\\\"it looked like nothing I had ever seen before\\\"
\\\"reduced to nil all the work we had done\\\"
\\\"we racked up a pathetic goose egg\\\"
\\\"it was all for naught\\\"
\\\"I didn\\\'t hear zilch about it\\\"
complete failure;
\\\"all my efforts led to naught\\\"
造句
用作名詞(n.)
His crime has gained him naught. 他既犯了罪又一無所獲。
I hope that all your effort will not go for naught. 我希望你的努力不會毫無結果。
His efforts were brought to naught when the war broke out. 戰爭爆發，使他的一切努力付諸東流。
All our victories are set at naught if we lose sight of our principles. 如果我們忘記原則，所有的勝利都等于零。
All his work came to naught when the fire destroyed the house he was building. 大火燒毀了他正在建的房子，他的一切成績化為烏有。
用作形容詞(adj.)
Without judicial review, statutory limits would be naught but empty words. 沒有司法審查，法定權限將只是一句空話。