
好词典

源自阿拉伯语 'sifr'(意为'空'),通过意大利语 'zero' 传入英语,复数形式为 zeros 或 zeroes。
❶ 数字零的复数形式,表示没有任何数量或数值为零的状态。常用于数学、统计或日常计数中。
“The scoreboard showed two zeros at the end of the game.”
(比赛结束时记分牌显示两个零分。)
“She added three zeros to make the number one thousand.”
(她加了三个零使数字变成一千。)
❶ 指毫无价值或毫无意义的事物,常用于比喻性表达中。
“All his efforts amounted to zeros in the end.”
(他所有的努力最终都化为乌有。)
“Her promises turned out to be zeros when she didn't keep them.”
(当她没能兑现时,她的承诺变得毫无价值。)
back to zeros — 指重新开始或归零的状态,常用于财务、游戏或项目进度等情境。
“After the system crash, all our data went back to zeros.”
(系统崩溃后,我们所有的数据都归零了。)
count from zeros — 从零开始计数,常用于强调重新计算或重新评估的情况。
“Let's count from zeros and see how many mistakes we can find.”
(让我们从零开始计数,看看能发现多少错误。)