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pointless
[ˈpɔɪntləs] [ˈpɔɪntləs]

  • adj. 毫无意义的,毫无目标的;浪费时间

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  • 未得分的

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pointless [ 'pɔintlis ]

  • adj.
    • not having a point especially a sharp point

      "my pencils are all pointless"

      同义词: unpointed

    • serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being

      同义词: otiose superfluous wasted

    • lacking import

      "a pointless remark"

      同义词: purposeless senseless

以上来源于: WordNet

 柯林斯英汉双解大词典 

pointless /ˈpɔɪntlɪs/

  • 1. 

    ADJ If you say that something is pointless, you are criticizing it because it has no sense or purpose. 无意义的; 无益的 [表不满]

    例:

    Violence is always pointless.

    暴力总是毫无意义的。

    例:

    Without an audience the performance is pointless.

    没有观众,演出是没有意义的。

  • 2. 

    pointlessly ADV 无意义地

    例:

    Chemicals were pointlessly poisoning the soil.

    化学物品毫无意义地毒化着土壤。

同近义词同根词

词根: point

adj.

pointed 尖的;突出的;锐利的;率直的

adv.

pointedly 尖锐地;指向地

pointlessly 不相干地;漫无目标地;不得要领地(pointless的副词形式)

n.

point 要点;得分;标点;[机] 尖端

pointlessness 钝;无意义;漫无目标

v.

pointed 指出;瞄准(point的过去式)

vi.

point 表明;指向

vt.

point 指向;弄尖;加标点于

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  • But in a recent study they declared that forty percent of the tweets captured over a two-week period were "pointless babble."

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  • Now at Harvard Thinks Big I happened to tear into this thing myself and it would seem a little pointless to re-hash that same demo so instead I thought I'd solicit an ideally sufficiently strong volunteer to come on up.

    现在在“哈佛大梦想”的讨论会上,我反复思考这件事,觉得再演示一遍似乎意义不大,因此我想找一位合适的志愿者,上讲台来。

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  • He's thought about the universe, thinks life is pointless and he acts depressed.

    对于宇宙万物都有着自己的思考,他认为人生毫无意义,所以行事消极

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