Old English nahw?r "nowhere, not at all;" see no + where. Similar constructions were attempted with nowhat (1520s) and nowhen (1764), but they failed to take hold and remain nonce words.
雙語例句
1. These rootless young people have nowhere else to go.
這些漂泊不定的年輕人沒有其他地方可去。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The bowlers at the eye of the storm were nowhere in evidence.
處于風口浪尖的那些投手不見了蹤影。
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3. Houses had sprung up out of nowhere on the hills.
山丘上突然冒出一幢幢的房子。
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4. It was nowhere near as painful as David had expected.
這遠不如戴維所料想的那么痛苦。
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5. "Getting nowhere fast," pronounced Crosby, "that's what we're doing."