[PHRASE 短语]毫无用处;没效果 If you do something to no avail or to little avail, what you do fails to achieve what you want.
[PHR after v]
[WRITTEN 笔语]
His efforts were to no avail...
他徒劳无功。
I apologized repeatedly, but to little avail.
我一再道歉,但丝毫没有奏效。
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[VERB 动词]接受(提议);利用(机会) If you avail yourself of an offer or an opportunity, you accept the offer or make use of the opportunity.
[V pron-refl of n]
[FORMAL 正式]
Guests should feel at liberty to avail themselves of your facilities.
宾客们应该可以随意使用你们的各种设施。
Oxford
avail/əˈveɪl; NAmEəˈveɪl/
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availavailsavailedavailingnounIDIOMSto little/no aˈvail( formal) with little or no success 没有什么效果;不成功◆The doctors tried everything to keep him alive but to no avail.医生千方百计想使他活下来,但无济于事。of little/no aˈvail( formal) of little or no use 没有什么用处;没有用◆Your ability to argue is of little avail if the facts are wrong.如果论据是错的,你的辩才也就没有什么用了。verb1[transitive ]availsb (sth) |availsth ( formalorold-fashioned) to be helpful or useful to sb 有帮助;有益;有用2[transitive , intransitive ]( IndE) ( non-standard) to make use of sth, especially an opportunity or offer 利用(尤指机会、提议等)availsth ◆To avail all these benefits, just register online.要想得到所有这些好处,就在线注册吧。availof sth ◆Why not avail of our special offers?为什么不利用我们的特别优惠呢?PHRASAL VERBaˈvail yourself of sth( formal) to make use of sth, especially an opportunity or offer 利用(尤指机会、提议等)◆Guests are encouraged to avail themselves of the full range of hotel facilities.旅馆鼓励旅客充分利用各种设施。avail/əˈveɪl; NAmEəˈveɪl/
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avail1 noun
avail2 verb
availa‧vail1 /əˈveɪl/ noun
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to/of no avail if something you do is to no avail or of no avail, you do not succeed in getting what you want: We searched the whole area but all to no avail. Robbie had disappeared.
avail1 noun
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avail yourself of something formal to accept an offer or use an opportunity to do something: How many schools avail themselves of this opportunity each year?
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