It all adds up to a complete failure. 事情总起来说是彻底失败了。
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. 他的改革计划已彻底失败，也许他觉得在他刚刚遭到挫败之后不应该再使自己成为众矢之的。
Our efforts to persuade her proved fruitless. 我们努力说服她，但毫无成效。
Mr Lindsay, who is a former investment banker, said that talks to acquire Inco last summer had come to naught. 曾担任投资银行家的林赛表示，去年夏季有关收购国际镍业的谈判毫无成效。
