| 单词 | to bring to naught |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bring (also †do) to naught a. to bring (also †do) to naught: (in early use literal) to reduce to nothing, to destroy; (in later use chiefly figurative) to frustrate. Cf. nought pron. 2a. Now archaic and literary. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] to bring to noughteOE forspillc893 fordilghec900 to bring to naughtOE astryea1200 stroyc1200 forferec1275 misdoa1325 destroyc1330 naught1340 dingc1380 beshenda1400 devoida1400 unshapea1400 to wend downa1400 brittenc1400 unloukc1400 perishc1426 defeat1435 unmake1439 lithc1450 spend1481 kill1530 to shend ofc1540 quade1565 to make away1566 discreate1570 wrake1570 wracka1586 unwork1587 gaster1609 defease1621 unbe1624 uncreate1633 destructa1638 naufragate1648 stifle1725 stramash1788 disannul1794 destructify1841 locust1868 to knock out1944 dick1972 OE Paris Psalter (1932) lix. 11 He sona mæg ure fynd gedon fracoþe to nahte. lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) x. 23 Ne eart þu no eallunga to nauhte gedon. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 9421 Hii asailede þe verste ost & broȝte almest to naȝte. c1395 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale 1401 A man may lightly lerne if he haue aught To multiplie and brynge his good to naught. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Esdras i. 11 In ye east haue I brought two landes and people to naught. 1548 L. Shepherd Doctour Doubble Ale To folow such learning As now a dayes is taught It wolde sone bring to naught His olde popish brayne. 1579 E. Hake Newes out of Powles Churchyarde newly Renued v. sig. Eiii How oft it comes to passe, The yongmen brought to naught therby [sc. by wealth], are witnesses. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 158 Or shall the Adversarie thus obtain His end, and frustrate thine, shall he fulfill His malice, and thy goodness bring to naught . View more context for this quotation 1809 W. C. Bryant Embargo 9 See in his [sc. the farmer's] stores his hoarded produce rot, Or Sheriff sales his profits bring to naught. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xi. 132 It will grieve you that you had thought by vanities of the mind to thwart and bring to naught the will of Him that giveth not a castle a direction from a place except it pleaseth Him. 1908 C. M. Doughty Adam Cast Forth 60 How weak man's substance is; That liveth, by daily meat, as a beast's flesh; Else his clay breathing being were brought to naught. 2000 Business Day (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 11 Feb. (National section) 3 Such a move would bring to naught efforts to revitalise the city centre of SAs capital. < as lemmas |
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