没中英慣用例句:
| - 你聽見沒聽見昨晚隔壁鬧翻天了?
Did you hear the carryings-on next door last night? - 我沒帶現款--可以付支票嗎?
I have no cash on me may I pay by cheque? - 對不起, 我沒聽清你的話.
Sorry, I didn't quite catch what you said. - 你沒有理由抱怨.
no cause to complain. - 她大有希望[沒有可能/沒什麽希望/衹有些微的可能]獲勝.
only a slim chance of winning. - 你沒有再到那裏去的機會了.
You won't get another chance of going there. - 從我幼時起, 這地方就沒發生過變化.
This place hasn't altered since I was a girl. - 醫生說病人的情況沒有變化.
Doctors say there is no change in the patient's condition. - 我沒有零錢.
I've no small change. - 我已經聽夠你那沒完沒了的嘮叨話.
I've had enough of your constant chatter. - 這些商店中沒有多少可挑選的東西.
There's not much choice in the shops. - 你沒有要我同情的權利.
my sympathy. - 我一個便士都沒有了, 給大傢買飲料把我的錢全花光了.
I haven't a penny left; buying drinks for everyone has cleaned me out completely. - 高大車輛在這橋下通過時沒有多大餘隙.
There is not much clearance for tall vehicles passing under this bridge. - 別滿腦子裝著那些沒用的事.
your memory with useless facts. - 這個組織對政府沒有什麽影響力.
This union hasn't much clout with the Government. - 他想抓住樹枝, 可是沒夠著.
He clutched at the branch but couldn't reach it. - 他的演奏沒有什麽格調.
His playing lacks colour. - 新汽車沒有便宜的.
New cars don't come cheap, ie They are expensive. - 他講了很長時間, 但他的意思沒有人真正理解.
He spoke for a long time but his meaning did not really come across. - 他沒有真正表現出平日的高水平來.
His performance didn't really come up to his usual high standard. - 她按掙回扣方式為我們工作(沒有薪水).
She is working for us on commission, ie is not paid a salary. - 這兩個敵對的黨派之間沒有共同點.
The two rival parties have no common ground between them. - 他沒有看小孩的本事.
He's not competent to look after young children. - 你沒有理由抱怨.
grounds for complaint. - 校長沒收了湯米的射豆槍.
The headmaster confiscated Tommy's pea-shooter. - 她以撒謊和騙人為樂, 完全沒有良心.
She cheerfully cheats and lies; she's got no conscience at all. - 要是不喜歡所做的工作, 給的錢多也沒用.
Money is no consolation when you don't like your work, ie does not make up for not liking it. - 至少你沒有受到傷害--這是不幸中的幸事.
At least you weren't hurt that's one consolation, ie one good aspect of an otherwise bad situation. - 他思忖著要是沒有這些孩子, 將來又如何.
He contemplated what the future would be like without the children. - 她沒有看那封信, 所以不知道信的內容.
She hadn't read the letter and so was unaware of its contents. - 她說個沒完, 使別人插不上嘴.
She tended to monopolize the conversation.
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