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单词 bupkis
释义

Definition of bupkis in English:

bupkis

noun ˈbʌpkɪsˈbo͝opkis
mass nounUS informal
  • Nothing at all.

    〈美,非正式〉根本没有

    you know bupkis about fundraising

    你对资金筹集一窍不通。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her luck is so bad that when some big shot in his Jag rams her aging compact broadside, pot-bellied personal injuries lawyer Ed Masry screws up her case, so she winds up with bupkis.
    • But this is a guy who has bupkis to say when a fellow Christian hypocrite lies to the voters on a daily basis about matters of life and death, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
    • The compiler won't help you if you assign one to the other and Intellisense won't tell you bupkis.
    • George Bush took 19 votes to John Kerry's 7, leaving Ralph Nader with bupkis.
    • For anyone still wondering, Cantopop is a noun used to describe a South-East Asian form of pop music, while bupkis is an informal American noun meaning nothing at all in an exasperated sense, as in zilch.
    • And this was all very disappointing, because there's bupkis out there.
    • Investors who bid below the clearing price get bupkis.
    • I thought I knew a good deal about the film - well, I knew bupkis.
    Synonyms
    nothing, nil, nothing at all, not a single thing, not anything, none

Origin

From Yiddish.

Definition of bupkis in US English:

bupkis

nounˈbo͝opkis
US informal
  • Nothing at all.

    〈美,非正式〉根本没有

    you know bupkis about fundraising

    你对资金筹集一窍不通。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The compiler won't help you if you assign one to the other and Intellisense won't tell you bupkis.
    • But this is a guy who has bupkis to say when a fellow Christian hypocrite lies to the voters on a daily basis about matters of life and death, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
    • For anyone still wondering, Cantopop is a noun used to describe a South-East Asian form of pop music, while bupkis is an informal American noun meaning nothing at all in an exasperated sense, as in zilch.
    • And this was all very disappointing, because there's bupkis out there.
    • Her luck is so bad that when some big shot in his Jag rams her aging compact broadside, pot-bellied personal injuries lawyer Ed Masry screws up her case, so she winds up with bupkis.
    • I thought I knew a good deal about the film - well, I knew bupkis.
    • George Bush took 19 votes to John Kerry's 7, leaving Ralph Nader with bupkis.
    • Investors who bid below the clearing price get bupkis.
    Synonyms
    nothing, nil, nothing at all, not a single thing, not anything, none

Origin

From Yiddish.

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