1. 从不;永不
Never means at no time in the past or at no time in the future.
e.g. 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。
e.g. Never had he been so free of worry...
他从未如此无忧无虑过。
2. 决不;千万不
Never means 'not in any circumstances at all'.
e.g. I would never do anything to hurt him...
我决不会做任何伤害他的事情。
e.g. 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。
3. 永不,永无,从未(never的强调说法)
Never ever is an emphatic way of saying 'never'.
e.g. 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?”
e.g. 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。
4. (指过去)不,没有
Never is used to refer to the past and means 'not'.
e.g. He never achieved anything...
他从没有取得任何成就。
e.g. 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。
5. (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.
6. (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.
e.g. '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!”
7. (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.
never的反义词
e.g. 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。
e.g. I don't think it is an example of bad writing myself, otherwise I'd be agreeing with Leavis, and that would never do.
我本人不认为这是篇糟糕的文章,否则我就和利维斯看法一样了,那可不行。
8. never fear -> see fear
never mind -> see mind