bubkes
noun [ U ] US informal /ˈbʌb.kəs/ /ˈbʌb.kəs/
没有，全无;极少
nothing, or only a very small amount
Most biochemical weapons soak in through your skin, so a gas mask would do bubkes. 大多数生化武器都会渗透进你的皮肤，所以防毒面具就没用了。
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- Knowing Roland Barthes from Bertolt Brecht won't get you bubkes in the real world.
- Knowing nothing, zero, nulla, nada and bubkes about the original "X-Files" is no impediment to enjoying "X-Files: I Want to Believe".
- For the rest of the world, Chanukah is a rather minor holiday. But for Jews here, in America, Chanukah is no small bubkes.
- His affiliation with the organization counts for bubkes (Yiddish for nada) in the story Chabon tells.