查询词典 little or nothing

So the coffee trade had been a repetitive cycle in their lives, since they were able to do little or nothing else.

因此咖啡业一直重复自己的生命周期，既然他们能够做什么或什么。

The occasional emergence of an Equilateral from the ranks of his serf-born ancestors is welcomed, not only by the poor serfs themselves, as a gleam of light and hope shed upon the monotonous squalor of their existence, but also by the Aristocracy at large; for all the higher classes are well aware that these rare phenomena, while they do little or nothing to vulgarize their own privileges, serve as a most useful barrier against revolution from below.

一个等边偶尔出现，从他的农奴的行列出生的祖先是欢迎不仅是自己的贫苦农奴，作为一种生机和希望取决于其存在单调肮脏棚，而且贵族，一般；所有高年级都很清楚，这些罕见的现象，虽然他们很少或几乎没有庸俗化自己的特权，作为对革命的最有用的从下面的障碍。

Much American consumption is wasteful and contributes little or nothing to quality of life.

许多美国人的消费是不经济的，对生活质量的提高贡献很小或者没有贡献。

Now I began to take courage, and to peep abroad again, for I hadnot stirred out of my castle for three days and nights, so that Ibegan to starve for provisions; for I had little or nothing withindoors but some barley-cakes and water; then I knew that my goatswanted to be milked too, which usually was my evening diversion:and the poor creatures were in great pain and inconvenience forwant of it; and, indeed, it almost spoiled some of them, and almostdried up their milk.

星期五看到那只小艇，站在那里出神了好一会儿，一句话也不说。我问他在想些什么。他说，&我看到过这样的小船到过我们的地方。&我好半天都不明白他的意思。最后，经过详细追问，我才明白他的意思：曾经有一只小艇，同这只一模一样，在他们住的地方靠岸，而且，据他说，小艇是给风浪冲过去的。

Among so many baser influences, the general and obvious interests of society have of course had a share, and a large one, in the direction of the moral sentiments: less, however, as a matter of reason, and on their own account, than as a consequence of the sympathies and antipathies which grew out of them: and sympathies and antipathies which had little or nothing to do with the interests of society, have made themselves felt in the establishment of moralities with quite as great force.

至于说到其余许多较低的影响力量，其中当然有社会一般的和明显的利害这一点在导引道德情操方面起着一分而且是颇大一分的作用。但这与其说是出于理性，说是由于社会利害自身，还不如说是出于从社会利害中生出的爱憎之感者为多。这爱憎之感对社会利害很少或者全无影响，在树立各项道德方面则表现为很大的力量。

As if any man really knew aught of my life , Why even I myself I often think know little or nothing of my real life , Only a few hints , a few diffused faint clews and indirections I seek for my own use to trace out here .

好像有人真正知道我生活中的什么，可连我自己也常常觉得我很少或并不了解我真正的生活，我只想从这里找出能为我自己所用的一些些暗示，一些些零散而模糊的，可供追踪的谋略和线索。

As if any man really knew aught of my life , Why even I myself I often think know little or nothing of my real life , Only a few hints , a few diffused faint clews and indirections I seek for my own use to trace out here .

就好象无论谁都确切地知道我生命中的每一件事情，可为什么我常常觉得对自己知之甚少，甚至一无所知，为了勾勒出自己的轮廓，我找寻到的有用的东西仅仅是一些暗示，一些零散冗长的线索和犯下的错事。

His assurances led to little or nothing in the way of performance.

他没有或者很少去履行他所提出的保证。

A trivial name differs from a systematic name in that ti tells little or nothing about structure.

化学物质的俗名与分类名称的不同之处在于俗名对其结构几乎没有或根本没有提示。

British rulers of India did little or nothing to lessen Hindu-Muslim tension, and their policy of separate electorates for the two communities worsened the situation.

印度的英国统治者简直没有减少印度——穆斯林的紧张，他们的政策是分化两个社区的选民，使情况变得更坏。

In the negative and interrogative forms, of course, this is identical to the non-emphatic forms.

。但是，在否定句或疑问句里，这种带有"do"的方法表达的效果却没有什么强调的意思。

Go down on one's knees;kneel down

屈膝跪下。。。下跪祈祷