naught

名词 naught:

1. a quantity of no importance
   同义词：nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, zero, zilch, zip, zippo
2. complete failure

1. I hope that all your effort will not go for naught.
   我希望你的努力不会毫无结果。
2. His efforts were brought to naught when the war broke out.
   战争爆发，使他的一切努力付诸东流。
3. His crime has gained him naught.
   他既犯了罪又一无所获。
4. All his work came to naught when the fire destroyed the house he was building.
   大火烧毁了他正在建的房子，他的一切成绩化为乌有。

naught 也作 nought

n.（名词）
Nonexistence; nothingness.
无：不存在，没有
The figure 0; a cipher; a zero.
零：数字0；零，0
pron.（代词）
Nothing:
无：
例句：
All their work was for naught.
他们所有的工作都只是白做

adj.（形容词）
Nonexistent.
不存在的
Insignificant.
不重要的

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English n3wiht
源自 古英语 n3wiht
n3 [no] * see ne
n3 [没有] *参见 ne
wiht [thing] * see wekti-
wiht [事] *参见 wekti-