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futility

英 [fjʊ'tɪlɪtɪ; fjuː'tɪlɪtɪ] 美 [fjʊ'tɪləti]

解释

n. 无用；徒劳；无价值

※ 提供单词"futility"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

英文词源

futility (n.): 1620s, from French futilité or directly from Latin futilitatem (nominative futilitas) "worthlessness, emptiness, vanity," from futilis "vain, worthless" (see futile). Hence, jocular futilitarian (1827, n. and adj.); futilitarianism.

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例句和用法

1. She could see the utter futility of trying to protest.: 她明白抗议是完全无用的.

2. 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。

3. 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。

4. An opposition spokesman said he hoped the agreement would give them pause for thought about the futility of violence.: 反对派发言人说他希望协议能够让他们仔细想想暴力行为毫无意义。

5. The sheer futility of it all exasperates her.: 它毫无用处，这让她很生气。