nil
US:/nɪl/
UK:/nɪl/
n.:
零；无；（数码）零；（体育比赛中的） 0 分
网络:
近等基因系(Near Isogenic Lines)；没有；零点
Examples
1.
Well, that argument has no force now, since the chances that this slump will be over anytime soon are virtually nil.
鉴于衰退在短期内结束的可能性实际上为零，这种论调现在也是没有意义的。
2.
The clinical value of this genomic information would seem to be close to nil.
有关这种基因的信息所具有的临床价值被认为近乎为零。
3.
The average tax-paying investor is now running up a down escalator whose pace has accelerated to the point where his upward progress is nil.
一般纳税水平的投资者现在是在一个下行的自动扶梯往上跑。自动扶梯的节奏已经加快到了一定程度，让投资者向上的进展为零。
4.
Saudi Arabia can build out a chemical industry even if the prospects for making a profit are close to nil.
即使投资回报预期近乎零，沙特阿拉伯也能建立化工工业。
5.
In rich countries the prospect of the general population succumbing to AIDS is now almost nil.
在发达国家，大众感染艾滋病的几率现在几乎为零。
6.
Most experts believe that the odds of a such a back door slipping in are nil.
大多数专家都认为遗漏后门这样的几率为零。
7.
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。
8.
The marginal cost of distributing the story more widely is close to nil, but the marginal benefit can be considerable.
散布新闻到世界各地的成本可能接近于零，但从中产生的微薄的利润确实相当可观的。
9.
Just a few years ago China's investment potential was nil.
仅仅几年前，中国无投资潜力可言。
10.
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。