futility

英 [fjuːˈtɪləti]

美 [fjuːˈtɪləti]

n.  无益; 无用; 徒劳

复数：futilities　

考研GRETEM8

BNC.15118 / COCA.13526

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 无益;无用;徒劳;白费
  Futilityis a total lack of purpose or usefulness.
  1. ...the injustice and futility of terrorism.
     恐怖主义的非正义性和枉费心机

英英释义

noun

• uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result

双语例句

• My son's sneakers were developing holes and I was developing a deep sense of futility.
  儿子的胶鞋穿出洞来。而我越来越深深地感觉到自己的无能。
• It is a powerful lesson to the futility of suppressing competition.
  玛瑙斯的教训充分证明，抑制竞争是徒劳无益的。
• The sheer futility of it all exasperates her.
  它毫无用处，这让她很生气。
• If you understand how software works, you know the futility of measuring productivity by lines of code.
  如果你理解软件的运作方式，就能知道按代码行数衡量工作效率毫无意义。
• This could generate a sense of futility, which can lead to despair and self-destruction.
  这些会产生对无效用旳感觉，导致失望及自我毁灭。
• This book demonstrates the futility and arrogance of modern art and the poverty of aesthetics in the western world.
  本书将展示现代艺术的无聊与自负，展现西方世界中美学的贫困。
• His efforts were accompanied by a sense of futility and doubt.
  他的努力给人一种无用而可疑的感觉。
• My response to this top10 question is: Rearranging WHERE clause predicates may be an exercise in futility.
  我对这个前十大问题的回答是：重新安排WHERE子句谓词可能是无用功。
• After a few days a feeling of futility, not to mention loneliness, sets in.
  观察几天之后，一种徒劳无功之感就会悄然而生，更不用提寂寞孤独了。
• You drop the mind, or it drops of its own accord because you have seen the futility of it.
  你放下了头脑，或者它放下了它自己&因为你已经看到了它的无效。