区别辨析 there is no doing, there is no use/good/sense/point/harm (in) doing sth. 与 it is no use/good/sense/point/harm doing sth.

(1) there is no doing结构等于it is impossible to...,意思是“无法……;不能……”。

  • There is no telling/knowing/saying what they'll do next.
    无法预料下一步他们会做什么。
  • There was no more joking or lingering . In fact, there was hardly any time to say good-bye.
    不能再开玩笑或磨蹭了。事实上,人们几乎连告别的时间都没有了。
  • There is no denying the fact that the new method has greatly raised labor productivity.
    新方法大大提高了劳动生产力,无人能否认这个事实。
  • There is no joking about such matters.
    这种事开不得玩笑。
  • There is no holding back the wheel of history.
    无人能阻挡历史前进的车轮。

 (2) ①there is no use/good/sense/point/harm (in) doing sth. 意思与it's no use/good/sense/point/harm doing sth.相同。

  • There is no sense in making the child suffering so much.
    让这个孩子受这么多苦没什么意义。
  • It's no good waiting here; let's walk home.
    在这儿干等没用;我们还是回家吧。
  • It's no/little help talking to him about it.
    跟他说这些没什么用(帮助不大)。
  • It's no use you/your talking to her — let me do it.
    你跟她说不会有用——还是让我来吧。
  • There is no point in arguing further.
    再争论下去没什么意义。
  • There is no sense in arguing with them over the matter.
    为此事跟他们争论没任何意义。

②但there is no need后常接不定式。

  • There is no need to hurry — we've got plenty of time.
    不用着急——我们有的是时间。

③用于疑问句时,要将no换成any。

  • Is there any good/harm in visiting him now?
    现在就去拜访他有什么好处/坏处吗?
  • Is it any help asking him to come now?
    让他现在就来,会于事有补吗?