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Meaningless ˈmiːnɪŋləs ˈmiːnɪŋləsli ˈmiːnɪŋləsnəs Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Purpose Ball

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meaningless ★☆☆☆☆
/mi͟ːnɪŋləs/
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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](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。

2
[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。

3
[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 ; NAmE ˈmiːnɪŋləs / adjective 1 without 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。
2 not 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。
3 not 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 ; NAmE ˈmiːnɪŋləsli / adverb mean·ing·less·ness / ˈmiːnɪŋləsnəs ; NAmE ˈmiːnɪŋləsnəs / noun [uncountable ]
mean·ing·less / ˈmiːnɪŋləs ; NAmE ˈmiːnɪŋləs / mean·ing·less·ly / ˈmiːnɪŋləsli ; NAmE ˈmiːnɪŋləsli / mean·ing·less·ness / ˈmiːnɪŋləsnəs ; NAmE ˈmiːnɪŋləsnəs /
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meaninglessmean‧ing‧less /ˈmiːnɪŋləs/ ●○○ adjective
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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]
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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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