there was nothing to do but do sth。除了做……之外，沒(méi)有其它事可以做。例如：There was nothing much to do in the evening but read. 晚上除了讀書(shū)以外無(wú)事可做。

There was nothing to do/be done

There was nothing to do.沒(méi)有什么可做的.

There was nothing to be done.沒(méi)有什么要去完成的.

這個(gè)區(qū)別就在于后面的 to do 和 to be done.

to do 強(qiáng)調(diào)的是還沒(méi)有做的事情,前面加上了nothing 就是說(shuō)沒(méi)有還沒(méi)有做的事情,于是整個(gè)句子翻譯下來(lái)就是：“沒(méi)什么事情可做的,無(wú)所事事”.

to be done 強(qiáng)調(diào)的是想完成卻還沒(méi)完成,前面加上了 nothing 就是說(shuō)沒(méi)有要去完成的,于是整個(gè)句子翻譯下來(lái)就是：“沒(méi)有什么要去完成的”.

there was nothing

什么都沒(méi)有

The doctor said there was nothing wrong with me.

醫(yī)生說(shuō)我什么毛病也沒(méi)有。

She shook it to make sure there was nothing inside.

她把它晃了晃，以確定里面沒(méi)有東西。

There was nothing they could do, outside of hoping things would get better.

除了盼望情況好轉(zhuǎn)，他們無(wú)能為力。

The doctor reassured him that there was nothing seriously wrong.

醫(yī)生安慰他說(shuō)，沒(méi)什么嚴(yán)重的病。

There was nothing else for it but to resign.

除了辭職，沒(méi)有別的辦法。