中英互译
futility
英 /fjuːˈtɪləti/美 /fjuːˈtɪləti/
基本释义
- n.无用；徒劳；无价值
复数futilities
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双语例句
- He well knew the futility of trying to contend against witches, so he gave up discouraged.他深知与女巫斗争是徒劳无益的，所以他灰心丧气地放弃了。
- As with Sisyphus, the boulder was painstakingly rolled upwards only to tumble back down again in an absurd exercise of futility.和西西弗斯一样，巨石费力地向上滚动，结果又滚了下来，徒劳无功。
- Brown's article tells of the tragedy and futility of war.布朗的文章讲述了战争的悲剧性和无谓性。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
网络短语
- Long for futility相思无用
- About futility有关徒劳无功
- futility cutoff无价值修剪
- futility cut off无价值截止
- futility y无用
词语扩展
n.
无用；徒劳；无价值
adj.
futile无用的；无效的；没有出息的；琐细的；不重要的
词义分布
徒劳
68%
无用
32%
英英释义
- n.uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result
词源
- futilityfutile + -ity