音标:['fjuːtaɪl] ;
futile
['fju:tail]
adj.
无用的,无益的,无效的;徒劳的;徒然的
(人)没出息的;没有志气的,缺乏斗志的,不称职的,效率低的
不重要的;微不足道的;无聊的;轻浮的
(人)愚蠢的
近义词:
abortive
. fruitless
. useless
. vain
反义词:
effective
. effectual
. fruitful

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acoustical imaging by Bragg diffraction
actinism
anthrogenic plant community
arbitrage of stocks and shares
arterolane
ascending and descending condition
asparouhov
atmospheric drag perturbation
Ballantyne Str.
bise brume
boddhisattva
Brighstone Bay
burglar alarms
chief cabin
connexus
cooling water pipeline
crocose
cyberutopian
deakylation
dexiotropic, dexiotropous
diplomatic privilege
emerg
ethoxyresorufin
filling and sowing equipment for containerset
Fischer projection formula
frank lampard
freak off
garback
Garret mill
generator locking
gross blowhole
hippoglossuss hippoglossuss
indazolyl
indie music
interlayer connection
iodide silver
isolated fracture
ivory-like tumor
jacquard plush creel
jirga
late autumn
licensed deposit taker
littly
liver channel
lower panel
Lyambir'
magnetoferroelectricity
maksud
managed liabilities
medical assistant
mental excitement
mesostomoblaste
metaxylene
Minhlawa
minimal energy control problem
nete
nlst
oil of cashew nut shell
on one's part
on-premises sales
opic
out on lunch
oxalated blood
partial equilibrium economics
pericyclivine
phthisaner
plasma character display
podocotyle lizae
Point-to-point.
polhody
pre-linguistic
preferred share
radiant range
rail advice
range of normal hearing
renal impression
reverse flattening test
semiautomatic double seamer
sentence-meaning
shaolin
ship certificates of inspection
shock-absorbent
skandha
sliver evenness tester
streptococcus phage
stylophone
supplementary lubrication
thete
thionyl imide
times-picayune
tin bronze
tin-gravel
udallers
unsicker
vesting-
Wandel
wedge lines
whsle
wishing on
wultha
yelloweye rockfish