nil
n. 无,零; 零分
Nil means the same as zero. It is usually used to say what the score is in sports such as rugby or football.
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。
If you say that something is nil, you mean that it does not exist at all.
Their legal rights are virtually nil...
他们实际上毫无法律权利。
The heating in winter was almost nil.
冬季供暖设施几乎毫无用处。
1. a quantity of no importance;
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。
They gave an insipid opening performance in a nil-nil draw with Peru.
他们与秘鲁队的揭幕战打得波澜不惊,最终以0:0战平。
"What was the result?" — "One-nil to Leeds."
“比赛结果怎样?”——“利兹队以1比0获胜。”
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。
Scotland beat England one-nil at Wembley.
苏格兰队在温布利球场以1比0击败了英格兰队。