[mass noun]the absence or cessation of life or existence (生命的)不存在(或终止),死;虚无 the fear of the total nothingness of death. 对万事皆空的死亡所抱有的恐惧。 ■worthlessness; insignificance; unimportance 无价值;无意义;无足轻重 the nothingness of it all overwhelmed him. 此事(或此物)竟然全无价值,这使他深感懊恼。