come to nothing
1. 解词释义
Come to nothing从字面上解释就是“最后什么都没了”,意即为:终于失败,终于落空,终成泡影等意思。
2. 拓展范例
e.g. Jim's holiday plans came to nothing because he didn't have enough money.
吉姆的假日计划没有实现,因为他没有足够的钱。
e.g. Their experiments came to nothing in the end.
他们的实验以失败告终。
e.g. The government did its best, but the efforts came to nothing for the government was harried by many things.
政府也的确作了最大的努力,但没有收到任何效果,因为政府碰到的困难实在太多了!
e.g. All their efforts came to nothing.
他们所有的努力都付之东流了。