| 单词 | nothing, etc, to show for |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(with) nothing, etc., to show for —— P9. to have (something) to show for (one's efforts, expenditure, etc.): to be able to exhibit as a result. Often in negative contexts. Also in similar phrases, as (with) nothing, etc., to show for ——. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > productivity [phrase] > have something to show for one's labour, etc. to have (something) to show for1593 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > furnish evidence [phrase] > give evidence of to have (something) to show for1593 1593 W. Burton Caueat for Suerties ii. 64 Now wordes are counted but wind: and men will aske, what haue you to shew for it? 1681 Heraclitus Ridens 4 Apr. 1/2 He has nothing to shew for his money but an Order of a Committee. 1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera i. vii. 8 I have this Watch and other visible Marks of his Favour to show for it. 1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 6 Sept. (1939) 225 Here is a fine spot of work—a day diddled away, and nothing to show for it! 1847 Hogg's Weekly Instructor 11 Dec. 256/1 Not only are my butcher's, baker's, grocer's, and other bills augmented, but their number is increased by a doctor's bill, with nothing to show for it. 1928 V. Delmar Bad Girl i. xiii. 148 I ate everything I wanted and had a regular baby to show for it. 1976 J. R. L. Anderson Redundancy Pay i. 11 He had been earning quite a lot of money, but had nothing real to show for it... They spent his salary as it came in. 2005 M. M. Frisby Wifebeater iii. 20 I managed to blow almost twenty grand in less than a year with little to show for it. < as lemmas |
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