How do you use "nobody" in a sentence?

Nobody knows the answer. I knocked but nobody was home. Before he became famous, he was just a nobody.

nobody

Q: What does "nobody" mean?

No person; not anyone; an unimportant person The word 'nobody' means no person at all. It's used in negative statements (nobody came) and can be used informally to mean an unimportant person (he's a nobody). Note that 'nobody' is singular and takes a singular verb, even though it refers to multiple people conceptually.

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의미: No person; not anyone; an unimportant person

没有人；小人物

nadie; don nadie

誰も〜ない；取るに足らない人

아무도 ~않다; 하찮은 사람

The word 'nobody' means no person at all. It's used in negative statements (nobody came) and can be used informally to mean an unimportant person (he's a nobody). Note that 'nobody' is singular and takes a singular verb, even though it refers to multiple people conceptually.

「nobody」意为完全没有人。它用于否定陈述（没有人来）并且可以非正式地表示不重要的人（他是个无名小卒）。注意「nobody」是单数，使用单数动词，即使它概念上指多人。

La palabra «nobody» significa ninguna persona en absoluto. Se usa en declaraciones negativas (nobody came) y puede usarse informalmente para significar una persona sin importancia. Nota que «nobody» es singular y toma un verbo singular, aunque conceptualmente se refiere a múltiples personas.

「nobody」は誰もいないことを意味します。否定文で使われ（nobody came）、非公式には重要でない人を意味することもあります（彼は取るに足らない人）。「nobody」は概念的には複数の人を指しますが、単数形で単数動詞を取ることに注意してください。

'nobody'라는 단어는 아무도 ~않다를 의미합니다. 부정문에 사용되며(nobody came), 비격식적으로 중요하지 않은 사람을 뜻하기도 합니다(he's a nobody). 'nobody'는 개념적으로 여러 사람을 가리키지만 단수 취급하여 단수 동사를 사용합니다.

예문

Nobody knows the answer.
没有人知道答案。
Nadie sabe la respuesta.
答えを知っている人は誰もいません。
아무도 답을 모릅니다.
I knocked but nobody was home.
我敲了门但家里没人。
Llamé pero no había nadie en casa.
ノックしましたが、誰も家にいませんでした。
문을 두드렸지만 아무도 집에 없었습니다.
Before he became famous, he was just a nobody.
在成名之前，他只是个无名小卒。
Antes de hacerse famoso, era un don nadie.
有名になる前、彼はただの無名の人でした。
유명해지기 전에 그는 그저 무명인에 불과했습니다.

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사용 가이드

맥락: general

어조: neutral

기원과 역사

A compound of 'no' + 'body', where 'body' was used to mean 'person', parallel to 'somebody', 'anybody', and 'everybody'. First recorded in the 14th century.

문화적 배경

Era: Modern

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal

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