futile
futile 英 [ˈfju:taɪl] 美 [ˈfjutl]
adj. 徒劳的，无效的
a futile attempt, a futile exercise, a futile gesture 徒然的尝试╱练习╱姿态
Their efforts to revive him were futile. 他们努力使他苏醒，但失败了。
- When something fails to deliver a useful result, you can call it futile. Hopefully all the time you're spending studying vocabulary won't turn out to be futile!
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- adj. 徒劳的，无效的
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1. a futile attempt, a futile exercise, a futile gesture
徒然的尝试╱练习╱姿态
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2. Their efforts to revive him were futile.
他们努力使他苏醒，但失败了。
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3. My appeal proved futile.
我的申诉白费了。
- futile (adj.) "incapable of producing result," 1550s, from Middle French futile or directly from Latin futilis, futtilis "vain, worthless, futile," a figurative use, literally "pouring out easily, easily emptied" (the Latin adjective used as a noun meant "a water vessel broad above and pointed below"), hence "leaky, unreliable," from fundere "to pour, melt," from nasalized form of PIE root *gheu- "to pour." Related: Futilely.
fu·tile / ˈfjuːtaɪl ; NAmE ˈfjuːtl / adjective having no purpose because there is no chance of success 徒然的；徒劳的；无效的 SYN pointless ◆ a futile attempt/exercise/gesture 徒然的尝试╱练习╱姿态 ◆ Their efforts to revive him were futile. 他们努力使他苏醒，但失败了。 ◆ It would be futile toprotest. 抗议也无用。 ◆ My appeal proved futile. 我的申诉白费了。 ▶ fu·tile·ly / ˈfjuːtaɪli ; NAmE ˈfjuːtli / adverb fu·til·ity / fjuːˈtɪləti ; NAmE fjuːˈtɪləti / noun [uncountable ] ◆ a sense of futility 徒劳感 ◆ the futility of war 战争的徒然无益 futility futilities fu·tile / ˈfjuːtaɪl ; NAmE ˈfjuːtl / fu·tile·ly / ˈfjuːtaɪli ; NAmE ˈfjuːtli / fu·til·ity / fjuːˈtɪləti ; NAmE fjuːˈtɪləti /
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