come to nothing

if a plan or action comes to nothing, it does not continue or does not achieve anything 〔计划或行动〕没有结果，终未实现

Examples from the Corpus

come to nothing• Crack addicts, criminals, people whose lives have come to nothing.• Even Sam Smith's valiant attempts to reduce the deficit came to nothing.• Plots to dispose of him came to nothing.• Sadly it has come to nothing.• Speculation that the deputy chairman, Lord Barnett, might also be removed came to nothing.• Without action your job hunting will come to nothing.• But it had come to nothing, and in the process he had recognised the truth behind his motives.• If this was the intention it came to nothing, for the title was abolished in 1554.

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单词	come to nothing
释义	come to nothing come to nothing if a plan or action comes to nothing, it does not continue or does not achieve anything 〔计划或行动〕没有结果，终未实现 Examples from the Corpus come to nothing• Crack addicts, criminals, people whose lives have come to nothing.• Even Sam Smith's valiant attempts to reduce the deficit came to nothing.• Plots to dispose of him came to nothing.• Sadly it has come to nothing.• Speculation that the deputy chairman, Lord Barnett, might also be removed came to nothing.• Without action your job hunting will come to nothing.• But it had come to nothing, and in the process he had recognised the truth behind his motives.• If this was the intention it came to nothing, for the title was abolished in 1554. → come to nothing at nothing1(8)
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