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

• 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 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？
• 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。
• You will be assimilate! Resistance is futile!
  你将被我同化，抵抗是无效的！
• Of course, my efforts and worry were futile.
  当然，我的努力和忧心都是徒劳。
• 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。
• He groaned as he saw that his hopes were futile.
  看到自己的希望落空，他呻吟了。
• He is a futile sort of person.
  他是一个没有用的人。
• Their efforts to revive him were futile.
  他们对他抢救无效。
• But fundamentally, resistance may be futile.
  但从根本上讲，抵抗或许是徒劳的。