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

• Of course, my efforts and worry were futile.
  当然，我的努力和忧心都是徒劳。
• Their efforts to revive him were futile.
  他们对他抢救无效。
• It is always futile to try to hold back the progress of history.
  要想阻止历史潮流是徒劳的。
• Their probe into the cause of the fire proved futile.
  他们对起火原因的调查没有任何收获。
• He is a futile sort of person.
  他是一个没有用的人。
• 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。
• 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。
• No wonder those politicians who can rise above the futile arguments over exchange rates worry more about technology transfer.
  难怪那些不再纠结于没有成果的汇率争论的政客们，对技术转让产生了更大的担忧。
• 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。
• But fundamentally, resistance may be futile.
  但从根本上讲，抵抗或许是徒劳的。