Unprofitable
[ʌn'prɒfɪtəb(ə)l] or [ʌn'prɑfɪtəbl]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) producing little or no profit or gain; 'deposits abandoned by mining companies as unprofitable' .
阿德拉錄入--From WordNet
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Profitless, fruitless, bootless, useless, worthless, unremunerating, futile, unserviceable, unproductive, unfruitful, barren.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Useless, bootless, futile, fruitless,[See WICKED]
錄入:玛莎
解釋/意思:
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/造句/用法:
- It built up countless acres of hitherto unprofitable land. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- I am not going to argue, replied Carriston, smiling, and I agree with you that arguments are unprofitable. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- 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·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- She felt how unprofitable contention would be. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- She was roused from these unprofitable considerations by a whispered request from her hostess, who drew her apart as they left the luncheon-table. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- He was too busy, too practical, and above all too much preoccupied with his own advancement, to indulge in such unprofitable asides. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- We would neither of us ever convince the other, therefore an argument which has not a common basis from which to start is unprofitable. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- A little renewed practice in French may not be unprofitable. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- To purchase land, is, everywhere in Europe, a most unprofitable employment of a small capital. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- A man of real abilities can scarce find out a more humiliating or a more unprofitable employment to turn them to. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- What we want is a good lamp average and no unprofitable customer. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Fagin will make something of you, though, or you'll be the first he ever had that turned out unprofitable. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
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