never

英['nev?] 美['n?v?]

反義詞ever

1. no + ever => never.

never 絕不

來自古英語naefre,絕不，從來不，來自ne-,無，沒有，aefre,永遠，現拼作ever.即永遠不，永遠沒有。

never (adv.): Old English n?fre "never," compound of ne "not, no" (from PIE root *ne- "no, not;" see un- (1)) + ?fre "ever" (see ever). Early used as an emphatic form of not (as still in never mind). Old English, unlike its modern descendant, had the useful custom of attaching ne to words to create their negatives, as in nabban for na habban "not to have."

Italian giammai, French jamais, Spanish jamas are from Latin iam "already" + magis "more;" thus literally "at any time, ever," originally with a negative, but this has been so thoroughly absorbed in sense as to be formally omitted.

Phrase never say die "don't despair" is from 1818. Never Never Land is first attested in Australia as a name for the uninhabited northern part of Queensland (1884), perhaps so called because anyone who had gone there once never wished to return. Meaning "imaginary, illusory or utopian place" first attested 1900 in American English.

2. "One thing you can never insure against is corruption among your staff."—"Agreed.": “永遠也防不勝防的就是員工內部的貪污腐敗。”——“同意。”

3. The public never had faith in his ability to handle the job.: 公眾從來不相信他有能力勝任這一職位。

4. He has never exhibited the self-confidence, bordering on arrogance, of his predecessor.: 他從未表現出他前任的那種近乎傲慢的自信。

5. 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，但始終沒看見葆拉的。