“The answer is zero”

這幾個(gè)單詞真是再熟悉不過

組合一塊看起來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

“不三不四”、“五花八門”...得意思

這么簡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、毫無結(jié)果

例句：

No matter what you have done, the answer is zero.

無論你做了什么，都是白忙一場。

“白忙一場，徒勞”還可以怎么說？

1??in vain

徒勞、無用得、白費(fèi)力氣

eg：My efforts were not in vain.

我得氣力沒有白費(fèi)。

2??for nothing

無結(jié)果、無酬勞

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?

你這樣做是徒勞無功得，有誰會(huì)在乎呢?

4??be of no effect

無效

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)合同無效。

除此之外，我們?cè)賮砹私庖恍﹝ero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，然后將其鎖定。

zero-sum

/?z??.r???s?m/

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，有人賺就有人賠。