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never

/nev-er/US // ˈnɛv ər //UK // (ˈnɛvə) //

从未,从不,从未见过,从未有

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : not ever; at no time: Such an idea never occurred to me.
    • : not at all; absolutely not: never mind; This will never do.
    • : to no extent or degree: He was never the wiser for his experience.

Phrases

  • never a dull moment
  • never fear
  • never give a sucker an even break
  • never had it so good, one
  • never hear the end of
  • never mind
  • never miss a trick
  • never put off until tomorrow
  • never say die
  • never say never
  • better late than never
  • it never rains but it pours
  • lightning never strikes twice
  • now or never
  • watched pot never boils
  • wonders will never cease
  • you never can tell

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The simple, awful truth is that free speech has never been particularly popular in America.

  • He looks like a man who should have had kids, but now never will.

  • In an email exchange a friend said many had repeated this same succinct review but they could never elaborate.

  • Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.

  • For many years afterward it was a never-ending topic of conversation, and is more or less talked of even to this day.

  • Bessires was included because he would never win it at any later date, but his doglike devotion made him a priceless subordinate.

  • Now, it immediately occurred to Davy that he had never in his whole life had all the plums he wanted at any one time.

  • Arches more graceful in form, or better fitted to defy the assaults of time, I have never seen.

  • The policemen looked dull and heavy, as if never again would any one be criminal, and as if they had come to know it.

  • The King of Delhi had a hunting-lodge somewhere in the locality, but he had never seen the place.