ever

从不；永不；决不

I never ever sit around thinking, `What shall I do next?'

我永远不会坐在那儿想：“接下来要干什么呢？”

Never ever leave your kids alone.

千万不要让孩子没人看管。

He's vowed never ever to talk about it.

他已经发誓永远不谈这件事。

2. that will never do  |  that would never do

那绝对不行

I don't think it is an example of bad writing, otherwise I'd be agreeing with Leavis, and that would never do.

我认为这不是一篇糟糕的作品，不然我就同意利维斯的观点了，那可绝对不行。

We really mustn't be late, that will never do!

我们真的不能迟到，绝对不行！

3. well I never!  |  well I never did!

( fancy that! ) 真想不到！

What did you do there?—I was head of the information department.—Well I never!

你在那儿的时候做什么工作？——我是信息部总监。——真没想到！

Well I never. It's Mrs Oliver.

真想不到。是奥利弗太太。

I made them all by myself, Grandma.—Well I never did! Aren't you a clever boy!

都是我自己做的，奶奶。——真想不到！真是个聪明的孩子！