| 词汇 | for nothing |
| 释义 | for nothingfor nothing a) FREE/COST NOTHINGwithout paying for something or being paid for something 不要钱；不交钱，免费 Why pay a plumber when my brother will do it for nothing? 我弟弟就可以免费干，何必花钱去请管子工呢？ b) FAILREASONif you do something for nothing, you make an effort but do not get the result you want 毫无结果；白白地 We went all that way for nothing. 我们白白走了那么远的路。 Examples from the Corpus for nothing• I don't want to struggle all my life for nothing.• Nobody gets anything, for nothing.• Peres is to be blamed for nothing.• If we don't get the contract all our hard work will have been for nothing.• My dad said he'd fix it for nothing.• We drove all the way down there for nothing.• After all, it wasn't dubbed the Palace for nothing.• Ironically, later auf became a local expression for a long wait, or working for nothing.• We got the car for nothing because the woman wanted to get rid of it fast.• His mind was set on walking down his quarry and had room for nothing else.• Hell, his great-grandaddy used to work for nothing, for all that matter.• You can skate for nothing if you want.• What could be more stable than for nothing to change? → for nothing at nothing1(4) |
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