pointless

英 [ˈpɔɪntləs]

美 [ˈpɔɪntləs]

adj.  无意义的; 无目标的; 不值得做的

IELTS

Collins.1 / BNC.7557 / COCA.11452

牛津词典

adj.

• 无意义的；无目标的；不值得做的
  having no purpose; not worth doing
  1. We searched until we knew it would be pointless to continue.
     我们搜索又搜索，直到觉得继续下去也枉然时才罢手。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 无益的；无意义的；无目的的
  If you say that something ispointless, you are criticizing it because it has no sense or purpose.
  1. Violence is always pointless...
     暴力总是毫无意义的。
  2. Without an audience the performance is pointless.
     没有观众，表演就不成其为表演了。
  3. ...pointless arguments.
     无益的争论

英英释义

adj

• not having a point especially a sharp point
  1. my pencils are all pointless
  Synonym:unpointed
• 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:otiosepurposelesssenselesssuperfluouswasted

双语例句

• Does that mean it's pointless to make a new year's resolution?
  这意味着下定新年决意就没有意义了吗？我不这么看。
• It's pointless to tie me up. she's a fugitive.
  把我绑起来是没有意义的，她是个逃犯。
• It's pointless arguing with him.
  和他争辩是白费口舌。
• We don't know all the circumstances, so it would be pointless to speculate.
  我们不了解所有的情况，妄加推测是没有意义的。
• They made it perfectly clear that it was pointless to go on
  他们非常明确地表示继续下去毫无意义。
• You know this is pointless.
  你知道那没什么意义。
• It's pointless to worry about things you cannot change.
  担心你所不能改变的事是没有意义的。
• Even so, I still think you probably did right, in a pointless kind of way.
  即便如此，我仍然认为你也许这么做是对的，尽管这毫无意义。
• Well, then, it's pointless to continue, we'll stop!
  那继续下去就毫无意义了，我们停止吧。
• Without an audience the performance is pointless.
  没有观众，表演就不成其为表演了。