none: [OE] Etymologically, none is simply ‘not one’. It was formed in the Old English period from the negative particle ne and ān, ancestor of modern English one. It was originally both a pronoun and an adjective, but in the latter role it has been replaced by its reduced form no. => one
none (n.)
Old English nan (pron.) "not one, not any," from ne "not" (see no) + an "one" (see one). Cognate with Old Saxon, Middle Low German nen, Old Norse neinn, Middle Dutch, Dutch neen, Old High German, German nein "no," and analogous to Latin non- (see non-). As an adverb from c. 1200. As an adjective, since c. 1600 reduced to no except in a few archaic phrases, especially before vowels, such as none other, none the worse.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Seventy-nine voted in the affirmative, and none in the negative.
79人投贊成票，沒有人投反對(duì)票。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. She exhibited none of the narcissistic and nihilistic tendencies of her peers.
她一點(diǎn)兒都沒表現(xiàn)出同齡人那種自戀和虛無(wú)主義的性格傾向。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. None of these people will admit responsibility for their actions.
這些人都不會(huì)愿意為自己的行為負(fù)責(zé)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
4. She did none of the maintenance on the vehicle itself.
她對(duì)車子本身沒有進(jìn)行半點(diǎn)養(yǎng)護(hù)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
5. That's none of your business, it has nothing to do with you.