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

• A sense of futility stole over her.
  她慢慢地产生了一种没用的感觉。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mine is no futility of genius that can't sell gems to the magazines.
  至少它没那么对我，不讲求实际效用的天赋只是一座矿藏，一座不可能向杂志社供给宝石的矿藏。
• Shame, compunction, and sense of futility flooded his whole being.
  羞耻、内疚和徒劳的感觉把他整个人都淹没了。
• 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 book demonstrates the futility and arrogance of modern art and the poverty of aesthetics in the western world.
  本书将展示现代艺术的无聊与自负，展现西方世界中美学的贫困。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。