less than nothing

常见例句

The US national saving rate (national saving divided by national income) last year was -1.5%, i.e., the US is now saving less than nothing.
去年美國的國民儲蓄率（國民儲蓄除以國民收入）爲-1.5％，也就是說，美國現在比一無所有還不可救葯。
When their parents do not have a worthwhile career, education, or qualifications, the children look upon their parents as having less than nothing.
“儅父母沒有值得乾的工作，學歷或資歷時候，孩子就會用“雞肋”的眼光來打量父母。”
International trade (exports minus imports) contributed a little less than nothing to the country’s growth in the first half of this year.
在今年的上半年，國際貿易(出口減去進口),對國家經濟增長貢獻很小。

He said the South would accept nothing less than extending the Missouri compromise line west to the Pacific Ocean.
Justice is nothing more or less right than what benefits the rulers, the rulers who determine the laws of justice.
正義沒有對錯,衹要那對統治者有利，因是由他們決定正義的法律。
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To others,this monument is nothing less than a monument to freedom on a battlefield."

Booksellers were lukewarm on the Google deal, says Serbinis, because selling e-books on their websites did less than nothing for them.
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Which is a larger sum: he then reaches the fair conclusion that the EU has provided Ireland with less than nothing on net over those decades.
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Actually, they got less than nothing.
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