It all adds up to a complete failure. 事情總起來說是徹底失敗了。
His reform scheme had failed so miserably that perhaps he felt he ought not raise a hornet's nest about his head so soon after the troubles he had gone through. 他的改革計劃已徹底失敗，也許他覺得在他剛剛遭到挫敗之后不應該再使自己成為眾矢之的。
Our efforts to persuade her proved fruitless. 我們努力說服她，但毫無成效。
Mr Lindsay, who is a former investment banker, said that talks to acquire Inco last summer had come to naught. 曾擔任投資銀行家的林賽表示，去年夏季有關收購國際鎳業的談判毫無成效。
