futility

英 [fjuːˈtɪləti]

美 [fjuːˈtɪləti]

n.  无益; 无用; 徒劳

复数：futilities　

考研GRETEM8

BNC.15118 / COCA.13526

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 无益;无用;徒劳;白费
  Futilityis a total lack of purpose or usefulness.
  1. ...the injustice and futility of terrorism.
     恐怖主义的非正义性和枉费心机

英英释义

noun

• uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result

双语例句

• The futility of my efforts to help my sister compelled me to seek answers.
  之前我为此所做的无用功驱使我更加努力地去寻求答案。
• One of those generalized but savage remarks about the futility of love.
  对爱之无益的那些一般性但却激烈的评论之一种。
• This is not an exercise in futility, but one that will leave you feeling a lot better.
  这并非是徒劳之举，而是一个将离开你的感觉好了很多。
• This could generate a sense of futility, which can lead to despair and self-destruction.
  这些会产生对无效用旳感觉，导致失望及自我毁灭。
• You drop the mind, or it drops of its own accord because you have seen the futility of it.
  你放下了头脑，或者它放下了它自己&因为你已经看到了它的无效。
• 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。
• Hope and humanity and perhaps, ultimately, futility.
  希望和仁慈，也许最终还是徒劳。
• My son's sneakers were developing holes and I was developing a deep sense of futility.
  儿子的胶鞋穿出洞来。而我越来越深深地感觉到自己的无能。
• His efforts were accompanied by a sense of futility and doubt.
  他的努力给人一种无用而可疑的感觉。
• After a few days a feeling of futility, not to mention loneliness, sets in.
  观察几天之后，一种徒劳无功之感就会悄然而生，更不用提寂寞孤独了。