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单词 to come to nought
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to come (also †go, etc.) to nought
b. to come (also †go, etc.) to nought: = to come to naught at naught pron. 2b. Now archaic.
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eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) lvii. 6 (8) Ad nihilum deuenient uelut aqua decurrens : to nowihte bicumad swe swe weter eornende.
c1175 ( Ælfric's Homily on Nativity of Christ (Bodl. 343) in A. O. Belfour 12th Cent. Homilies in MS Bodl. 343 (1909) 82 Nu beð summe isceaftæ..swa isceapene þet heo..endæð & to nohte iwurðæþ [OE Julius to nahte gewurðaþ].
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10960 Þær affterr warrþ itt efft to nohht.
a1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 81 (MED) Al shal gon þat her mon howet, al hit shal wenden to nout [v.r. bicome to naut].
a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 83 (MED) Þat empire wastid and went to nowt.
a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 278 (MED) Many doctours..haue this science soughte, yet al theire labours haue tornyde in-to noghte.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. ii. 6 Wisdom of this worlde..(which goeth to nought).
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 157 The maiestie of the Romane Jmpire..almaist was cum to nocht.
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 84 All which..is now growne to nought, or naught.
c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) II. 301 Carried away by the next wind that blows and so comes to nought.
1776 J. Leacock Fall Brit. Tyranny iv. vii. 55 Such foolish councils, with no wisdom fraught, Must end in wordy words. and come to nought.
1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. vii. 43 All human plans and projects come to nought.
1888 Sc. Serm. in Brit. Workman 34 19 Sae the precious seed cam' tae nocht ava.
1900 J. L. Robertson Hughie's Appraisement in Horace in Homespun 72 Thank Heaven! his howkin' cam' to nocht.
1984 Times 5 Dec. 19/6 The talks came to nought.
extracted from noughtpron.n.adv.adj.
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