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

• 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。
• 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。
• To be overcomeby a sense of futility or defeat.
  断念被徒劳无功或失败打倒了。
• An opposition spokesman said he hoped the agreement would give them pause for thought about the futility of violence.
  反对派发言人说他希望协议能够让他们仔细想想暴力行为毫无意义。
• Shame, compunction, and sense of futility flooded his whole being.
  羞耻、内疚和徒劳的感觉把他整个人都淹没了。
• The futility of my efforts to help my sister compelled me to seek answers.
  之前我为此所做的无用功驱使我更加努力地去寻求答案。
• 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。
• The futility of worry: In the story of the clock we see that worry does not solve problems.
  烦恼是徒劳无功的：从时钟的故事中我们可以发现一个道理：烦恼是解决不了问题的。
• The sheer futility of it all exasperates her.
  它毫无用处，这让她很生气。
• Fed up with the futility of the 2012 environment, the consortium moved decisively.
  受够了徒劳无功的2012时代之后，“财团”采取了决定性的行动。