futile 是什么意思
adj. 无用的;无效的;没有出息的;琐细的;不重要的
futile 记忆方法
1. futil- + -e.
2. which etymologically means 'that pours away', hence 'useless'.
3. futility: f(音“弗、否”) + utility(实用) => 不实用 => 无用.
4. futility => futile.
5. f- (音“弗、否”) + ut- "use" => fut- "useless" => futile.
futile 中文词源
futile 徒劳的
来自拉丁语fundere, 倾注,倾泻,词源同foundry, alchemy, confused. 引申词义流走的,徒劳的。
英语词源
futilefutile: see found
futile 权威例句
- 1. They were killed, to the last man, in a futile attack.
- 因为进攻失败,他们全部被杀, 无一幸免.
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- 2. Without microscopes and other modern equipment, attempts to teach science were futile.
- 没有显微镜及其他现代化的设备, 想教授自然科学是不会有成果的.
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- 3. Their efforts to revive him were futile.
- 他们对他抢救无效.
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- 4. He is a futile sort of person.
- 他是一个没有用的人.
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- 5. Their costly and futile attempt to subjugate the Afghans lasted just 10 years.
- 他们大动干戈想要控制阿富汗地区,但只持续了10年就无果而终了。
来自柯林斯例句
futile 造句
- 1. Love is the foundation of life for without it, every other thing is futile.
- 爱建立在生命或没有生命之上,其他事情是无用的。
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- 2. Your resistance is futile.
- 你的抵抗是无用的。
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- 3. For almost half of my life I struggled a futile battle against food; several years were spent trying to avoid it at all costs and then a few more eating as much as I could only to purge minutes later.
- 我差不多半生的时间都在挣扎于与食物的无用的战斗中;我花了几年时间不惜一切代价的避免吃食物,然后又花几年的时间去尽可能的吃然后几分钟之后又排泄出来。
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- 4. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
- 遇到巧克力时,抵抗是无效的
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- 5. Mr Blair, a Catholic convert, said faith was a force for good and it was "futile" to attempt to drive it out.
- 布莱尔先生,一个新的天主教皈依者,声称信仰是一种驱使人向善的力量,而驱逐宗教信仰的努力是无用的。
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- 6. Intervention is an option but, despite the increased reserve levels and balance sheet position (around 55% in euros, from over 70% last year), it could well be a futile one.
- 干预是一种选择,但很可能是无效的,尽管储备水平增加,资产负债表有所改善(欧元从去年的70%以上降到了55%)。
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- 7. But as Switzerland found this year, a single government’s efforts to weaken its currency can prove futile.
- 然而瑞士发现一国政府通过本国货币的贬值是被证明无效的。
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- 8. It is futile to bother today about the way in which this problem will be solved.
- 今天就为该如何解决这一问题而烦扰是毫无用处的。
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- 9. The government in Canberra, however, thinks lawsuits will be futile, as the sanctuary is not recognized by other nations.
- 不过澳大利亚政府认为法律控诉也无效,因为这个保护圈并没有被其他国家所认同。
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- 10. We do not fight global warming because it is futile to do so.
- 我们不对付全球变暖的斗争,因为以这样做是徒劳的。
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- 11. It tells you that any attempt to try to specify, to localize the position of an electron in such a system is futile.
- 这说明你试着任何尝试关于,使一个电子在这样一个系统中,确定其明确的位置是没有意义的。
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- 12. Then he photographs the results and sells the images. How futile can you get?
- 然后,他拍下这些成果,再销售这些照片。你还能多么徒劳?
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- 13. But it’s futile to wait and wait until you bag a big project to start expanding.
- 但如果你一直等到接到大项目再开始扩张,那么等待的那段时间就是徒劳的。
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- 14. Although efforts are under way to mitigate the worst effects of overpopulation and climate change, Fenner believes it is futile, that our fate is sealed.
- 虽然人们正在努力减轻人口过剩和气候变化的最坏影响,但芬纳认为,这是徒劳的,我们的命运已经注定。
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- 15. At first the border guards tried to check passports, but they quickly realized it was futile.
- 刚开始,边境的守卫还试图检查护照,但他们很快发现这是徒劳的。
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- 16. All efforts to attain happiness, on the other hand, are entirely futile.
- 一切希望得到幸福的努力,在另一方面来说是完全徒劳的。
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- 17. Somehow, it is harder to place the moment when the excitement of a new year turned to wariness and then to alarm and then to futile questions about the nature of time.
- 不知怎么回事,很难得的是将这新的一年定位成兴奋,然后转变为小心翼翼,再变为警告,最后变成一堆关于时间自然性质的无意义的问题。
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- 18. Since you never know what the future will bring, it’s futile to try to control events.
- 既然你永远不知道未来将发生什么,试图去控制事件的发生是没有意义的。
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- 19. Since you never know what the future will bring, it’s futile to try to control events.
- 既然你永远不知道未来将发生什么,试图去控制事件的发生是没有意义的。
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- 20. 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。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 21. Any added word would have been commonplace and futile.
- 再说任何话都会是平凡无聊,毫无价值的。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 22. This is a Quixotic quest that not only reflects a misunderstanding of the purpose of toolbars but also reflects the futile hope for magical powers in metaphors, which we discussed in Chapter 13.
- 这是一种堂吉诃德式的探索,不仅反映了对工具栏目的误解,而且反映了对隐喻魔法徒劳的希望。 关于这一点我们在第13章已经谈过。
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- 23. It was a strange, weird, interesting and yet futile battle of wits.
- 这是希奇、古怪、有趣、但是徒然的斗智。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 24. The word image was futile unless it conveyed essential meaning about life.
- 语言意象除非表达生活的本质意义,否则就没有价值。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 25. She turned on the radio with a futile gesture.
- 她百无聊赖地打开了收音机。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 26. All this talk seemed to me so futile.
- 所有这些谈话在我看来全都白费。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 27. His efforts to save the business were futile.
- 他挽救企业的努力未能奏效。
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- 28. He died for Germany in the gigantic and futile operation called Citadel.
- 他在被称为“城堡”行动的一次大规模的劳而无功的战役中阵亡。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 29. I would become disgusted with my futile daydreams.
- 我就讨厌自己那种虚无的梦想。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句