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nought somebody/something
He noughted her courage with a single sarcastic remark.
他用一句讽刺的话蔑视了她的勇气。
使谦卑；使化为乌有
noughted — past of nought
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使谦卑；使化为乌有
to humble or abase; to treat as nothing
He noughted her courage with a single sarcastic remark.
他用一句讽刺的话蔑视了她的勇气。
使谦卑,使化为乌有。
To abase, to set at nought.
nought
Base
原形
noughts
3rd person
第三人称单数
noughting
-ing
现在分词
noughted
Past
过去式
noughted
Past participle
过去分词
He noughts the equation.
他将方程归零。
She noughted the result yesterday.
她昨天将结果归零。
They are noughting the values now.
他们现在正在将值归零。
规则动词，意为使归零或无。
Her sharp reply noughted his arrogant boast.
她尖锐的回答使他的傲慢自夸化为乌有。
The coach's criticism noughted the young player's confidence.
教练的批评使年轻球员的信心荡然无存。
We should never nought the quiet work of our volunteers.
我们绝不应轻视志愿者的默默付出。
He noughted her courage with a single sarcastic remark.
他用一句讽刺的话蔑视了她的勇气。
nought 作动词为古雅或罕见用法，表示「使谦卑」或「使化为乌有」，常带宾语或用于被动语态。
All their hopes were noughted by the sudden disaster.
突如其来的灾难使他们的全部希望化为乌有。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
落空；化为泡影
His efforts came to nought in the end.
他的努力最终化为泡影。
藐视；无视；使无效
They set all our warnings at nought.
他们完全无视我们的警告。
白费；徒劳
We waited all day, but it was all for nought.
我们等了一整天，结果都是一场空。
这是你们匠人所弃的石头，已成了房角的头块石头。
This famous Bible verse from Acts 4:11 (King James Version) is often quoted to describe someone who is rejected or treated as worthless but later becomes vitally important.
这节出自《圣经·使徒行传》4章11节（英王钦定版）的著名经文常被引用，来形容某人曾被遗弃或视为毫无价值，但后来变得至关重要。
Use noughted naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
nought发音像not，本义是“零、无”；动词可记作“把人看得一无是处”→使谦卑、使化为乌有。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学及古旧文本、正式书面语 这个词作动词时非常少见，多用于文学或古旧正式语体中，表示使谦卑或把事物看得毫无价值、使之化为乌有；日常口语中几乎不用。
这些词均含 -ought 拼写，并与 nought 押韵（/ɒːt/）。注意 nought 中的 ou 不发 /aʊ/，所以不可按拼写误读成 /naʊt/。
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