A nonentity is a person with no importance, no power, and nothing that makes them stand out. In ordinary English this is the main use, and it is dismissive: you are saying they do not count. Writers use it about politics, offices, and fame — the colleague nobody listens to, the candidate nobody has heard of.

A nonentitynonentity is a person with no importance, no power, and nothing that makes them stand out指的是一個沒有重要性、沒有權力，也沒有任何讓他突出的地方的人。 In ordinary English this is the main use在一般英語裡，這是主要的用法， and it is dismissive而且帶有貶低的意味： you are saying they do not count你是在說他不算數。 Writers use it about politics, offices, and fame作家會用它來講政治、職場和名聲—— the colleague nobody listens to沒人理的同事、 the candidate nobody has heard of沒人聽過的候選人。

There is an older, more bookish sense too: a nonentity as a thing that does not really exist, a nothing. That sense is rare in speech. The word is fairly formal; in talk people are more likely to say a nobody.

There is an older, more bookish sense too還有一個比較老、比較書面的意思： a nonentity as a thing that does not really exist, a nothingnonentity指一個不是真正存在的東西，一種『無』。 That sense is rare in speech這個意思在口語裡很少見。 The word is fairly formal這個字相當正式； in talk people are more likely to say a nobody聊天時人們更可能說a nobody。

Though actually, calling someone a nonentity is often a power move, not a careful measure of their life.

Though actually不過實際上， calling someone a nonentity說某人是nonentity， is often a power move常常是一種展現權力的舉動， not a careful measure of their life而不是對他人生真正仔細的評斷。