mid-14c., no body "no person noone," from Middle English no (adj.) "not any" + bodi (see body (n.)). Written as two words 14c.-18c.; hyphenated 17c.-18c. Incorrect use with their is attested from 1540s. Meaning "person of no importance" is from 1580s.
权威例句
1. "Wait a damn minute," Mindy spat. "Nobody said anything about staying overnight."
“该死的,等一下”,明迪愤愤地说道,“谁也没说过要过夜。”
2. Nobody else believed that they had tried to rub out the pope.
其他人都不相信他们试图杀死教皇。
3. They were shut away in a little room where nobody could overhear.
他们被关在一个小屋里,没人能听到他们的动静。
4. Nobody was prepared to risk prosecution by actually naming names.
没有人愿意冒着被起诉的风险去真正指认别人。
5. Drew made some remarks to nobody in particular and said goodbye.
德鲁说了一些不针对任何人的话就告辞了。
词语辨析
【nobody, none, no one】
这组词都有“没人”的意思,其区别是:
nobody: 普通用词,表单数,只能指代人,不能用于加of表范围的结构中。
none: 可指代人或物,表示对三者以上的否定,可跟表范围的of结构。
no one: 只用于指人,在英国英语中写成no-none,通常后面不连用of。