英语短语"make nothing of"是一个多义表达,核心含义围绕“对某事的态度、理解或处理能力”,具体可分为以下3种常见用法,结合语境区分:
强调态度上轻视、不在意,认为某事不重要或无需费心。
结构:`make nothing of + 名词/代词/动名词`
例句:
He makes nothing of working 12 hours a day.(他对每天工作12小时根本不在乎。)
Don’t make nothing of her complaints—she’s really struggling.(别把她的抱怨当耳旁风,她确实很煎熬。)
They made nothing of the bad weather and went hiking anyway.(他们没把坏天气当回事,还是去徒步了。)
表示无法领会或解读某事(常因内容复杂、晦涩)。
结构:`make nothing of + 名词/代词`
例句:
I made nothing of his technical explanation—too many jargon words.(我完全听不懂他的技术解释,全是行话。)
The ancient poem was so abstract that most students made nothing of it.(那首古诗太抽象,大部分学生都看不懂。)
She makes nothing of these cryptic text messages from her friend.(她完全摸不着头脑,朋友发的这些隐晦短信是什么意思。)
突出能力上的轻松驾驭,做某事毫无难度。
结构:`make nothing of + 名词/动名词`
例句:
As a professional climber, she makes nothing of scaling that steep cliff.(作为职业攀岩者,她爬那座陡峭的悬崖轻而易举。)
He’s a math genius—he makes nothing of solving advanced calculus problems.(他是数学天才,解高等微积分题对他来说小菜一碟。)
The athlete made nothing of the 10km race; he finished in under 35 minutes.(这位运动员跑10公里毫无压力,35分钟内就跑完了。)
宾语类型:可接名词(如`the bad weather`)、动名词(如`working 12 hours`)或代词(如`it`);
语境区分:
若涉及“态度”,多与“困难、麻烦、他人感受”相关;
若涉及“理解”,多与“复杂内容、隐晦表达”相关;
若涉及“能力”,多与“挑战、任务”相关。
make something of:与`make nothing of`相反,意为“利用;从……中获利;理解”。
例:
She made something of her small business and turned it into a chain.(她把小生意做大,变成了连锁店。)
Can you make something of this messy handwriting?(你能看懂这潦草的字迹吗?)
"make nothing of"的核心是对某事的“低评价”——要么态度上不在意,要么理解上无能力,要么能力上太轻松。结合上下文判断具体含义,就能准确使用啦!