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

• Their efforts to revive him were futile.
  他们对他抢救无效。
• It is futile because the truth will out and dangerous because secrecy delays the necessary remedial action.
  说它徒劳，是因为真相终将大白于天下；而说它危险，是因为保密耽误了必要的补救行动的时间。
• She made some futile remark that I can't remember.
  她说了些我已记不得的无聊的话。
• He groaned as he saw that his hopes were futile.
  看到自己的希望落空，他呻吟了。
• All efforts of research are futile because it is doomed to failure.
  即便是你再讨论再研究也没有用，因为这样做是不会有任何的结果的。
• Yet their actions were futile.
  但是他们的抗议失败了。
• There are too many things I want to tell you that, but I think it is futile.
  我有太多的事情想跟你说，但我觉得这是徒劳的。
• The joke was about how human beings can unwittingly immerse themselves in utterly futile activities.
  这个喜剧有关人类如何能不知不觉地沉浸在绝对徒劳无功的活动中。
• Little did I know when I embarked on this quest how futile it would be.
  当我着手进行此番探索时并不知道此举将徒劳无功。
• You will be assimilate! Resistance is futile!
  你将被我同化，抵抗是无效的！