[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](指话语、所写内容)意思不明确的,无法理解的,没有意义的 If something that someone says or writes is meaningless, it has no meaning, or appears to have no meaning.
The sentence 'kicked the ball the man' is meaningless...
kicked the ball the man 这句话毫无意义。
She is fascinated by algebra while he considers it meaningless nonsense.
她对代数非常着迷,而他却认为代数毫无意义。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不重要的;不相关的 Something that is meaningless in a particular situation is not important or relevant.
Widespread political and economic disarray threatens to make the constitution meaningless...
四处蔓延的政治和经济混乱可能会使宪法变得可有可无。
Fines are meaningless to guys earning millions.
罚款对挣大钱的人来说无关紧要。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]无目的的;无价值的 If something that you do is meaningless, it has no purpose and is not at all worthwhile.
They seek strong sensations to dull their sense of a meaningless existence.
为了冲淡生活毫无意义的感觉,他们追求强烈的刺激。
Oxford
mean·ing·less/ˈmiːnɪŋləs; NAmEˈmiːnɪŋləs/adjective1without any purpose or reason and therefore not worth doing or having 毫无意义的;毫无目的的;无价值的SYN
pointless
◆a meaningless existence毫无意义的存在◆We fill up our lives with meaningless tasks.我们终日忙忙碌碌,过得毫无意义。2not considered important 不重要的;无所谓的SYN
irrelevant
◆Fines are meaningless to a huge company like that.对于这样一家大公司,罚金根本算不了什么。3not having a meaning that is easy to understand 意思不明确的;晦涩的◆To me that painting is completely meaningless.对我来说,这幅油画晦涩难懂。▶mean·ing·less·ly/ˈmiːnɪŋləsli; NAmEˈmiːnɪŋləsli/adverbmean·ing·less·ness/ˈmiːnɪŋləsnəs; NAmEˈmiːnɪŋləsnəs/noun[uncountable ]mean·ing·less/ˈmiːnɪŋləs; NAmEˈmiːnɪŋləs/mean·ing·less·ly/ˈmiːnɪŋləsli; NAmEˈmiːnɪŋləsli/mean·ing·less·ness/ˈmiːnɪŋləsnəs; NAmEˈmiːnɪŋləsnəs/
1having no purpose or importance and therefore not worth doing or having: He said a few meaningless words to his hostess and looked around the room. a repetitive and meaningless taskabsolutely/utterly/completely meaningless a statistic that is absolutely meaninglessvirtually/fairly/largely meaningless2not having a meaning that you can understand or explain: Chinese characters are just meaningless symbols to me.—meaninglessness noun [uncountable]
WDF
meaningless
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无意义的(96%),不重要的(2%),晦涩的(2%)
adj.无意义的;无目的的
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