naught
英 [nɔːt]
美[nɔt]
- n. [数] 零；无价值
- adj. 无价值的；无用的
- n. (Naught)人名；(英)诺特
中文词源
naught 零
来自古英语nawiht,没有，来自na,没有，词源同no,wiht,一点点，词源同whit。即一点都没有，零。
英英释意
- 1. a quantity of no importance;
- "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"
- "reduced to nil all the work we had done"
- "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"
- "it was all for naught"
- "I didn't hear zilch about it"
- 2. complete failure;
- "all my efforts led to naught"
英文词源
- naught (n.)
- Old English nawiht "nothing," lit "no whit," from na "no" (from PIE root *ne- "no, not;" see un- (1)) + wiht "thing, creature, being" (see wight). Cognate with Old Saxon neowiht "nothing," Old High German niwiht, Gothic ni waihts. It also developed an adjectival sense in Old English, "good for nothing," which by mid-16c. had focused to "morally bad, wicked." In arithmetic, "the figure zero" from 1640s.
词组搭配
bring to naught
(archaic)ruin; foil
(古)使成泡影；使失败
come to naught
be ruined or foiled
失败；成为泡影
set at naught
(archaic)disregard; despise
(古)漠视，轻视；一笔抹杀
实用场景例句
- They push thee pass thee by on the dusty road, taking thee for naught.
- 道上尘土飞扬,他们推开你,扬长而去, 没有理睬你.
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- And if his schemes at home come to naught, then his credibility abroad will wither.
- 而且如果他在家门口交出零分答卷的话,到时他的对外信用就将遭遇寒冬.
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- Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.
- 爱除了自身别无所予,除了自身别无所取.
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- You are naught but a fool, an addlebrained fool!
- 你只不过是个白痴, 一个愚蠢的白痴!
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- We'll be bound together tightly For we're naught if we break free.
- 我们紧紧地绑在一起,如果打乱了顺序就会互不相关.
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- If you were a rose you would be and repentance would avail you but naught.
- 如果你成了玫瑰,你会痛苦的,会后悔莫及.
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- As happened in that boom, most of these ideas will come to naught.
- 就像那次热潮一样, 这些思想大都一事无成.
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- They care naught for what we have been doing.
- 他们对我们所做的事毫不关心.
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- He sets at naught every convention of society.
- 他轻视所有的社会习俗.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Most election promises can be set at naught.
- 竞选时所做的许诺大都没有什么价值.
《简明英汉词典》
- And once lottery of traditional paper quality is missing namely come to naught.
- 而传统纸质彩票一旦丢失即化为乌有.
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- All his labour has come to naught.
- 他的一切劳动都成泡影.
辞典例句
- All our good planning came to naught.
- 我们所有的好计划结果都成泡影.
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- But their hopes came to naught.
- 但是他们的希望落空了.
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- How many imperial inches are there in one metric centimetre? — Naught point three nine three seven inches.
- 一厘米等于多少英寸? ——等于0.397英寸.
《简明英汉词典》
- All our tough talk about dealing with the union came to naught.
- 我们在对付工会问题上的艰苦谈判毫无结果.
辞典例句
- All his hopes came to naught when he failed the exam.
- 他考试不及格,所有的希望都化为泡影了.
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- They cared naught for my suggestions.
- 他们对我的建议不感兴趣.
辞典例句
- Don't set my words at naught, they are the outcome of experience.
- 不要把我的话当话, 这是经验之谈.
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- I set his promise at naught.
- 我把他的诺言看的一文不值.
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- When all things are reduced to naught in you then ye shall see God.
- 只有你里面的一切都归零,然后你才能见到神.
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- In 2004 and 2007 heavy a change to the peg to naught.
- 2004年和2007年认为将改变联系汇率制的豪赌最终都落空了.
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- All Mike's elaborate schemes seem to come to naught.
- 麦克精心设计的计划似乎失败了.
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- He saw his plan brought to naught.
- 他看到了自己的计划落空.
辞典例句
- Their work went all for naught.
- 他的工作全部白干了.
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- You have brought all my labours to naught.
- 你已经使我的全部心血付之东流.
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- If not herself, then she has naught.
- 除了她自己, 一无所有.
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- All our victories are set at naught if we lose sight of our principles.
- 如果我们忘记原则,所有的胜利都等于零.
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- I have but one life and life is naught but a measurement of time.
- 生命只有一次,而人生也不过是时间的累积.
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