• n. 無，零
• n. (Nil)人名；(阿拉伯、土、土庫、阿塞、哈薩、塔吉、吉爾、烏茲、匈)尼爾；(柬)尼

縮寫自拉丁語nihil,空無，沒有，來自ne-,沒有，hilum,瑣碎，小東西。即什么都沒有，引申詞義零，空無。

nil

nil: [19] Latin nil was a contracted form of nihil ‘nothing’ (source of English nihilism [19]). This in turn was a shortening of an earlier nihilum, a compound formed from the negative particle nī and hīlum ‘small or trivial thing’, and thus denoted etymologically ‘not a jot’.
=> nihilism

nil (n.)

"nothing," 1833, from Latin nil, contraction of nihil, nihilum "nothing, not at all; in vain," from ne- "not" (see un-) + hilum "small thing, trifle," of unknown origin.

1. Profits zoomed from nil in 1981 to about 16 million last year.

利潤從1981年的零收益飆升至去年的1,600萬。

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2. They gave an insipid opening performance in a nil-nil draw with Peru.

他們與秘魯隊的揭幕戰(zhàn)打得波瀾不驚，最終以0：0戰(zhàn)平。

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3. Austria beat Hungary 3-nil in a friendly match at Salzburg on Wednesday.

在星期三薩爾茨堡的一場友誼賽中奧地利以3比0擊敗了匈牙利。

來自柯林斯例句

4. "What was the result?" — "One-nil to Leeds."

“比賽結果怎樣？”——“利茲隊以1比0獲勝。”

來自柯林斯例句

5. They beat Argentina one-nil in the final.

他們在決賽中以1比0擊敗了阿根廷隊。

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