not a/not one• But not a one of them was able to stayawake through the night, so they all were beheaded.• This change is not a one way process.
6not that ...used before a sentence or phrase to mean the opposite of what follows it, and to make the previous sentence seem less important 并不…〔用于表示前面的语句不太重要〕
Sarah has a new boyfriend – not that I care (=I do not care).
萨拉找了个新男友——我并不在乎。
Janice had lost some weight, not that it mattered (=it did not matter).
贾尼丝体重减轻了一些,不过那没什么。
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not that ...• We thought Charlie was not that close to the camp.• Stanford was a 28-22 loser at Arizona Stadium, and it was not that close.• Bringing past legends to life is not thateasy but Simon Cadell is astonishingly successful as Coward.• Himself, and not Paul, and certainly not thatkid out there.• It was the wealth of the new entrepreneurs, not that of their workmen, which was everywhere celebrated.• It is not that such a fuel can not be produced, so much as the scale of productionrequired.• Moustaches were allowed, not that they did much for a few who grew them.
7not at allBritish EnglishBrE spokenTHANK used to be polite when someone has thanked you or asked you to do something 别客气;没问题;一点也不介意
‘Would you mind helping me with my suitcase?’ ‘Not at all.’
“你能帮我提一下行李箱吗?”“没问题。”
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not at all• I do not like his attitude at all.• Their steady, reliableearningsgrowthattractsinvestors primarily when the economy is growing slowly or not at all.• No, no, no, that's wrong. That's not what I meant at all.• But better in the nick of time than not at all.• Everything is preserved perfectly or not at all.• For example, the abstract either comes first or not at all.• She pushes down her dress but is not at allembarrassed.• She's not at allhappy about the situation.• I see her again, very straight, dressed in light colors, not at allshowy.• The changes were not at allsurprising.• He's not at all well.
8.not the sharpest tool in the box/shed (also not the brightest crayon in the box), not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree informal used to say that someone is not very intelligent or is not able to learn things quickly or easily – used humorously 〔某人〕并不是很聪明,学东西并不快〔幽默用法〕
9– not!spokenNOT used, especially by young people, to say that you really mean the opposite of what you have just said 才不是呢!〔尤为年轻人所用,表示与刚说的话相反的意思〕
I really enjoy spending my day working here – not!
Do not use another negative word (eg ‘no’, ‘nothing’, ‘nobody’, ‘never’) with not. Use any, anything, anybody, ever etc.not不应与其他否定词(如 no, nothing, nobody, never)连用,而应与any, anything, anybody, ever等连用
They didn’t have any money (NOT 不说 didn’t have no money).
他们一点钱也没有。
I didn’t know anybody (NOT 不说 didn’t know nobody).
我一个人都不认识。
When you use not with a to-infinitive, put it before the ‘to’.not和to的不定式连用,应放在to之前
I try not to make errors (NOT 不说 try to not make errors).
我尽量不出错。
nGRAMMAR: Negatives
Don’t use another negative word such as ‘no’, ‘nothing’, or ‘nobody’ after not. Use any, anything, anybody etc. You say:
They do not have any money.
I didn’t know anybody.
我一个人都不认识。
✗Don’t say: They do not have no money. | I didn’t know nobody.
Not goes before ‘to’ in an infinitive verb. You say:
not very• We all know how bitterly cold it is now outside; it is not very cold here, of course.• The freezer's not very cold - is it broken?• Cultivation: This plant is not verydemanding as to its growing medium, and therefore can even be grown in gravel.• Other kids were not very good either, and we all inadvertently inhaled the pool again and again.• The President was not veryhappy that the information had been leaked to the press.• This type of definition is not veryhelpful for an understanding of evaluation.• There's not very many buses.• I wouldn't recommend the fish - it's not verynice.• She did not very often tell this particular story.• I still go running, but not very often.• I had missed seven putts of less than four feet, and my ball-striking was not veryprecise, either.• I felt very guilty about it but this guilt was not veryproductive.