futile
无效的
常用释义
英音[ ˈfjuːtaɪl ]
美音[ ˈfjuːt(ə)l ]
基本释义
- adj. 徒劳的，无用的；不重要的；没有出息的
例句
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1·It would be futile to protest.抗议也无用。来源: 《牛津词典》
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2·Their costly and futile attempt to subjugate the Afghans lasted just 10 years.他们想征服阿富汗人的意图耗费大量金钱而且无效，只维持了十年的时间。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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3·Like many in Russia, she blamed the country's failings on futile attempts to catch up with the West.像在俄罗斯的许多人一样，她把这个国家的错误归咎于想赶上西方的徒劳。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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4·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。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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5·We do not fight global warming because it is futile to do so.我们不会与全球变暖作斗争，因为这样做是徒劳的。
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6·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。来源: 《新英汉大辞典》
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7·Resisting automation is futile: it is as inevitable as industrialization was before it.抵制自动化是徒劳的：它就像之前的工业化一样不可避免。
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8·While the efforts are certainly not futile, the results of such bans will likely only start to be seen by generations down the line, bettering the world for the future.这些禁令旨在使未来的世界变得更加美好，虽然这些努力肯定不是徒劳的，但禁令的结果很可能只有子孙后代才能看得到。
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9·My appeal proved futile.我的呼吁白费了。来源: 《牛津词典》
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10·Their efforts to revive him were futile.他们努力使他苏醒，但失败了。来源: 《牛津词典》
同义词
adj.
无用的；无效的；没有出息的；琐细的；不重要的
同根词
词根：
futile
futureless
adj
没有前途的；没有希望的
futility
n
无用；徒劳；无价值