音标:['fju:tail] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
a. 无用的, 琐细的, 不重要的
s. producing no result or effect

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词性分布:
形容词100%

futile的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. Pace considers attempts at timing futile.贝斯认为企图控制时间是无效的。
  2. We are the Borg, Earth assimilation is inevitable, Resistant is futile!我们是博格,地球将被同化,抵抗是无效的!
  3. It is futile to attempt to convince him that certain things are simply undoable.使他相信某事情是完全不可为的是无用的尝试。
  4. Any unrealistic objective is not worth pursuing sedulously since it is doomed to a futile project.任何不现实的目标不值得去辛苦地追求因为它注定是无用的计划。

常见句型

用作形容词(adj.)
用作表语S+be+~
  1. Their efforts to revive him were futile.他们对他抢救无效。

词汇搭配

  • futile trip送出的货不被接受...
  • futile cycle无效循环

经典引文

  • Our speculations are futile until we have all the facts.

    出自:Conan Doyle
  • His whole life has been a futile striving after the impossible.

    出自:A. Storr
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