come to naught

/nawt/US // nɔt //UK // (nɔːt) //

落空,落空了,化为泡影,化为乌有

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : nothing.
- : a cipher; zero.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : lost; ruined.
- : Archaic. worthless; useless.
- : Obsolete. morally bad; wicked.

adv.副词 adverb

1
- : Obsolete. not.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inmiscarry

Synonyms

abort舍弃,退出,舍弃权,退出来 fall through落空,落空了,落下了,落下 backslide倒退,倒退的情况下,倒退的情况,倒退的现象 blunder失误,大错特错,失策 decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降 deteriorate恶化,变质,衰败,变差 fall坠落,跌倒,跌落,摔倒 fizzle咝咝声,咝咝作响,咝咝声响,泡影

Examples

If the revelation fails to move you then all that came before it was for naught.
It’s all or nothing for the House, and it’s not entirely clear the Senate can get Phase Two to the south side of the Capitol, meaning the whole $4 trillion spending dream could be for naught.
On set againAll the original programming activity would be for naught without the means of production.
I try to devise backup plans based on unknowable factors—whether young children will be vaccinated by then, whether it will rain that weekend, forcing us to move certain festivities inside—and I wonder if it will all be for naught.
Russell Westbrook, who did not speak with reporters after the game, logged his fourth triple-double of the season for naught, scoring 22 points with 11 assists and 10 rebounds.
According to Farmaner, the reforms of 2011 have largely come to naught.
But moments later there was a twist, and with it the fear that the prayers had been for naught.
Venus' Epic Fight, for Naught Long gone are the days when Venus Williams dominated tennis, but she sure still gives it her all.
Hoping that his hi-tech marketing wiles will not go for naught, Bennett will now try to torpedo the prize ceremony.
In the end, all the praise and support from the international community was for naught.
At last he had found permanence in a life where heretofore had been naught but transience.
There are poets and writers who see naught in war but carrion, filth, savagery and horror.
Letty has just had another baby, and her dairy-maid got married and left at this busy time, and I'm sick and good for naught.

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come to naught

/nawt/US // nɔt //UK // (nɔːt) //

落空,落空了,化为泡影,化为乌有

Related Words

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : nothing.
- : a cipher; zero.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : lost; ruined.
- : Archaic. worthless; useless.
- : Obsolete. morally bad; wicked.

adv.副词 adverb

1
- : Obsolete. not.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inmiscarry

Synonyms

Examples

If the revelation fails to move you then all that came before it was for naught.
It’s all or nothing for the House, and it’s not entirely clear the Senate can get Phase Two to the south side of the Capitol, meaning the whole $4 trillion spending dream could be for naught.
On set againAll the original programming activity would be for naught without the means of production.
I try to devise backup plans based on unknowable factors—whether young children will be vaccinated by then, whether it will rain that weekend, forcing us to move certain festivities inside—and I wonder if it will all be for naught.
Russell Westbrook, who did not speak with reporters after the game, logged his fourth triple-double of the season for naught, scoring 22 points with 11 assists and 10 rebounds.
According to Farmaner, the reforms of 2011 have largely come to naught.
But moments later there was a twist, and with it the fear that the prayers had been for naught.
Venus' Epic Fight, for Naught Long gone are the days when Venus Williams dominated tennis, but she sure still gives it her all.
Hoping that his hi-tech marketing wiles will not go for naught, Bennett will now try to torpedo the prize ceremony.
In the end, all the praise and support from the international community was for naught.
At last he had found permanence in a life where heretofore had been naught but transience.
There are poets and writers who see naught in war but carrion, filth, savagery and horror.
Letty has just had another baby, and her dairy-maid got married and left at this busy time, and I'm sick and good for naught.

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