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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++non- /nɒn $ nɑːn/ prefix  1 NOT[in adjectives, nouns, and adverbs] used to say that someone or something is not a particular thing, or does not do a particular thing 非,不() non-British visitors 非英籍游客 a non-smoker (=someone who does not smoke) 不吸烟的人 a nonstop flight (=one in which a plane flies from one place to another without stopping on the way) 直飞航班2 [in nouns] used to refer to a situation where a particular action did not happen or will not happen 〔某行为〕没有发生,不会发生 non-payment of taxes 未缴纳税款 They were very disappointed at his non-appearance (=the fact that he did not go to an event where he was expected). 他们对于他缺席感到非常失望。
Examples from the Corpus
non-a nonalcoholic drinkThe book was filled with non-characters.a non-event
Origin non- Old French Latin non not
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non-
non- /nɒn $ nɑːn/ prefix
 Language: Old French
 Origin: Latin non 'not'
1. [in adjectives, nouns, and adverbs] used to say that someone or something is not a particular thing, or does not do a particular thing:
    non-British visitors
    a non-smoker (=someone who does not smoke)
    a non-stop flight (=one in which a plane flies from one place to another without stopping on the way)
2. [in nouns] used to refer to a situation where a particular action did not happen or will not happen:
    non-payment of taxes
    They were very disappointed at his non-appearance (=the fact that he did not go to an event where he was expected).


🔑 non-BrE /nɒn/ 🔊NAmE /nɑːn/ 🔊 prefix (in nouns, adjectives and adverbs 构成名词、形容词和副词) not 无;没有nonsense废话non-fiction纪实文学non-alcoholic不含酒精的non-profit-making非营利性的non-committally含糊其词 HELP Most compounds with non are written with a hyphen in BrE but are written as one word with no hyphen in NAmE. 大多数含 non 的复合词在英式英语里要加连字符,而在美式英语里则写成一个词。

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