1.go nowhere毫無(wú)出息,一事無(wú)成If you don't work hard you are going nowhere.如果你不努力工作,你將一事無(wú)成。 而go somewhere 則是“有所建樹,有所成就”的意思Mary is smart and hardworking. I'm sure she is really going somewhere.Mary又聰明又勤奮,我相信她一定會(huì)有出息的。
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2.good-for-nothing無(wú)用的,一事無(wú)成的人a person who is lazy and not helpful or useful.根據(jù)Cambridge Dictionary劍橋詞典的解釋,“Good”作名詞有“好處”的意思,所以這個(gè)短語(yǔ)就是一點(diǎn)用也沒(méi)有的人,也就是一事無(wú)成的人。You are good-for-nothing unless you are smart enough.
除非你足夠聰明,否則你一無(wú)是處。
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3.useless無(wú)用的另外還可以用 useless,它可用來(lái)形容某人“差勁的,無(wú)能的”,例如:Don't ask Maggie to do the calculation. She's completely useless.別叫瑪吉來(lái)算,她根本不行。