all for naught

常見例句

Tell me that it wasn't all for naught.
告訴我那一切都沒有意義。
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Now I wondered if it was all for naught.
現(xiàn)在我則懷疑所有這些是否白搭。
But it is all for naught if you do nothave a deep, heartfelt belief in your topic.
但是如果您對自己的話題沒有深刻的、發(fā)自內心深処的自信，那麼一切將化爲烏有。

In the end, though, it was all for naught.
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