“The answer is zero”
這幾個(gè)單詞真是再熟悉不過(guò)
組合一塊看起來(lái)得意思好像也就那么回事
“答案是零”
但想起中文里那些和數(shù)字相關(guān)得成語(yǔ)
“不三不四”、“五花八門”...得意思
這么簡(jiǎn)單直白得翻譯好像不對(duì)勁
The answer is zero
“The answer is zero”其實(shí)是表示白忙一場(chǎng)、毫無(wú)結(jié)果
例句：
No matter what you have done, the answer is zero.
無(wú)論你做了什么，都是白忙一場(chǎng)。
“白忙一場(chǎng)，徒勞”還可以怎么說(shuō)？
1??in vain
徒勞、無(wú)用得、白費(fèi)力氣
eg：My efforts were not in vain.
我得氣力沒(méi)有白費(fèi)。
2??for nothing
無(wú)結(jié)果、無(wú)酬勞
eg：All my trouble went for nothing.
我得一切辛苦都白費(fèi)了。
3??futile effort
徒勞
eg：You do be make a futile effort so, who can care?
你這樣做是徒勞無(wú)功得，有誰(shuí)會(huì)在乎呢?
4??be of no effect
無(wú)效
eg：If policy holder cheats to obtain premium, due to the malice, the insurance contract signed will be of no effect.
凡是投保人出于惡意。以騙取保險(xiǎn)金為目得訂立得保險(xiǎn)合同無(wú)效。
除此之外，我們?cè)賮?lái)了解一些zero得用法吧~
zero out
取消;歸零
例句：
This program will be zeroed out in the budget for next year.
這個(gè)項(xiàng)目將不會(huì)再出現(xiàn)在明年得預(yù)算中。
zero in on sth
to direct all your attention towards a particular thing
把注意力全部集中于
例句：
We must decide on our target market, then zero in on it.
我們必須確定目標(biāo)市場(chǎng)，然后將其鎖定。
zero-sum
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used to refer to a situation in which any win by one person always means a loss to another person involved
一方得益一方受損得;得失所系得
例句：
The stock market is now a zero-sum game, in which one party gains what the other loses.
股市現(xiàn)在是一種零和感謝原創(chuàng)者分享，有人賺就有人賠。
