naught

英 [nɔːt]

美 [nɔːt]

adj.  无价值的
adv.  决无
n.  无; 无价值; 零; 坏人

IELTS

BNC.24405 / COCA.19606

柯林斯词典

• → see:nought

英英释义

noun

• complete failure
  1. all my efforts led to naught
• a quantity of no importance
  1. it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
  2. reduced to nil all the work we had done
  3. we racked up a pathetic goose egg
  4. it was all for naught
  5. I didn't hear zilch about it
  Synonym:nothingnilnixnadanullaughtciphercyphergoose eggzerozilchzipzippo

双语例句

• Sorrows naught allays,| save the cup,| since ancient days.
  何以解忧，惟有杜康。（曹操《短歌行》）
• Naught contents thee, who content'st not Me.
  不以我为满足的，没有什么能满足你。
• All their plans came to naught.
  他们的计划全部落空。
• All our good planning came to naught.
  我们所有的好计划结果都成泡影。
• Bonds do not exist for those to whom naught is dear or not dear.
  没有贪爱和憎恨的人，就没有束缚。
• All his best efforts were brought to naught by his early death.
  他英年早逝，这使他的一切努力都付之东流了。
• They cared naught for my suggestions.
  他们对我的建议不感兴趣。
• Therefore let your visit to that temple invisible be for naught but ecstasy and sweet communion.
  因此，就让你对无形寺庙的朝拜，成为一种狂喜和亲切的心灵交流吧。
• If not herself, then she has naught.
  如果不是自己，那么他有泡影。
• He sets at naught every convention of society.
  他轻视所有的社会习俗。