根本

not at all; simply not, simply; absolutely

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adverb Common #2,369
not at all; simply not An emphatic adverb used with a negative to mean that something is completely not the case or cannot happen.
CH: 这个价钱我根本不能接受。
EN: I simply can’t accept this price.

所以根本不算犯罪啊!

So it doesn’t even count as a crime!

— 我要复仇 (2002)

说实话,我根本吃不下。

Honestly, I can’t eat another bite.

事情真不能怪他,问题没到太迟的时候根本看不出来。

You really can’t blame him—the problem wasn’t apparent until it was too late.

北京根本看不见星星

You can't see any stars in Beijing at all.

— 流浪地球 (2019)

一个根本不可能接受的价钱。

A price that's completely unacceptable.

它根本一点作用都没有

It doesn't help at all.

— 夺宝奇兵3:圣战奇兵 (1989)

但他根本做不到.

But he simply can't do it.

— 杀手疾风号 (2022)

根本没人这么说话

No one talks like that.

— 雨水危机 (2011)

也根本动不了

It can't move at all.

— 绝美之城 (2013)

根本从未存在过

It never existed in the first place.

— 这个男人来自地球 (2007)

但他们根本不理你在这里也是很有名气的

But they simply don't care that you're famous here too.

— 瓦塞浦黑帮(上) (2012)

七天之内我们可能根本回不了家

We may not be able to get home at all within seven days.

— 流浪地球 (2019)

这车一般人根本开不了

Most people simply can't drive this car.

— 流浪地球 (2019)

你这样根本帮不上忙

You're not helping at all like this.

— 汉江怪物 (2006)

那个时候根本不敢奢望会再有恋人

Back then, I never dared to hope that I’d ever have another lover.

— 天堂电影院 (1988)

你们根本什么都不懂

You don't understand anything at all.

— 天气之子 (2019)

我们根本做不了这样的飞机

There’s no way we could build a plane like this.

— 起风了 (2013)

根本没人邀请我去过

No one has ever invited me.

— 天才一族 (2001)

看守这笨美国佬根本无法脱身!

This stupid American can't possibly escape!

— 荒野大镖客 (1964)

根本分不清夏天和冬天

I can’t tell summer from winter at all.

— 2046 (2004)

我想你承认街道根本没什么问题

I want you to admit that there’s really nothing wrong with the street.

— 城市英雄 (1993)

还是他根本听不见?

Or can he simply not hear at all?

— 青春年少 (1998)

她根本没法帮忙打斗。

She’s no help in a fight at all.

根本找不到尸体,没一点儿痕迹

There’s no sign of the body anywhere—no trace at all.

— 我是谁:没有绝对安全的系统 (2014)

根本连想都不会想

They wouldn’t even think about it.

— 蝴蝶梦 (1940)

您这样根本回不了家

At this rate, you’ll never make it home.

— The Captain (2019)

根本也没流多少汗啊

I didn't even sweat that much.

— 小偷家族 (2018)

对于这种人根本无药可救

People like this are completely beyond help.

— 放牛班的春天 (2004)

控方根本没有足够的证据

The prosecution simply doesn’t have enough evidence.

— 警察故事 (1985)

没,根本什么都没有

No, there’s absolutely nothing.

— 罗生门 (1950)

这里根本不适合你

This place isn't right for you at all.

— 梦幻之地 (1989)

根本分辨不出应该有人写本关于这个主题的书能让我们省心许多

You really can’t tell. Someone should write a book about this topic—it would save us a lot of trouble.

— 乔乔的异想世界 (2019)

根本没有人相信我

No one believes me at all.

— 汉江怪物 (2006)

她根本无法专心学习

She simply can't concentrate on her studies at all.

— 摔跤吧!爸爸 (2016)

你妹妹一个人根本忙不过来

Your younger sister can't possibly manage all this on her own.

— 热辣滚烫 (2024)

根本无法判断。

There's simply no way to tell.

你们这些废物,根本没资格要我出手!

You pathetic losers don’t even deserve to see me lift a finger!

— 功夫 (2004)

嗯,大部分人根本都不会反抗的

Yeah, most people wouldn't resist at all.

— 托尼·厄德曼 (2016)

根本都不清洗的

They don’t wash them at all.

— 控制 (2007)

根本什么都不懂这是多重要的事啊

You don't understand at all how important this is.

— 辉夜姬物语 (2013)

我想她说的有些事根本不可能做到,夫人。

I think some of the things she says are simply impossible, ma’am.

我们根本看不见

We can't see anything at all.

— 幸福的拉扎罗 (2018)

他们根本不敢看我的眼睛

They don't even dare look me in the eye.

— 鬼灭之刃:无限列车篇 (2020)

所以根本不敢动

So I don't dare move at all.

— 鬼灭之刃:无限列车篇 (2020)

根本听不到的他们把他扔进了一个洞里

They threw him into a hole where no one could hear him at all.

— 幸福的拉扎罗 (2018)

根本无济于事

It doesn't help at all.

— 西线无战事 (2022)

根本什么都看不到

I can't see anything at all.

— 小偷家族 (2018)

现在我们根本无法接近他

Right now, we simply can't get near him.

— 谜一样的双眼 (2009)

谁看啊,根本没人看,我从来不看的

Who even watches it? Nobody does. I never watch it.

— 一个都不能少 (1999)

adverb Rare #25,939
simply; absolutely Used to strongly emphasize a judgment or explanation, often before 是 or 就是.
CH: 那些政治家根本就是经济的傀儡。
EN: Those politicians are simply puppets of the economy.

请您…我看根本是冒牌的高贵公主殿下

Your Highness... I think you're nothing but a fake noble princess.

— 辉夜姬物语 (2013)

我看你根本是紧张得连气都不敢喘

You look so nervous you don't even dare breathe.

— 一一 (2000)

也许是他他不会打扰我们或者根本就是开玩笑

Maybe it’s him. He won’t bother us—or maybe he’s just joking.

— 恶魔 (1955)

你这有说跟没说根本一样嘛

That was no different from saying nothing.

— 那些年,我们一起追的女孩 (2011)