adj. 徒然的; 徒劳的; 无效的
Collins.1 / BNC.9535 / COCA.9374
- ADJ-GRADED 无益的;无用的;徒劳的
If you say that something is futile, you mean there is no point in doing it, usually because it has no chance of succeeding.- He brought his arm up in a futile attempt to ward off the blow...
他扬起胳膊徒劳地想要挡住这一拳。 - It would be futile to sustain his life when there is no chance of any improvement.
如果没有任何好转的机会，继续维持他的生命也是无益的。
- He brought his arm up in a futile attempt to ward off the blow...
adj.
- 徒然的；徒劳的；无效的
having no purpose because there is no chance of success- a futile attempt/exercise/gesture
徒然的尝试 / 练习 / 手势 - Their efforts to revive him were futile.
他们努力使他苏醒，但失败了。 - It would be futile to protest.
抗议也无用。 - My appeal proved futile.
我的呼吁白费了。
- a futile attempt/exercise/gesture
英英释义
adj
- unproductive of success
- a fruitless search
- futile years after her artistic peak
- a sleeveless errand
- a vain attempt
Synonym: bootlessfruitlesssleevelessvain
- producing no result or effect
- a futile effort
- the therapy was ineffectual
- an otiose undertaking
- an unavailing attempt
Synonym: ineffectualotioseunavailing
- Like many in Russia, she blamed the country's failings on futile attempts to catch up with the West
像俄罗斯很多人一样，她认为国家的错误就在于徒然地竭力追赶西方。 - He brought his arm up in a futile attempt to ward off the blow
他扬起胳膊徒劳地想要挡住这一拳。 - It would be futile to sustain his life when there is no chance of any improvement.
如果没有任何好转的机会，继续维持他的生命也是无益的。 - Their costly and futile attempt to subjugate the Afghans lasted just 10 years.
他们大动干戈想要控制阿富汗地区，但只持续了10年就无果而终了。 - It is always futile to try to hold back the progress of history.
要想阻止历史潮流是徒劳的。 - It would be futile to argue with him.
跟他争辩是徒劳的。 - Their probe into the cause of the fire proved futile.
他们对起火原因的调查没有任何收获。 - Their efforts to revive him were futile.
他们对他抢救无效。 - Of course, my efforts and worry were futile.
当然，我的努力和忧心都是徒劳。 - This reaction is understandable, but ultimately futile. More than this, it is damaging.
这种反应是可以理解的，但最终是无益的，甚至是破坏性的。 - The joke was about how human beings can unwittingly immerse themselves in utterly futile activities.
这个喜剧有关人类如何能不知不觉地沉浸在绝对徒劳无功的活动中。 - Yet their actions were futile.
但是他们的抗议失败了。 - All efforts of research are futile because it is doomed to failure.
即便是你再讨论再研究也没有用，因为这样做是不会有任何的结果的。 - Little did I know when I embarked on this quest how futile it would be.
当我着手进行此番探索时并不知道此举将徒劳无功。 - No wonder those politicians who can rise above the futile arguments over exchange rates worry more about technology transfer.
难怪那些不再纠结于没有成果的汇率争论的政客们，对技术转让产生了更大的担忧。 - My efforts were rendered futile.
我的努力全落空了。 - Didn't the attempts of the three imperialist states prove to be futile and crazy?
难道还没有证明这三个帝国主义国家的企图是狂妄的和徒然的吗？ - She made some futile remark that I can't remember.
她说了些我已记不得的无聊的话。 - He is a futile sort of person.
他是一个没有用的人。 - So much of what we do today is frivolous and futile and soon forgotten.
今天做的很多都是不重要和无效的，并很快会忘记。 - It is futile because the truth will out and dangerous because secrecy delays the necessary remedial action.
说它徒劳，是因为真相终将大白于天下；而说它危险，是因为保密耽误了必要的补救行动的时间。 - Religion is a primary human need, and denying this fact is futile and counter-productive.
宗教是人类的首要需要，否认这个事实是徒劳的，而且只能适得其反。 - The most futile thing in this world is any attempt, perhaps, at exact definition of character.
世界上最徒劳无益的事情，也许就是企图给性格下个正确的定义。 - But fundamentally, resistance may be futile.
但从根本上讲，抵抗或许是徒劳的。 - There is no point in continuing this futile fight!
持续这场无效的战斗没有意义！ - There are too many things I want to tell you that, but I think it is futile.
我有太多的事情想跟你说，但我觉得这是徒劳的。 - You do be make a futile effort so, who can care?
你这样做是徒劳无功的，有谁会在乎呢？ - You will be assimilate! Resistance is futile!
你将被我同化，抵抗是无效的！ - He groaned as he saw that his hopes were futile.
看到自己的希望落空，他呻吟了。 - It's futile trying to reason with him.
想和他讲道理是没用的。