purposeless

英 [ˈpɜːpəsləs]

美 [ˈpɜːrpəsləs]

adj.  无目的的; 无用的; 无意义的

BNC.33731 / COCA.30310

牛津词典

adj.

• 无目的的；无用的；无意义的
  having no meaning, use or clear aim
  1. purposeless destruction
     盲目的破坏

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 漫无目的的；无意义的
  If an action ispurposeless, it does not seem to have a sensible purpose.
  1. Time may also be wasted in purposeless meetings...
     时间也可能浪费在毫无意义的会议当中。
  2. Surely my existence cannot be so purposeless?
     当然我的存在不能如此没有意义吧？

英英释义

adj

• not evidencing any purpose or goal
• serving no useful purpose
  1. otiose lines in a play
  2. advice is wasted words
  3. a pointless remark
  4. a life essentially purposeless
  5. senseless violence
  Synonym:otiosepointlesssenselesssuperfluouswasted

双语例句

• This can seem purposeless, and yet the practice of emptying the mind can bring great insight into the many ways we struggle and strive to fill it.
  这看起来似乎漫无目的，然而这种放空感知的行为，在很多方面，可以为我们带来强大的洞察力，而这正是我们努力想要填补的缺憾。
• He said that people's television viewing is often purposeless.
  他说人们观看电视往往是没有目的的。
• History is a purposeless activity.
  历史是一个毫无意义的活动。
• The society that he depicts is amoral and purposeless.
  他所描述的社会是无道德标准和漫无目的的。
• In the post-industrial society, the machine has replaced the poor workers and made them useless and purposeless;
  在后工业社会中，机器取代了贫困工人的劳动并使他们变得无用无目的；
• A pointless remark; a life essentially purposeless; senseless violence.
  无意义的评论；本质上无意义的生活；无意义的暴力。
• I belong to the group of scientists who do not subscribe to a conventional religion but nevertheless deny that the universe is a purposeless accident.
  我属于那群对传统宗教不买账的科学家，但是我却否认宇宙是一个没有目的的事故。
• His is a purposeless life and he will never be known for the things he has accomplished.
  他的人生漫无目的，他永远都不会知道自己已经实现了什么。
• Since evolution has given rise to few, if any, purposeless physiological response, it is logical to assume that crying has one or more functions that enhance survival.
  由于进化很少会发生（即使有的话）没有目的的生理反应，所以假定哭泣一种或多种作用对于提高生存，这是符合逻辑的。
• But are people losing their love of the purposeless walk?
  但是人们是否正逐渐对漫无目的的行走失去兴趣？