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nil /nɪl/ noun [uncountable]  1  NONE/NOTHINGnothing 无；零 SYN zero The new machine reduced labour costs to almost nil. 新机器把劳动成本几乎降到零。2  DSNONE/NOTHING British English the number zero, used in sports results 〔体育比赛比分中的〕零 Our team won by two goals to nil. 我队以二比零获胜。

Examples from the Corpus

nil• Commitment to this issue is absolutely nil.• In the second, where worker turnover is almost nil, down time amounts to three percent.• At the end of the first half it's Spurs two, Arsenal nil.• Note under this option the labour cost will be nil because labour is currently available but idle.• Trust between the two sides is, of course, nil.• Last night they drew nil, nil at Nottingham Forest.• The film is self-developing and the waiting time is nil.• They take a three nil lead to Swansea for the second leg of their first round tie.• If Morrison did test positive, however, the chances of an error apparently are next to nil.From Longman Business Dictionarynilnil /nɪl/ noun [uncountable] nothingThe new machine reduced labour costs to almost nil.Origin nil (1800-1900) Latin nihil “nothing”

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nil S3 /nɪl/ noun [uncountable]1. nothing
   SYN  zero:
    The new machine reduced labour costs to almost nil.
2. British English the number zero, used in sports results:
    Our team won by two goals to nil.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ zero the number 0. Also used when saying there is nothing at all: A million is written as one followed by six zeros. | a temperature of zero degrees | Our chances of success are virtually zero.
   ▪ nil British English zero - used especially in the results of sports games: United won the game three-nil. | In rural areas, employment opportunities are almost nil.
   ▪ nought British English spoken zero – used in calculations and figures: It has increased by nought point seven five per cent (=0.75%).
   ▪ O used to say the number 0 like the letter O: The code for Oxford is 0 one eight six five (=01865).

nilBrE /nɪl/ 🔊NAmE /nɪl/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (especially BrE) the number 0, especially as the score in some games （数字）零；（体育比赛中的）0 分 SYN zero ◆Newcastle beat Leeds four nil/by four goals to nil.纽卡斯尔队以四比零战胜利兹队。nothing 无；零◆The doctors rated her chances as nil (= there was no chance). 医生认为她没有希望了。🔊🔊