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fruitless adj.不结果实的；无结果的；无成效的；徒劳的 You can call a fruitless search a wild goose chase — despite your efforts, you're unsuccessful. If you spend a fruitless afternoon applying for jobs, you end up without a single offer, and if your attempt to get your dog and cat to be pals is fruitless, they end up hating each other just as much as they ever did. The adjective fruitless comes from the sense of "unproductive" or "without profit," like a fruit tree that doesn't grow any fruit. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]无结果的；无成效的；徒劳的 Fruitless actions, events, or efforts do not achieve anything at all. It was a fruitless search...搜寻工作毫无结果。Talks have so far have been fruitless.会谈到目前为止未见成果。fruitlesslyFour years of negotiation ended fruitlessly last December.历时4 年的谈判在去年 12 月无果而终。

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['fru:tlis] Fruitless things are futile or pointless. If your search for your missing car keys is fruitless, you don't find them no matter how hard you look. ★☆☆☆☆ 2006.1

英语单词	fruitless
英美音标	['fru:tlis]
中文释义	adj.不结果实的；无结果的；无成效的；徒劳的
vocab简明	Fruitless things are futile or pointless. If your search for your missing car keys is fruitless, you don't find them no matter how hard you look.
vocab扩展	You can call a fruitless search a wild goose chase — despite your efforts, you're unsuccessful. If you spend a fruitless afternoon applying for jobs, you end up without a single offer, and if your attempt to get your dog and cat to be pals is fruitless, they end up hating each other just as much as they ever did. The adjective fruitless comes from the sense of "unproductive" or "without profit," like a fruit tree that doesn't grow any fruit.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]无结果的；无成效的；徒劳的 Fruitless actions, events, or efforts do not achieve anything at all. It was a fruitless search... 搜寻工作毫无结果。 Talks have so far have been fruitless. 会谈到目前为止未见成果。 fruitlessly Four years of negotiation ended fruitlessly last December. 历时4 年的谈判在去年 12 月无果而终。
来源	2006.1

Fruitless Search End Fru:Tlis Adj.不结果实的；无结果的；无成效的；徒劳的 Things Futile Pointless