futile

英 [ˈfjuːtaɪl]

美 [ˈfjuːtl]

adj.  徒然的; 徒劳的; 无效的

考研TOEFLGREIELTSTEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.9535 / COCA.9374

牛津词典

adj.

• 徒然的；徒劳的；无效的
  having no purpose because there is no chance of success
  1. a futile attempt/exercise/gesture
     徒然的尝试 / 练习 / 手势
  2. Their efforts to revive him were futile.
     他们努力使他苏醒，但失败了。
  3. It would be futile to protest.
     抗议也无用。
  4. My appeal proved futile.
     我的呼吁白费了。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 无益的;无用的;徒劳的
  If you say that something isfutile, you mean there is no point in doing it, usually because it has no chance of succeeding.
  1. He brought his arm up in a futile attempt to ward off the blow...
     他扬起胳膊徒劳地想要挡住这一拳。
  2. It would be futile to sustain his life when there is no chance of any improvement.
     如果没有任何好转的机会，继续维持他的生命也是无益的。

英英释义

adj

• unproductive of success
  1. a fruitless search
  2. futile years after her artistic peak
  3. a sleeveless errand
  4. a vain attempt
  Synonym:bootlessfruitlesssleevelessvain
• producing no result or effect
  1. a futile effort
  2. the therapy was ineffectual
  3. an otiose undertaking
  4. an unavailing attempt
  Synonym:ineffectualotioseunavailing

双语例句

• He is a futile sort of person.
  他是一个没有用的人。
• Like many in Russia, she blamed the country's failings on futile attempts to catch up with the West
  像俄罗斯很多人一样，她认为国家的错误就在于徒然地竭力追赶西方。
• Yet their actions were futile.
  但是他们的抗议失败了。
• There is no point in continuing this futile fight!
  持续这场无效的战斗没有意义！
• He brought his arm up in a futile attempt to ward off the blow
  他扬起胳膊徒劳地想要挡住这一拳。
• So much of what we do today is frivolous and futile and soon forgotten.
  今天做的很多都是不重要和无效的，并很快会忘记。
• 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。
• It's futile trying to reason with him.
  想和他讲道理是没用的。
• It would be futile to sustain his life when there is no chance of any improvement.
  如果没有任何好转的机会，继续维持他的生命也是无益的。
• You do be make a futile effort so, who can care?
  你这样做是徒劳无功的，有谁会在乎呢？