nugatory

英 [ˈnjuːɡətəri]

美 [ˈnuːɡətɔːri]

adj.  无目的的; 无价值的

GRE

BNC.41682 / COCA.44641

牛津词典

adj.

• 无目的的；无价值的
  having no purpose or value

英英释义

adj

• of no real value
  1. a nugatory law

双语例句

• A nugatory idea, argument, proposal, etc.
  无意义的想法、争论、建议等。
• Your offices shall have been nugatory.
  你的努力也就没有价值了。
• Bond yields have been falling fast to low levels: for example, after a 40 basis point drop in just over two weeks, seven-year US Treasuries now offer an almost nugatory 1.4 per cent.
  债券收益率一直在快速向低谷下滑：例如，7年期美国国债收益率在短短两周内下跌了40个基点，目前只有区区的1.4%。
• This opinion was in practice formulated based on the nugatory answer to a linguistic conception that whether a music segment is clearly signified is justified on the basis of its signified relations.
  这种观念实际上源于语言学概念（即以其所指的关系来判断音乐材料是否所指明确）并得出否定性答案而形成。