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【theanswer】“The answer is zero”
这几个单词真是再熟悉不过
组合一块看起来的意思好像也就那么回事
“答案是零”
但想起中文里那些和数字相关的成语
“不三不四”、“五花八门”…的意思
这么简单直白的翻译好像不对劲

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The answer is zero

“The answer is zero”其实是表示白忙一场、毫无结果
例句：
No matter what you have done, the answer is zero.
无论你做了什么，都是白忙一场。
“白忙一?。嚼汀被箍梢栽趺此担?
1??in vain
徒劳、无用的、白费力气
eg：My efforts were not in vain.
我的气力没有白费。
2??for nothing
无结果、无酬劳
eg：All my trouble went for nothing.
我的一切辛苦都白费了。
3??futile effort
徒劳
eg：You do be make a futile effort so, who can care?
你这样做是徒劳无功的，有谁会在乎呢?
4??be of no effect
无效
eg：If policy holder cheats to obtain premium, due to the malice, the insurance contract signed will be of no effect.
凡是投保人出于恶意。以骗取保险金为目的订立的保险合同无效。
除此之外，我们再来了解一些zero的用法吧~
zero out
取消;归零
例句：
This program will be zeroed out in the budget for next year.
这个项目将不会再出现在明年的预算中。

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.
我们必须确定目标市?。缓蠼渌?。

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
一方得益一方受损的;得失所系的
例句：
The stock market is now a zero-sum game, in which one party gains what the other loses.
股市现在是一种零和游戏，有人赚就有人赔。