nil

noun

1. （数码）零；（体育比赛中的）0分
   the number 0, especially as the score in some games
   1. Newcastle beat Leeds four nil/by four goals to nil.
      纽卡斯尔队以四比零战胜利兹队。
2. 无；零
   nothing
   1. The doctors rated her chances as nil (= there were no chances) .
      医生认为她没有希望了。

1. NUM 零分(通常用于表示橄榄球、足球等比赛中的得分)
   Nil means the same as zero. It is usually used to say what the score is in sports such as rugby or football.
   1. They beat Argentina one-nil in the final.
      他们在决赛中以 1 比 0 击败了阿根廷队。
2. N-UNCOUNT 零;无;不存在
   If you say that something is nil, you mean that it does not exist at all.
   1. Their legal rights are virtually nil...
      他们实际上毫无法律权利。
   2. The heating in winter was almost nil.
      冬季供暖设施几乎毫无用处。

1. Their legal rights are virtually nil
   他们实际上毫无法律权利。
2. The heating in winter was almost nil.
   冬季供暖设施几乎毫无用处。
3. The rank outsiders, Cameroon, beat the defending champions, Argentina, by one goal to nil.
   本不被看好的喀麦隆队却以1比0击败了卫冕冠军阿根廷队。
4. Profits zoomed from nil in 1981 to about 16 million last year.
   利润从1981年的零收益飙升至去年的1,600万。
5. My knowledge of the subject is practically nil.
   我在这方面的知识几乎等于零。
6. The profits were nil.
   利润为零。
7. Our team won the game three nil.
   我们队以三比零获胜。
8. The nil, boolean, number, and string types work as you might expect.
   布尔型、数字和字符串类型的工作方式与我们期望的一样。
9. Nil also represents false, and any non-nil value represents true.
   Nil也可以表示false，任何非nil的值都表示true。
10. Strings, numbers ( floating point only), booleans, and the special nil type are basic types.
    number（只有浮点数）、boolean和特殊的nil类型都是基本类型。
11. If a nil was returned, the word was not found, so you provide a default response.
    如果返回nil，那么表示没有找到该词，因此您需要提供一个默认的响应。
12. In Lua, variable names are case-sensitive, explaining why I is nil.
    在Lua中，变量名是大小写敏感的，这可以解释为什么I的值是nil。
13. Asking an object if it is of the nil type ( via the nil? method call) returns a boolean.
    询问一个对象是否是nil类型（通过nil？方法调用）会返回一个布尔值。
14. Nil denotes the end of the list.
    Nil表示列表的结尾。
15. Nil is the type of the special value nil and is used to represent the absence of a value.
    Nil是值为nil的一种特殊类型，用来表示没有值。
16. I don't think he will agree to this; the opportunity is almost nil.
    我不相信他会同意这一点；机会几乎是零（没有）。
17. The new machine reduced labour costs to almost nil.
    新机器把劳动成本几乎降低到零。
18. Theoretically sludge yield is nil for the extended aeration process.
    对延时曝气法而言，理论上污泥生成量应为零。
19. Morbidity and mortality were nil.
    发病率和死亡率均为零。
20. This experienced editor is said to Be aBle to reduce the misprints to almost nil.
    据说这位经验丰富的老编辑能把印刷错误几乎降低到零。
21. His team's won too. four, nil.
    他的球队也赢了，四比零。
22. The effect was nil.
    效果为零，效果全无。
23. Winning this game is in the bag? We're leading by five goals to nil.
    赢得这场比赛是完全有把握的-我们以五比零领先。
24. As for me even after a month my understanding was nil because of lack of faith and energetic effort.
    而我由于缺乏信心和精进力，即使在一个月之后仍然在慧学修证上毫无收获。
25. And tariffs for diesel and aircraft fuel will be reduced to nil.
    而且柴油和飞机燃料的关税将减少为零。
26. { Your entry is not valid.} You must select Request, Demand, or Nil.
    {输入项无效。}必须选择请求、要求或无。
27. The energy requirement for hydrolytic reactions is considered nil.
    水解反应所需的能量被认为是零。
28. In distressed debt, transaction volumes at the bottom are nil at best.
    在问题债务中，在底部时的交易量可能会为零。
29. While this subject cannot even be raised, the chances of getting energy policy right are nil.
    当人们提都不能提这个问题时，正确把握能源政策的可能性为零。
30. The advertising budget have is cut to nil.
    广告预算被消减为零。

  zero cipher nil nought【导航词义：零】

  zero n. 零；零度；零点；零分

〔辨析〕普通用词，一般用于表示数字、数量、刻度、比分、电话号码等；表示概率、程度等时，常指微乎其微或根本没有。

  cipher n. 〈文〉零；不重要的人

〔辨析〕指数字0或0至9的任何一个阿拉伯数字，强调数字概念；引申则指无足轻重的人。

  nil n. 〈英〉零；无

〔辨析〕多指体育比赛中的比分，或用于认知、价值等程度，常可与 zero 换用。

  nought n. 〈英〉零

〔辨析〕强调数字概念，可与cipher换用；在数字读法上与 zero 相同，可换用。

noun

1. a quantity of no importance
   1. it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
   2. reduced to nil all the work we had done
   3. we racked up a pathetic goose egg
   4. it was all for naught
   5. I didn't hear zilch about it

   Synonym:    nothingnixnadanullaughtciphercyphergoose eggnaughtzerozilchzipzippo