老外對你說：“The answer is zero”是什么意思？

The answer is zero

“The answer is zero”其實是表示白忙一場、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、無用的、白費力氣

eg：My efforts were not in vain.

我的氣力沒有白費。

2??for nothing

無結(jié)果、無酬勞

eg：All my trouble went for nothing.

我的一切辛苦都白費了。

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的，有誰會在乎呢?

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。以騙取保險金為目的訂立的保險合同無效。

除此之外，我們再來了解一些zero的用法吧~

zero out

取消;歸零

例句：

This program will be zeroed out in the budget for next year.

這個項目將不會再出現(xiàn)在明年的預(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.

我們必須確定目標市場，然后將其鎖定。

zero-sum

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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.

股市現(xiàn)在是一種零和游戲，有人賺就有人賠。