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nobody

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++no·bod·y1 /ˈnəʊbədi $ ˈnoʊbɑːdi, -bədi/ ●●● S1 W2 pronoun  1 PERSON/PEOPLEno one 没有人,无人;谁也不 I knocked on the door but nobody answered. 我敲了敲门,但没人应门。5Do not write this as ‘no body’. 不要写成 ‘no body’2 like nobody’s business very much, very well, or very fast 非常多[好,快] We get along like nobody’s business. 我们相处得很好。 be nobody’s fool at fool1(5)nGRAMMAR: NegativesDon’t use another negative word such as ‘not’ or ‘nothing’ after nobody. You say: Nobody came.Nobody said anything. Don’t say: Nobody didn’t come. | Nobody said nothing.Don’t use ‘of’ after nobody. Don’t say: nobody of them | nobody of his parents You use none of when talking about a group of people: None of them saw him.You use neither of when talking about two people: Neither of his parents went to the wedding.Nobody is written as one word. Don’t write: no body
Examples from the Corpus
nobodyThere's nobody home.
nobody2 noun (plural nobodies) [countable]  UNIMPORTANTsomeone who is not important and has no influence 无名小卒,小人物,无足轻重的人 I was a nothing and a nobody with everything to prove. 我一无所成,事事都有待证明。
Examples from the Corpus
nobodyNo one wanted to be a nobody, and no one wanted to go home.Glazer went from being a nobody to being paid $2 million a year to play.Since the Republicans ran a nobody, Kelly was sure he could have won after all.He was a nobody in the Philadelphia court.The bloke is the original no-hit nobody.How patiently you tangle with wry triangles, clothing the family of nobodies who loiter in our dark.
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nobody
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nobody1 S1 W2 /ˈnəʊbədi $ ˈnoʊbɑːdi, -bədi/ pronoun
1. no one:
    I knocked on the door but nobody answered.
   Do not write this as ‘no body’.
2. like nobody’s business very much, very well, or very fast:
    We get along like nobody’s business.
be nobody’s fool at fool1(5)

II
nobody2 noun (plural nobodies) [countable]
someone who is not important and has no influence:
    I was a nothing and a nobody with everything to prove.


🔑 no·bodyBrE /ˈnəʊbədi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈnoʊbədi/ 🔊 pronoun = no one Nobody knew what to say. 谁也不知道该说什么。🔊🔊 HELP Nobody is more common than no one in spoken English. 在英语口语中,nobody 比 no one 更常用。 OPP somebody
🔑 no·bodyBrE /ˈnəʊbədi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈnoʊbədi/ 🔊 noun (
plural
no·bodies
)
a person who has no importance or influence 小人物;无足轻重的人 SYN nonentity She rose from being a nobody to become a superstar. 她从无名小辈一跃成为超级明星。🔊🔊   compare someone