1ADV-NEG [ADVERB before verb]从不;永不Never means at no time in the past or at no time in the future. 从不;永不
I have never lost the weight I put on in my teens.
我十几岁时增加的体重一直没有减下去。
Never had he been so free of worry.
他从未如此无忧无虑过。
That was a mistake. We'll never do it again.
那是个错误,我们永远不会再犯了。
Never say that. Never, do you hear?.
永远都别那样说,永远都不,你听见了吗?
He was never really healthy.
他从来就没有真正健康过。
This is never to happen again.
再也不会发生这样的事了。
2ADV-NEG [ADVERB before verb]决不;千万不Never means 'not in any circumstances at all'. 决不;千万不
I would never do anything to hurt him.
我决不会做任何伤害他的事情。
Even if you are desperate to get married, never let it show.
即使你想结婚想得发狂,也决不要表现出来。
Divorce is never easy for children.
父母离婚对孩子来说绝不是件轻松的事。
The golden rule is never to clean a valuable coin.
重要的原则是决不清除贵重硬币上的污垢。
SYN under no circumstances, no way, not at all, on no account
3PHRASE 永不,永无,从未(never的强调说法)Never ever is an emphatic way of saying 'never'. 永不,永无,从未(never的强调说法) [emphasis]
I never, ever sit around thinking, 'What shall I do next?'.
我从不闲坐着琢磨:“我接下来做什么呢?”
He's vowed never ever to talk about anything personal in public, ever again.
他已发誓再也不当众谈论任何个人的事情,永远不。
4ADV-NEG (指过去)不,没有Never is used to refer to the past and means 'not'. (指过去)不,没有
He never achieved anything.
他从没有取得任何成就。
He waited until all the luggage was cleared, but Paula's never appeared.
他一直等到所有的行李都拿走了,但始终没看见葆拉的。
I never knew the lad.
我不认识这个小伙子。
I'd never have dreamt of doing such a thing.
我做梦也没想过干这样的事。
5EXCLAM (表示惊讶)不会!不可能! You say 'never!' to indicate how surprised or shocked you are by something that someone has just said. (表示惊讶)不会!不可能! [spoken, feelings]
6EXCLAM (表示惊讶)我真没看到(或发现、想到)过 You say 'Well, I never' to indicate that you are very surprised about something that you have just seen or found out. (表示惊讶)我真没看到(或发现、想到)过 [old-fashioned, spoken, feelings]
'What were you up to there?' — 'I was head of the information department.' — 'Well I never!'
“你在那儿干什么?”—“我是信息部的负责人。”—“啊,真没想到!”
7PHRASE (经常为幽默地表示)不好,不行,不合适 If you say that something will never do or would never do, you are saying, often humorously, that you think it is not appropriate or not suitable in some way. (经常为幽默地表示)不好,不行,不合适
It would never do to have Henry there in her apartment.
亨利呆在她的公寓里怎么也不合适。
I don't think it is an example of bad writing myself, otherwise I'd be agreeing with Leavis, and that would never do.