Nobody + singular verb
nobody 作主语时,谓语动词通常用单数形式。
Nobody knows where she went.
没有人知道她去了哪里。
没有任何人;某人的逻辑否定。
not any person; no one
没有任何人;某人的逻辑否定。
Not any person; the logical negation of somebody.
Nobody called me yesterday.
昨天没有人给我打电话。
用法提示:nobody 作不定代词,表示‘没有任何人’,在句中作主语。
There was nobody at the door when I arrived.
我到达时门口没有人。
用法提示:nobody 作代词,表示‘没有人’,用于 there be 结构作主语。
Nobody knows the answer to this question.
没有人知道这个问题的答案。
用法提示:nobody 作主语,表示‘没有任何人’,谓语动词用单数形式。
nobody 作主语时,谓语动词通常用单数形式。
Nobody knows where she went.
没有人知道她去了哪里。
else 紧跟在 nobody 之后,表示“没有其他人”。
Nobody else was in the room.
房间里没有别人。
介词短语放在 nobody 之后,用来说明范围或地点。
Nobody at the meeting agreed with him.
会上没有人同意他的看法。
nobody but 表示“除……之外没有人”。
Nobody but the teacher knew the answer.
除了老师,没有人知道答案。
grammar · medium
易错句子Nobody are willing to help me.
正确表达Nobody is willing to help me.
nobody 是单数不定代词,作主语时谓语动词要用单数形式(is/was/knows 等)。汉语“没有人”不区分单复数,学习者容易受此影响误用 are;改成 is 才能与单数主语一致。
grammar · medium
易错句子Nobody student was in the classroom.
正确表达No student was in the classroom.
nobody 只能作代词,不能像汉语“没有学生”那样直接修饰名词。要对名词作否定,必须用限定词 no + 名词(no student);把 nobody 换成 no 才符合英语结构。
grammar · medium
易错句子Nobody of my friends came to the party.
正确表达None of my friends came to the party.
nobody 是不定代词,后面不能接 of 短语。表示“(某个群体中)没有一个”时要用 none of + 复数名词或代词;汉语“我朋友中没有人”是整体否定,学习者易直译成 nobody of。
谁也不知道
Nobody knows what will happen next.
谁也不知道接下来会发生什么。
没有其他人
Nobody else wanted to come with us.
没有其他人想跟我们一起来。
没人在乎
Nobody cares about that old rule anymore.
现在没人在乎那条旧规定了。
一个人也没有
There was nobody at all in the office.
办公室里一个人也没有。
除了……以外没有人
Nobody but Tom knew the answer.
除了汤姆,没人知道答案。
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