| n? wa? |
口語: 沒有原因的, 沒有為什麽
兩個詞在牛津英漢漢英詞典中的釋義如下:
no |n?|
A.exclamation
①(giving negative response, expressing disagreement, shock, disappointment)不
are you ready? — no, I'm not
妳準備好了嗎？──沒有，我沒準備好
another drink? — no thanks
再喝壹杯？──不了，謝謝
no! don't touch it: it's hot!
別！別碰它，很燙！
oh no, look at this!
哦，不，瞧這個！
to not take no for an answer
非得讓人接受
you're coming and I won't take no for an answer
妳壹定要來，妳非答應不可
②(expressing agreement or affirmation)沒錯
it's not very good, is it? — no, you're right: it isn't
它不太好，對吧？──沒錯，妳說得對，它不好
B.determiner
①(not any)沒有
to have no coat/job/money/shoes
沒有外套/工作/錢/鞋子
he has no intention of going
他毫無走的意思
there's no chocolate like Belgian chocolate
比利時巧克力無與倫比
②(expressing impossibility)不可能
there's no denying that ...
不可否認的是…
there's no doing [something]
沒有做某事的可能
there's no telling how he'll react
誰也不知道他會有何反應
③(prohibiting)禁止
'no parking'
禁止停車
no talking!
不要說話！
no surrender!
絕不投降！
④(indicating the opposite)根本不
she's no fool
她壹點兒不傻
he's no expert
他根本不是專家
it was no easy task
這任務真不容易
this is no place to stop
這根本不是停留的地方
⑤(hardly any)幾乎沒有
in no time
立刻
it was no distance to ...
到…沒有多遠
C.noun(plural noes)
①(as an answer)否定回答
can't you give me a straight yes or no?
妳就不能直截了當地回答我是還是否嗎？
②(referring to person)不贊同的人
I'll put you down as a no for the trip
我把妳算作反對這次旅行的人
③(referring to vote)反對票
when we took a vote, there were nine yesses and three noes
我們進行了投票表決，有9票贊成，3票反對
the noes have it
(in formal debate)反對票占多數
D.adverb
①(not any)壹點兒也不
it's no different from driving a car
這跟開汽車沒什麽區別
no later than Wednesday
不晚於星期三
no fewer than 50 people
不少於50人
②formal (not)不
tired or no, you're going to bed
不管困不困，妳都得上床睡覺
whether it rains or no
不管下不下雨
why |wa?, American hwa?|
A.adverb
①(in direct or indirect questions)為什麽
why do you ask?
妳為什麽問呢？
I'm annoyed — why is that?
我很惱火──為什麽呢？
why me?
為什麽是我呢？
why not?
為什麽不呢？
I wonder why she said that
我不明白她為什麽說那樣的話
②(making suggestion)[用於提建議]
why not sell the car?
何不把汽車賣了呢？
why don't I give you a lift?
搭我的車吧
let’s eat out — why not?
咱們到外邊吃吧──好哇
I don't see why not
可以呀
③(expressing lack of necessity)何必
why get upset?
何必生氣呢？
④(expressing surprise, irritation, defiance)[表示驚訝、不耐煩或反抗]
why didn’t you tell me before?
妳為什麽不早告訴我？
sit down — why should I?
坐下──我為什麽要坐下？
why can't you be quiet?
妳難道不能安靜壹點嗎？
why ever not? British
究竟為什麽不呢？
⑤(the reason for which)[用於說明原因]
one of the reasons why he left
他離開的原因之壹
to know the reason why
知道原因
that's not why I asked
那不是我問的理由
so that's why!
原來如此！
why? — because you're stubborn: that's why!
為什麽？──因為妳太倔，就是因為這個！
B.noun
原因
the why and how of [something]
某事的原因和方法
the whys and (the) wherefores (of [something])
（某事的）前因後果
the whys and the wherefores of the situation
這壹情況的來龍去脈
C.exclamation
American colloquial dated [表示驚訝、不耐煩等]
why, we've only walked a mile!
嗨，我們才走了1英裏！
you think so? — why, yes!
妳是這麽想的嗎？──呃，是的！
這裏的No why取得分別是No的B1釋義和why的B, 所以就是"沒有原因的", 而更經常翻譯成"沒有問什麽", no在表示"沒有"的時候, 後面要直接加名詞, 不過可數不可數都可以, 壹般情況下, No why只會用在用why提問的特殊疑問句的回答上, 下面我用No why造幾個句子:
- Why did you ask that? 妳為什麽問那個?
- No why. Just asked. 沒為什麽。只是問壹下。
- Why me? 為什麽是我?
- No why. Go ahead. 沒有為什麽。開始吧。
- Why you want to go abroad? 妳為什麽想出國?
- No why. 沒為什麽。