专业释义英英释义
futile [ 'fju:tail ]
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adj.
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producing no result or effect
"a futile effort"
同义词： ineffectual otiose unavailing
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unproductive of success
"futile years after her artistic peak"
同义词： bootless fruitless sleeveless vain
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producing no result or effect
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
futile /ˈfjuːtaɪl/ CET6+ TEM4
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ADJ If you say that something is futile, you mean there is no point in doing it, usually because it has no chance of succeeding. (常因无成功的可能而) 无谓的
例：He brought his arm up in a futile attempt to ward off the blow.
他出于挡住这一击的无谓企图抬起了他的胳膊。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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It would be futile to protest.
抗议也无用。
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To date, the sum of my gardening experience had been futile efforts to rid the flower beds of grass.
迄今为止，我全部的园艺经验就是给花圃徒劳地除草。
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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。
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He said that it would be "futile" to expect any outcome from the resolution, because North Korea would remain "invincible forever".
VOA: standard.2009.11.20
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By the way, once again there's a bit of a rift there between Barthes and Foucault. Foucault wouldn't say "quite futile."
顺便说一句，这里巴特和福柯,又有了分歧，巴特不会说“没有希望“
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Second of all the motif of guards who block access to the tree of life suggests that no humans have access to immortality and the pursuit of immortality is futile.
第二点，那些阻止人类接近生命树的守卫,暗示着，任何人类关于永生的尝试,最后都是徒劳一场。
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