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

• 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。
• You will be assimilate! Resistance is futile!
  你将被我同化，抵抗是无效的！
• 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。
• Their efforts to revive him were futile.
  他们对他抢救无效。
• It would be futile to argue with him.
  跟他争辩是徒劳的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Didn't the attempts of the three imperialist states prove to be futile and crazy?
  难道还没有证明这三个帝国主义国家的企图是狂妄的和徒然的吗？
• But fundamentally, resistance may be futile.
  但从根本上讲，抵抗或许是徒劳的。
• Yet their actions were futile.
  但是他们的抗议失败了。