nowhere
adverb uk/ˈnəʊ.weər/ us/ˈnoʊ.wer/
B1 任何地方都不;无处
in, at, or to no place; not anywhere
These young people have nowhere (else) to go. 这些年轻人无处可去。
Nowhere does the article mention the names of the people involved. 这篇文章中并未提及相关人员的名字。
UK不成功；名落孙山
not in a successful or winning position
The horse I bet on finished nowhere. 我下注的那匹马没有获胜。
- More examples
- We'll get nowhere if all you can do is criticize.
- That ball was definitely in! It was nowhere near the line!
- I did reasonably well at school but nowhere near as well as my sister or brother.
- It must be rough to have two kids and nowhere to live.
- Some species exist in this small area of forest and nowhere else on earth.
Idioms
from/out of nowhereidiom B2 突然;出人意料地
very suddenly and unexpectedly
She said her attacker seemed to come out of nowhere. 她说袭击她的人不知是从哪里冒出来的。
figurative The team has come from nowhere (= from a very bad position) to win football's biggest prize. 这支队伍排名靠后，却出乎意料地赢得了足球冠军。
go/get/head nowhereidiom C2 没有成功；一无所成
to not have any success or achieve anything
I'm trying to persuade her to come, but I'm getting nowhere. 我试着劝说她过来，但没有成功。
Bad manners will get you nowhere (= will not help you to succeed). 不讲礼貌会让你到处碰壁的。
nowhere to be foundidiom 不可能看见（或找到）的
impossible to see or find
We looked for her everywhere, but she was nowhere to be found. 我们到处找她，但哪儿也找不到。