nought

nought词典解释

The spelling naught is also used for meaning 2. 拼写 naught 用于义项2。

1. (数字)0
Nought is the number 0.

e.g. Sales rose by nought point four per cent last month...
上个月销售额上升了0.4％。
e.g. Houses are graded from nought to ten for energy efficiency...
房屋按照能耗标准划分为0至10级。

in AM, use 美国英语用 zero

2. 毫无结果;一事无成
If you try to do something but your efforts are not successful, you can say that your efforts come to nought .

e.g. Numerous attempts to persuade him to write his memoirs came to nought.
无数次劝他写回忆录的尝试均以失败告终。

In spoken British English, nought is much more common than zero. ...from nought to 60 in a fraction of one second. As a number, zero is used mainly in scientific contexts, or when you want to be precise. However, when you are stating a telephone number, you say o (/əʊ/). In some sports contexts, especially in football scores, nil is used. England beat Poland two-nil at Wembley. In tennis, love is the usual word. ...a two-games-to-love lead.
英国英语口语中，nought 比 zero 常见得多：from nought to 60 in a fraction of one second (瞬间从0到60)。作为数字，zero主要用于科学语境和表示精确意义的时候。但是说到电话号码时，用o (/əʊ/)。涉及体育运动，尤其是足球比赛比分时，用 nil：England beat Poland two-nil at Wembley (英格兰队在温布利以2比0战胜波兰队)。网球比赛中，常用 love 表示零分：a two-games-to-love lead (局分2比0领先)。