这个词组可以译为：甚至……不······ 、 竟然不······ 、 连······都没有；即使是……也不（无法）等意思：
1.not even 放在主语之前，会使主语成为信息焦点（语意的重心），但是not even 不是否定主语的，而是否定全局的。
Not even he protested.甚至他也没有反对。（连他也没有反对。）
Until lately ,not even the best pigeons would fly at night. 直到不久之前，甚至最优良的鸽子也不能在夜间飞行。
Not even their diehard supporters can pretend that this was a greatgame.
即使是他们的铁杆支持者也无法假装这是一场精彩的比赛。
Not even Gary, he said, was that stupid
他说，就连加里也没有那么蠢。
Not even a breath of wind stirred the pine branches.
一丝风也没有，松树枝条纹丝不动。
Not even their diehard supporters can pretend that this was a great game.
即使是他们的铁杆支持者也无法假装这是一场精彩的比赛。
Not even the slightest error is permissible.
分厘之差也不容许。
The teacher explained the point a second time , but not even then did everyone understand.老师已经再次解释了这个知识点，可是甚至于连一个人都没有听明白。
摘自赵振才《英语常见问题解答大词典》p954。
It is incredible, but not even I would have thought of feeling so good, better and better.
这很不可思议，但是甚至我都没想过我会有这么好的感觉，而且越来越好。
2.not even也可以否定句子某个成分：
She wore no make-up, not even a dab of lipstick.
她没有化妆，甚至连一点儿口红都没涂。
The baby couldn’t walk, not even craw.这个婴儿不会走路，甚至连爬都不会。
The houses are beautiful, but there's no shop, not even a pub to go into
这些房子很漂亮，但周围没有商店，甚至连一个酒馆都没有。
No ordinary woman could manage it; no, not even a man with threeheads and six arms!
别说是女人当不来，就是三头六臂的男人，还撑不住呢。
We were alone, completely private, with not even Angela present.
就我们自己，没有其他人打扰，连安吉拉也不在。
She sprawled on the bed as he had left her, not even moving tocover herself up
他离开她后她就摊手摊脚地躺在床上，甚至都懒得往身上盖点儿东西。
He cannot sleep, not even taking an opiate.他睡不着，甚至服了安眠药也睡不着
He cannot sleep, not even after taking an opiate他睡不着，甚至服了安眠药之后也睡不着。
But not even a great health-care system can cure death. 但是，就连最好的医疗保健体系也治疗不了死亡。
3.通常用在否定词之后，通常的搭配有： be not even、didn't even、don't even、hadn’t even、won't even、wouldn't even、couldn't even、can't even、haven't even、shouldn't even 、might not even 等等
The train was about to leave and I was not even on the platform.
火车就快开了，可我还没到站台。
He did not even say anything to her, and she did not speak to himeither
他甚至一句话也没跟她说，她也没跟他说话。
Not only didn't they help, they didn't even offer to help!
他们不但不帮忙, 甚至都没有提出帮忙!
He almost ran me over and he didn't even say sorry!
他差点开车撞到我, 却连句对不起都没有!
She had not even reproached him for breaking his promise.
她甚至没有责怪他违背诺言。
Fully 30% of the poor could not even afford access to illegal shanties.
足足有30%的贫困人口甚至连非法窝棚都住不起。
Mr Short does not even rank in the world's top ten.
肖特先生甚至没有进入世界前10名。
Those figures might not even cover the cost of breakages.
那笔钱甚至都不够赔偿破损费。
They might not even be used at all.
人们甚至都不会使用到它。
The ferry did not even have time to send out an SOS.
渡船甚至连发出紧急呼救信号的时间都没有。
