Hardliners in the US government thought Hamasi should be brought to their knees（美国政府中的强硬派认为应当彻底粉碎哈马斯。）bring someone to his knees表示彻底击败某人。形象一点说就是打得某人跪地求饶。
All our efforts in the project preparation were brought to naught by the lack of money.（资金短缺使我们所有的工程准备工作都派不上用场了。）bring something to naught意思是使某事不成功。口语化说法就是使某事等于零。
