nil: [19] Latin nil was a contracted form of nihil ‘nothing’ (source of English nihilism [19]). This in turn was a shortening of an earlier nihilum, a compound formed from the negative particle nī and hīlum ‘small or trivial thing’, and thus denoted etymologically ‘not a jot’. => nihilism
nil (n.)
"nothing," 1833, from Latin nil, contraction of nihil, nihilum "nothing, not at all; in vain," from ne- "not" (see un-) + hilum "small thing, trifle," of unknown origin.
雙語例句
1. Profits zoomed from nil in 1981 to about 16 million last year.
利潤從1981年的零收益飆升至去年的1,600萬。
來自柯林斯例句
2. They gave an insipid opening performance in a nil-nil draw with Peru.
他們與秘魯隊的揭幕戰打得波瀾不驚，最終以0：0戰平。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Austria beat Hungary 3-nil in a friendly match at Salzburg on Wednesday.