Unprofitable
[ʌn'prɒfɪtəb(ə)l] or [ʌn'prɑfɪtəbl]
解释:
(adj.) producing little or no profit or gain; 'deposits abandoned by mining companies as unprofitable' .
阿德拉录入--From WordNet
同义词及近义词：
a. Profitless, fruitless, bootless, useless, worthless, unremunerating, futile, unserviceable, unproductive, unfruitful, barren.
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同义词及反义词：
SYN:Useless, bootless, futile, fruitless,[See WICKED]
录入:玛莎
解释:
adj. not profitable: bringing no profit: serving no purpose.—n. Unprof′itableness.—adv. Unprof′itably.—adjs. Unprof′ited profitless; Unprof′iting unprofitable.
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例句:
- It built up countless acres of hitherto unprofitable land. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- I am not going to argue, replied Carriston, smiling, and I agree with you that arguments are unprofitable. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- He was in one of his moods, for the day had been both unprofitable and unsatisfactory, and he was wishing he could live it over again. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- She felt how unprofitable contention would be. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- She was roused from these unprofitable considerations by a whispered request from her hostess, who drew her apart as they left the luncheon-table. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- He was too busy, too practical, and above all too much preoccupied with his own advancement, to indulge in such unprofitable asides. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- We would neither of us ever convince the other, therefore an argument which has not a common basis from which to start is unprofitable. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- A little renewed practice in French may not be unprofitable. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- To purchase land, is, everywhere in Europe, a most unprofitable employment of a small capital. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- A man of real abilities can scarce find out a more humiliating or a more unprofitable employment to turn them to. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- What we want is a good lamp average and no unprofitable customer. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Fagin will make something of you, though, or you'll be the first he ever had that turned out unprofitable. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
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