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

• Religion is a primary human need, and denying this fact is futile and counter-productive.
  宗教是人类的首要需要，否认这个事实是徒劳的，而且只能适得其反。
• Of course, my efforts and worry were futile.
  当然，我的努力和忧心都是徒劳。
• 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。
• 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。
• But fundamentally, resistance may be futile.
  但从根本上讲，抵抗或许是徒劳的。
• You will be assimilate! Resistance is futile!
  你将被我同化，抵抗是无效的！
• 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？
• Like many in Russia, she blamed the country's failings on futile attempts to catch up with the West
  像俄罗斯很多人一样，她认为国家的错误就在于徒然地竭力追赶西方。
• It's futile trying to reason with him.
  想和他讲道理是没用的。
• 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。