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小词详解 | futile
futile 英 [ˈfjuːtaɪl] 美 [ˈfjuːtl]
In 1909, Norman Angell wrote a book called “The Great Illusion” which posited that war between nations would be futile because of their economic interdependence. Five years later, war broke out anyway.
1909年,诺曼·安吉尔在《大幻觉》一书中表示,国家之间的战争是徒劳的,因为它们的经济相互依赖。五年后,战争还是爆发了。
——《经济学人》After a few final tries to control the ball, they tripped over themselves and realized their efforts were futile.
在最后的几次控球尝试之后,他们绊倒了自己,并意识到他们的努力是徒劳的。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] 不能产生任何有用的结果的;无意义的
她生气地甩开他。她知道跟他讲道理一点用都没有。
She shrugged him away angrily. She knew that it's completely futile trying to reason with him.他必须接受这样一个事实:要想阻止历史潮流总是徒劳的。
He must reconcile himself to the fact that it is always futile to try to hold back the progress of history.
他们决心设法把自己从庸碌的生活中解放出来。
They were determined to contrive a way to free themselves from the futile life.
Ugly and futile: lean neck and tangled hair and a stain of ink, a snail's bed.
长得丑,而且没出息,细细的脖颈,其乱如麻的头发,一抹墨水渍,蜗牛窝。
fruitless: failing to achieve the desired results; unproductive or useless vain: producing no result; useless abortive: failing to produce the intended result