Futile
['fjuːtaɪl] or ['fjʊtaɪl]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) producing no result or effect; 'a futile effort'; 'the therapy was ineffectual'; 'an otiose undertaking'; 'an unavailing attempt' .
乔伊手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) Talkative; loquacious; tattling.
(v. t.) Of no importance; answering no useful end; useless; vain; worthless.
校對:路易丝
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Trifling, frivolous, trivial.[2]. Worthless, valueless, profitless, fruitless, bootless, vain, idle, unprofitable.
布伦达編輯
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Weak, ineffective, useless, nugatory, unavailing, vain, trifling
ANT:Powerful, effective, cogent, useful, solid, substantial
錄入:普勒斯顿
解釋/意思:
adj. useless: unavailing: trifling.—adv. Fū′tilely.—ns. Futilitā′rian one who gives himself to profitless pursuits; Futil′ity uselessness.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Speculation is futile, said Professor Porter sadly. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- In fact he could do nothing but make a wild and futile attempt to dislodge me. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- To read were futile--to write, vanity indeed. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The active life to which he had been born and bred had given him something else to do than to join the futile chase of the pleasure-hunter. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- We pass on now to the story of one futile commencement, one glorious shattered beginning of human unity. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- No trace of her have we found, and I fear that it be a futile quest. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Unless we win, all other things are futile. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Already, however, it had been urged that Sturgeon's magnet could be used for telegraphic purposes, and a futile trial was made. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- It is only against the weak affectation and futile pomposity of a would-be aristocrat they turn mutinous. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- We can imagine something of the coming and going of messengers, the issuing of futile orders, the changes of plan, throughout the day. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It has been the practice of recent writers to decry the philosophical discussion of the medi?val schoolmen as tedious and futile. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He gathered diets and councils in futile attempts at reconciliation. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Her rosy blondness had survived some forty years of futile activity without showing much trace of ill-usage except in a diminished play of feature. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- There was a brief and futile effort of defence. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- But without knowledge of it that progress will be checkered and perhaps futile. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The hammer fell with a futile click upon an empty chamber. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- It is consequently futile to set up even the ulterior development of faculties of observation, memory, etc. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- I suggested in an earlier chapter that the issue of honesty and dishonesty was a futile one, and I placed faith in the creative men. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Political action becomes a petty, futile, mean little intrusion when its only method is prosecution. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- To shut the door in the face of such a current of feeling because it is occasionally exasperated into violence would be as futile as locking up children because they get into mischief. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- With the belief that government is futile and mischievous unless supported by the mass of the people; with the undeniable fact that business has corrupted public officials--I have no complaint. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The history of the next fifteen years is the story of the most brilliant and futile raid in history. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Much has been devoted to the futile efforts of unsuccessful business competition. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It is futile to attempt to arrange them in an order, beginning with one having least worth and going on to that of maximum value. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The day after this, he stayed at home--it seemed so futile to go down to the office. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- It was a depressing sight, marking such titanic but futile struggles with nature. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- These struggles with the natural character, the strong native bent of the heart, may seem futile and fruitless, but in the end they do good. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
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