be a nobody
作可数名词，单数前要加冠词 a/an。
Ten years ago he was a nobody in the music industry.
十年前他在音乐圈还是个无名小卒。
没有身体的东西；无形体；没有身体或身体特别小的东西。；没有影响力的人；无名小卒
a person of no influence or importance
没有身体或身体特别小的东西。
Something that has no body or an especially small one.
没有影响力的人
a person of no influence
Before his book became famous, he was just a nobody in the literary world.
在他的书出名之前，他在文学界只是个无名小卒。
用法提示：这里的 nobody 是名词，指没有影响力、不出名的人。
The manager treats the junior staff like nobodies, ignoring all their suggestions.
经理把基层员工当小人物，完全无视他们的建议。
用法提示：nobodies 是 nobody 的复数名词形式，指无足轻重的人。
She refused to marry a nobody, even though he was kind and honest.
她拒绝嫁给一个无名之辈，尽管他善良又诚实。
用法提示：a nobody 作为名词，表示一个没有身份地位的人。
作可数名词，单数前要加冠词 a/an。
Ten years ago he was a nobody in the music industry.
十年前他在音乐圈还是个无名小卒。
like 后接 a nobody，表示被轻视、不受重视。
The older kids treated him like a nobody.
那些大孩子把他当成无名之辈。
from ... to ... 表示身份或地位的变化。
She went from a nobody to a famous singer in just two years.
她仅用两年就从无名小卒变成了著名歌手。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is nobody in the company.
正确表达He is a nobody in the company.
nobody 表示“小人物/无名之辈”时是可数名词，单数形式前必须加冠词 a/an 或 the。汉语没有冠词，容易漏掉 a。这里泛指某人是无名之辈，所以用 a nobody。
grammar · medium
易错句子The party was full of nobodys.
正确表达The party was full of nobodies.
nobody 的复数形式是 nobodies，不是按规则直接加 -s 的 nobodys。以 -y 结尾且 -y 前是辅音字母的名词，变复数时把 -y 改成 -i 再加 -es。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is a no body in the company.
正确表达He is a nobody in the company.
nobody 作名词表示“小人物”时是一个单词，不能拆成 no body。no body 是两个词，意思是“没有身体”或“没有尸体”，与“小人物”意思不同。
十足的无名之辈
Before that film, he was a complete nobody.
拍那部电影之前，他十足是个无名之辈。
不过是个无名之辈
To the big investors, she was a mere nobody.
在那些大投资人眼里，她不过是个无名之辈。
觉得自己无足轻重
Surrounded by famous actors, he felt like a nobody.
被一群知名演员围着，他觉得自己无足轻重。
把某人当作无名小卒对待
The staff treated us like nobodies.
那些员工把我们当作无名小卒对待。
从无名之辈变成大人物
He went from nobody to somebody almost overnight.
他几乎一夜之间就从无名之辈变成了大人物。
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