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bugger-all

/buhg-er-awl, boog-/US // ˈbʌg ərˈɔl, ˈbʊg- //

无所不包,无所不用其极,无所不能,无所事事

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Chiefly British Slang.

    • : absolutely nothing; nothing at all: Those reckless investments left him with bugger-all.

Examples

  • But along with the cartoon funk is an all-too-real story of police brutality embodied by a horde of evil Pigs.

  • The benefits of incumbency are quite potent, especially in the all-important area of raising campaign funds.

  • The building used to be an all-girls school, and when it was initially purchased by Fortune it was dilapidated.

  • This led to the formation of a Christian militant group to counter the rebels, and all-out sectarian violence exploded.

  • In that context, Sotto Sotto was one of the all-out survivors.

  • He had discovered that the all-glorious boast of Spain was not exempt from the infirmities of common men.

  • Naturally the conversation fell on the all-absorbing topic of the day and the object of his mission.

  • English influence was all-powerful at Lisbon and the new envoy had not the talent to counteract it.

  • Could the government of the country be now carried on upon principles that were all-powerful twenty—or even fewer—years ago?

  • From Leamington to London was nearly an all-day's run, although the distance is only one hundred miles.