make (a) nonsense of something

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmake (a) nonsense of somethingmake (a) nonsense of somethingBritish EnglishMEANING# to make an action, system, or plan useless or ineffective Having the army still in power makes a nonsense of last year’s elections. → nonsenseExamples from the Corpusmake (a) nonsense of something• Besides, the advent of a National Lottery next year could make a nonsense of the strategy's premises about funding.• It is just electricity that makes a nonsense of natural design.• However, this makes nonsense of the notion of having word units stored at this level.• They omitted from their calculations two factors which were to make a nonsense of their plans.• How it rained in Arbroath; trying to see through curtains of falling water makes a nonsense of note-taking.• A voice which ordered the clocks back, which made a nonsense of time.• Actions in nuisance, if successful, would make a nonsense of the whole scheme.

单词	make (a) nonsense of something
释义	make (a) nonsense of something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmake (a) nonsense of somethingmake (a) nonsense of somethingBritish EnglishMEANING# to make an action, system, or plan useless or ineffective Having the army still in power makes a nonsense of last year’s elections. → nonsenseExamples from the Corpusmake (a) nonsense of something• Besides, the advent of a National Lottery next year could make a nonsense of the strategy's premises about funding.• It is just electricity that makes a nonsense of natural design.• However, this makes nonsense of the notion of having word units stored at this level.• They omitted from their calculations two factors which were to make a nonsense of their plans.• How it rained in Arbroath; trying to see through curtains of falling water makes a nonsense of note-taking.• A voice which ordered the clocks back, which made a nonsense of time.• Actions in nuisance, if successful, would make a nonsense of the whole scheme.
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