futility

英 [fjuːˈtɪləti]

美 [fjuːˈtɪləti]

n.  无益; 无用; 徒劳

复数：futilities　

考研GRETEM8

BNC.15118 / COCA.13526

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 无益;无用;徒劳;白费
  Futilityis a total lack of purpose or usefulness.
  1. ...the injustice and futility of terrorism.
     恐怖主义的非正义性和枉费心机

英英释义

noun

• uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result

双语例句

• Mine is no futility of genius that can't sell gems to the magazines.
  至少它没那么对我，不讲求实际效用的天赋只是一座矿藏，一座不可能向杂志社供给宝石的矿藏。
• This is not an exercise in futility, but one that will leave you feeling a lot better.
  这并非是徒劳之举，而是一个将离开你的感觉好了很多。
• Even in ordinary life you feel the futility of words.
  即使在日常的生活中你也往往能感受到言辞的无助和无效。
• An opposition spokesman said he hoped the agreement would give them pause for thought about the futility of violence.
  反对派发言人说他希望协议能够让他们仔细想想暴力行为毫无意义。
• You drop the mind, or it drops of its own accord because you have seen the futility of it.
  你放下了头脑，或者它放下了它自己&因为你已经看到了它的无效。
• This could generate a sense of futility, which can lead to despair and self-destruction.
  这些会产生对无效用旳感觉，导致失望及自我毁灭。
• My son's sneakers were developing holes and I was developing a deep sense of futility.
  儿子的胶鞋穿出洞来。而我越来越深深地感觉到自己的无能。
• If you understand how software works, you know the futility of measuring productivity by lines of code.
  如果你理解软件的运作方式，就能知道按代码行数衡量工作效率毫无意义。
• One of those generalized but savage remarks about the futility of love.
  对爱之无益的那些一般性但却激烈的评论之一种。
• Shame, compunction, and sense of futility flooded his whole being.
  羞耻、内疚和徒劳的感觉把他整个人都淹没了。