futile
英 [ˈfjuːtaɪl]
美 [ˈfjuːtl]
adj. 徒然的; 徒劳的; 无效的
Collins.1 / BNC.9535 / COCA.9374
牛津词典
adj.
- 徒然的;徒劳的;无效的
having no purpose because there is no chance of success- a futile attempt/exercise/gesture
徒然的尝试 / 练习 / 手势 - Their efforts to revive him were futile.
他们努力使他苏醒,但失败了。 - It would be futile to protest.
抗议也无用。 - My appeal proved futile.
我的呼吁白费了。
- a futile attempt/exercise/gesture
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 无益的;无用的;徒劳的
If you say that something isfutile, you mean there is no point in doing it, usually because it has no chance of succeeding.- He brought his arm up in a futile attempt to ward off the blow...
他扬起胳膊徒劳地想要挡住这一拳。 - It would be futile to sustain his life when there is no chance of any improvement.
如果没有任何好转的机会,继续维持他的生命也是无益的。
- He brought his arm up in a futile attempt to ward off the blow...
英英释义
adj
- unproductive of success
- a fruitless search
- futile years after her artistic peak
- a sleeveless errand
- a vain attempt
- producing no result or effect
- a futile effort
- the therapy was ineffectual
- an otiose undertaking
- an unavailing attempt
双语例句
- Religion is a primary human need, and denying this fact is futile and counter-productive.
宗教是人类的首要需要,否认这个事实是徒劳的,而且只能适得其反。 - It would be futile to sustain his life when there is no chance of any improvement.
如果没有任何好转的机会,继续维持他的生命也是无益的。 - It is always futile to try to hold back the progress of history.
要想阻止历史潮流是徒劳的。 - She made some futile remark that I can't remember.
她说了些我已记不得的无聊的话。 - Their efforts to revive him were futile.
他们对他抢救无效。 - Yet their actions were futile.
但是他们的抗议失败了。 - Didn't the attempts of the three imperialist states prove to be futile and crazy?
难道还没有证明这三个帝国主义国家的企图是狂妄的和徒然的吗? - You do be make a futile effort so, who can care?
你这样做是徒劳无功的,有谁会在乎呢? - My efforts were rendered futile.
我的努力全落空了。 - There are too many things I want to tell you that, but I think it is futile.
我有太多的事情想跟你说,但我觉得这是徒劳的。