futility
英 [fjʊ'tɪlɪtɪ; fjuː'tɪlɪtɪ]
美[fjʊ'tɪləti]
- n. 无用；徒劳；无价值
近义词
stupidity
英英释义
- 1. uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result
实用场景例句
- At this moment of success I found only an unreasoning sense of futility.
- 在这一成功的时刻我只感到一阵莫名的枉然。
柯林斯例句
- Work is the way that people seek to redeem their lives from futility.
- 工作可以避免人们虚度生命。
柯林斯例句
- The sheer futility of it all exasperates her.
- 它毫无用处，这让她很生气。
辞典例句
- Shame , compunction, sense of futility flooded his whole being.
- 差耻, 内疾和徒劳的感觉浸满他整个的人.
辞典例句
- He well knew the futility of trying to contend against witches, so he gave up discouraged.
- 他十分清楚和巫婆斗没什么好处, 于是他垂头丧气,不得不让了步.
英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
- Startled , she looked up and met gray eyes that were bitter and full of tired futility.
- 思嘉吃了一惊,抬起头来, 看见一双灰眼睛充满了痛苦和无可奈何的神情.
飘（部分）
- Little did they know that these talks were always an exercise in total futility.
- 他们几乎不知道,这种会谈往往都是白费力气,毫无成效.
辞典例句
- There was a silence of futility and irritation in the room.
- 屋子里安静极了,充满了徒劳无益和愤怒.
互联网
- Even in ordinary life you feel the futility of words.
- 即使在日常的生活中你也往往能感受到言辞的无助和无效.
互联网
- Solomon saw the futility of seeking satisfaction in people and things.
- 所罗门看出在人与事上找寻满足,乃是缘木求鱼.
互联网
- Then, who is holding the futility record of NBA?
- 那么, 是哪支球队保持着这个连败纪录?
互联网
- As soon as he had felt these regrets, he realized their futility.
- 一想到这些遗憾, 他就认识到了其中的无效.
互联网
- Economic theory recognizes the futility of throwing good money after bad.
- 经济理论认为,搭上老本来挽回损失是无益的.
互联网
- A sense of futility stole over her.
- 她慢慢地产生了一种没用的感觉.
互联网
- The atmosphere is saturated with disaster, frustration, futility.
- 四周的气氛中弥漫着灾难 、 挫折和徒劳无功.
互联网
助记提示
1. futil- + -ity. => worthlessness.
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.
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.
双语例句
- 1. She could see the utter futility of trying to protest.
- 她明白抗议是完全无用的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. At this moment of success I found only an unreasoning sense of futility.
- 在这一成功的时刻我只感到一阵莫名的枉然。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Work is the way that people seek to redeem their lives from futility.
- 工作可以避免人们虚度生命。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. An opposition spokesman said he hoped the agreement would give them pause for thought about the futility of violence.
- 反对派发言人说他希望协议能够让他们仔细想想暴力行为毫无意义。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The sheer futility of it all exasperates her.
- 它毫无用处，这让她很生气。
来自辞典例句
英文词源
- futility (n.)
- 1620s, from French futilité or directly from Latin futilitatem (nominative futilitas) "worthlessness, emptiness, vanity," from futilis "vain, worthless" (see futile). Hence, jocular futilitarian (1827, n. and adj.); futilitarianism.
词态变化
形容词: futile;