futile
['fju:tail]
adj. 无效的, 无用的
例句与用法:
As a whole our efforts did not prove to be futile.
总体说来,我们的努力没有白费。
Futile or idle labor or thought.
徒劳,空想无用的或徒然的劳动或想法
He made a futile exercise.
他做了一次无效的练习。
What a futile remark!
纯属废话!
词形变化:
副词: futilely | 名词: futileness |
a.
1. 无益的, 无效的, 无用的; 无希望的
His efforts to save the business were futile.
他挽救企业的努力未能奏效。
2. 不重要的, 微不足道的
3. 忙于小事的; 缺少目的的
He lived a futile life.
他一生过得庸庸碌碌。
4. (人)愚蠢的, 没有出息的
That futile young man does nothing but waste money.
那个没出息的青年人只会浪费钱。
futile
词形变化:
副词: futilely | 名词: futileness |
同义词:
vain | useless | ineffective | unsuccessful | fruitless | ineffectual | bootless | abortive | null | hopeless | idle | aimless | worthless | negative | pointless | wasted | unavailing | sleeveless | otiose |
反义词:
profitable | useful |
词义辨析:
同义:
a.无益的; 无效的
useless
bootless
vain
unsuccessful
ineffective
fruitless
同义参见:
idle
null
negative
ineffectual
hopeless
worthless
aimless
abortive
反义:
a.无益的; 无用的
useful
profitable
beneficial
futile['fju:tail]adj.1.■无用的,无益的,无效的;徒劳的;徒然的2.■(人)没出息的;没有志气的,缺乏斗志的,不称职的,效率低的3.■不重要的;微不足道的;无聊的;轻浮的4.■(人)愚蠢的近义词abortivefruitlessuselessvain反义词effectiveeffectualfruitful
futilefutile[ˈfju:tail, -til]adj.1.■徒劳的, 无益的, 白费的2.■为琐事而忙碌的; 没出息的3.■(事)不足道的, 无关紧要的a futile attempt无效的尝试futile talk空谈He is a futile sort of person.他是一个没有用的人。
继承用法futility[fju:ˈtɪlətɪ]n.1.■无用[效, 益]2.■无益的事3.■轻浮的言行futilelyadv.futilenessn.
参考词汇见vain;
adjective
- incapable of producing any useful result; pointless
徒劳的,无益的;无意义的
a futile attempt to keep fans from mounting the stage.
阻止歌迷们登上舞台的无效尝试。
it is futile to allocate blame for this.
为这事分担责任是毫无意义的。
futilely
adverb
futility
noun
语源
- mid 16th cent.: from Latin futilis 'leaky, futile', apparently from fundere 'pour'
futile
形容词 futile:
producing no result or effect
同义词:ineffectual, otiose, unavailing
unproductive of success
同义词:bootless, fruitless, sleeveless, vain
futile
■Wilson vetoed measure on March 3, 1921, warning that farmers needed new markets for their products, not futile tariff protection.
1921年3月13日,威尔逊否决此法案,警告说,农民需要的是农产品的新市场,不是无用的关税保护。
■Wilson vetoed measure on March 3,1921, warning that farmers needed new markets for their products, not futile tariff protection.
1921年3月13日,威尔逊否决此法案,警告说,农民需要的是农产品的新市场,不是无用的关税保护。
■"It is futile to expect a hungry and squalid population to be anything but violent and gross" (Thomas H. Huxley).
“期望饥锇和贫穷的居民不狂暴和粗野是无用的” (托马斯H.赫克斯利)。
■Only the improvement of the target, and contrary to the objective rule, will be futile.
一味的提高目标,而违背事物发展的客观规律,终将是徒劳的。
■Soon after, the Jovians arrived on the scene and the Amarrians made a futile attempt to subjugate them, resulting in a humiliating defeat.
不久之后,朱庇特人到来而艾玛帝国试图征服他们的努力无效,导致了一场屈辱的失败。
■The subversion attempts proved predictably futile.
不出所料,颠覆活动证明毫无效果。
■Unfortunately, some sales reps stay with those dry areas, holding on, hoping something will come as a result of their futile efforts.
不幸的是,有些销售员一直呆在干涸的地方,坚持,希望他们的无效的努力会得到一些结果。
■Without wasting any time, ZAT team attacks the lake monster but its effort is futile and it has to seek Ultraman Taro’s help.
不浪费任何时间,昭通队的攻击湖怪兽,但其努力是徒劳的,它必须寻求奥特曼太郎的帮助。
■To attempt any work for God without prayer is as futile as trying to launch a space probe with a per-shooter.
不祷告而尝试为上帝做任何工作,就像想用豆子枪发射太空侦测器一样的徒劳无功。
■The most futile thing in this world is any attempt, perhaps, at exact definition of character.
世界上最徒劳无益的事情,也许就是企图给性格下个正确的定义。
■Only furnishing plans is fruitless and futile in order that he won't frown or get furious.
为了让他不皱眉或者不大发雷霆,光是提供一些计划是不会有成效的也是毫无用处的。
■The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.
主知道智慧人的意念是虚妄的。
■Perhaps she was not lonely, perhaps she is very happy, maybe I just futile to pay, but I do not regret it.
也许她并不孤独,也许她已经很幸福,也许我只是徒然的付出,但我不后悔。
■Man is liable to forget how small and often how futile he is.
人类往往忘记自己是多么渺小,而且常常是多么无用的。
■So much of what we do today is frivolous and futile and soon forgotten.
今天我们所做之事有多少是琐碎无功的,很快就被人遗忘。
■The concept and decision-making and the conflict of futile treatment are discussed from the view point of a medical staff.
从医务工作者的角度,就无效治疗的概念、判定及无效治疗实施过程中的利益冲突和解决对策进行讨论。
■Using the historical materialism to probe the rise of this trend, the authors affirm that though it is a futile effort of New.
从唯物史观看,这一思潮的兴起是新托马斯主义为解决现代西方社会病和文化危机开出的一个宗教处方。
■All his attempts to unlock the door were futile, because he use the wrong key.
他为打开门锁而做的努力都白费了,因为他用错了钥匙。
■Their efforts to revive him were futile.
他们对他抢救无效.
■They spent all their creative resources on futile projects.
他们将所有的创造力浪费在无益的项目上。
■They tried to stage a rearguard action to defend Vienna, but it was futile.
他们试图作为后卫部队来包围维也纳,但是却失败了。
■At Christmas time Frank Kennedy and a small troop from the commissary department jogged up to Tara on a futile hunt for grain and animals for the army.
他们那天晚上在农场过夜,躺在客厅地板上,垫着暖和的地毯美美地睡了一觉,因为他们已很久不在屋里过夜了,长期睡在松针堆里和硬邦邦的土地上。
■He made a futile exercise.
他做了一次无效的练习。
■He sat as still as a mouse, in the futile hope that whoever it was might go away after a single attempt.
他像老鼠一样坐着,徒然巴望敲了一下,好歹就会走开。
■Death steps in the end and stops him before he has grown tired of this futile pursuit of that complete felicity which always escapes him.
他因为追求幸福而感到日渐疲惫,然而真正的幸福却从他身边溜走,最终死亡来临,结束了他的一生。
■He died for Germany in the gigantic and futile operation called Citadel.
他在被称为“城堡”行动的一次大规模的劳而无功的战役中阵亡。
■All his attempts to unlock the car were futile, because he was using the wrong key.
他多次尝试打开车门, 但都不得要领, 因为他用错了钥匙。
■All his attempts to unlock the car were futile,because he was using the wrong key.
他多次尝试打开车门,但都不得要领,因为他用错了钥匙。
■All his attempts to unlock the door were futile, because he was using the wrong key.
他多次尝试打开门锁,但都不得要领,因为他用错了钥匙。
■He patted her reassuringly upon the shoulder, but Carrie felt how really futile had been her hopes.
他安慰地拍拍她的肩膀让她宽心。 但是嘉莉感到她的希望实在太渺茫了。 她很清楚地看出。
■He too concludes that all is well. This universe henceforth without a master seems to him neither sterile nor futile.
他对这一切很高兴,因为从今以后他的世界中没有那些既无新意有没有作用的统治者
■He shifted his hams-that futile and reflexive gesture of hospitality-and she sat down.
他将腿移开--随后,她就坐了下来。
■He wants to flee this happy obscene aristocrat entanglement.But he knew.All are only the futile efforts.
他想逃离这个欢淫的贵族纠葛,但他知道,一切都只是徒劳。
■His efforts to save the business were futile.
他挽救企业的努力未能奏效。
■He concluded that resistance was futile .
他断定抵抗是毫无用处的。
■He is a futile sort of person.
他是一个没有用的人。
■In one of his first moves he decided it was futile to keep Oldsmobile.
他烧的头几把火之一是认为继续保留奥兹莫比尔品牌徒劳无益。
■He knew what was running in her mind and how futile her dreams were.
他知道她脑子里在想着什么事情,她的梦想简直是一场空。
■How completely he disappointed them and how weak and futile was the League of Nations he made is too long and too distressful a stow to tell here.
他让他们多么彻底地失望,他所创造的国际联盟是多么软弱、无效,这个故事说来太长、太令人痛苦。
■Then, of course, they are far away from the Lord. Since they do not understand in the first place, it would be futile for the Lord to go near them.
他说:我以前认为主是在很遥远的地方,不过现在我已经知道了,主是在任何人的心中。
■Any unrealistic objective is not worth pursuing sedulously since it is doomed to a futile project.
任何不现实的目标不值得去辛苦地追求因为它注定是无用的计划。
■Any attempt to distort or een deny resolution 2758 (XXI) is futile.
任何旨在歪曲、甚至否定联大第2758(XXI)号决议的企图都完全是徒劳的。
■Any attempt to distort or even deny resolution 2758 (XXVI) is futile.
任何旨在歪曲、甚至否定联大第2758(XXVI)号决议的企图都完全是徒劳的。
■Any attempt to distort or even deny resolution2758( XXVI) is futile.
任何旨在歪曲、至否定联大第2758(XVI)决议的企图都完全是徒劳的。
■The way Malfoy smirks at him when he turns his head and stretches makes Harry realize his efforts have been futile.
但当Malfoy 转过头,伸着腰的时候,朝他得意的一笑,他才发觉自己其实是在做无用功。
■But this attempt of his will certainly prove futile, if it is only a subterfuge and means no real change in policy.
但是如果只是形式上的欺骗而无政策上的改变,他的这一企图必然徒劳无功。
■But, comrades, I can say with confidence that their design is futile, crazy, impossible of achievement.
但是,同志们,我可以断定,他们的想法是狂妄的,是徒然的,是不可能达到目的的。
■But burning the forest is futile, there's always more vegetation, more impenetrable hillside to run to.
但是,焚烧森林是徒劳的,植被永远那么茂密,将山坡围得密不透风,难以穿行。
■You have said, 'It is futile to serve God. What did we gain by carrying out his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord Almighty?
你们说:‘事奉上帝是徒然的,遵守上帝所吩咐的,在万军之耶和华面前苦苦斋戒,有什么益处呢?
■You will be assimilate!Resistance is futile!
你将被我同化,抵抗是无效的!