单词 | naught |
释义 | naught (once / 616 pages) n When things come to naught, they've come to nothing. If you feel bad about ending up with nothing, you can also say "It was all for naught!" Have you ever put a lot of work into something and all you ended up with was nada, nil, nothing, zero, zilch, and zip? Then your efforts came to naught. Naught is a word for nothing that is used in specific ways, usually when a project or effort comes to naught. WORD FAMILYnaught: naughts USAGE EXAMPLESA tiny, immaterial industrial outpost marking naught but the dwindling Texas shoreline as it slopes and surrenders on its muddy fall to Mexico. The Guardian(Dec 21, 2016) The national broadcasting efforts to compromise Donald Trump’s reputation may be all for naught, however. Washington Times(Dec 20, 2016) On Monday, I sent an email to Mr. Musk in hopes that writing this column wouldn’t be for naught. New York Times(Dec 05, 2016) 1n a quantity of no importance it was all for naught Syn|Hypo|Hyper aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo nihil (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ) relative quantity a quantity relative to some purpose 2n complete failure all my efforts led to naught Hyper failure an act that fails |
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