This flashcard defines 'pointless' as an adjective meaning "无意义的 (wúyì de) - meaningless", "钝的 (dùn de) - blunt/dull", or "不得要领的 (bù dé yàolǐng de) - missing the main point". It categorizes 'pointless' as an adjective, with common usage in spoken contexts and a high frequency in written materials like magazines and newspapers.
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]无益的；无意义的；无目的的 If you say that something is pointless, you are criticizing it because it has no sense or purpose.
[usu v-link ADJ]
[disapproval]
Violence is always pointless...
暴力总是毫无意义的。
Without an audience the performance is pointless.
没有观众，表演就不成其为表演了。
...pointless arguments.
无益的争论
pointlessly
Chemicals were pointlessly poisoning the soil.
化学品在无谓地污染着土壤。
...lying awake pointlessly going over and over again something we need to do.
睁大眼睛躺着，无谓地反复思考我们需要做的事情
pointlessness
You cannot help wondering about the pointlessness of it all.
你会禁不住觉得这一切毫无意义。
Oxford
point·less/ˈpɔɪntləs; NAmEˈpɔɪntləs/adjectivehaving no purpose; not worth doing 无意义的；无目标的；不值得做的◆We searched until we knew it would be pointless to continue.我们搜索又搜索，直到觉得继续下去也枉然时才罢手。▶point·less·ly/ˈpɔɪntləsli; NAmEˈpɔɪntləsli/adverb◆He argued pointlessly with his parents.他无谓地和父母争论。point·less·ness/ˈpɔɪntləsnəs; NAmEˈpɔɪntləsnəs/noun[uncountable ]◆the pointlessness of war战争的无意义point·less/ˈpɔɪntləs; NAmEˈpɔɪntləs/point·less·ly/ˈpɔɪntləsli; NAmEˈpɔɪntləsli/point·less·ness/ˈpɔɪntləsnəs; NAmEˈpɔɪntləsnəs/
LDC
pointlesspoint‧less /ˈpɔɪntləs/ ●○○ adjective
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worthless or not likely to have any useful result: Life just seemed pointless to me. a pointless quarrelit is pointless doing something It’s pointless telling her to clean her room – she’ll never do it.it is pointless to do something I think it would be pointless to discuss this issue again.—pointlessly adverb—pointlessness noun [uncountable]THESAURUSpointless not likely to have a useful result: · She knew it would be pointless to argue with him.· The meeting was a pointless exercise.futile completely pointless because there is no chance at all of being successful: · She shut the door in a futile attempt to keep the smell out.· Their efforts proved futile (=did not have any success).useless not useful or effective in any way: · I knew it was useless to try to explain to him what had happened.· The map we had been given was useless.hopeless having no hope of being successful or effective: · It was a hopeless task.· He was jumping up and down in a hopeless attempt to keep warm.be a waste of time/money/effort to be not worth the time, money etc that you use because you do not achieve anything: · The whole process was a complete waste of time.· The scheme was a waste of money.
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pointless
[ˈpɔɪntləs]
IELTS
j11755
1260
84
524
279
193
180
ADJ9047
65707
Spoken:
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无意义的(81%)，不得要领的(10%)，钝的(9%)
adj.无意义的；钝的；不尖的；不得要领的
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