virtually nothing:几乎什么都没有;几乎等于零;几乎不重要/不起作用(强调“接近于无”,但不一定是绝对的“完全没有”。)
/ˈvɝːtʃuəli ˈnʌθɪŋ/
There was virtually nothing to eat in the fridge.
冰箱里几乎没什么可吃的。
After months of research, we found virtually nothing that supported the rumor, which made the whole story seem exaggerated.
经过几个月的调查,我们几乎找不到任何证据支持那个谣言,这让整个说法显得被夸大了。
由于 virtually nothing 是常见搭配,是否以该“完整短语”出现会随版本/译本而变化;在阅读下列作品时,常能见到 virtually / nothing 或与其非常接近的表达(如 almost nothing, next to nothing):