Question

fruitless adj.不成功的；无结果的 (1) 我们努力说服她，但毫无成效。(2) 他试图说服她站到自己一边的努力徒劳无功。(3) 到目前为止，还没有找到那失踪的男孩。(4) 他们的谈判没有结果。(5) 他徒与不幸挣扎而毫无结果。 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.

Accepted Answer

英 ['fruːtləs] 美 ['fruːtləs] (1) Our efforts to persuade her proved fruitless.(2) His effort to woo her to his side prove fruitless.(3) So far the search for the missing boy has been fruitless.(4) Their negotiation was fruitless.(5) His struggle with adversity is fruitless. 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. 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。

英语单词	fruitless
英美音标	英 ['fruːtləs] 美 ['fruːtləs]
中文释义	adj.不成功的；无结果的
英语例句	(1) Our efforts to persuade her proved fruitless. (2) His effort to woo her to his side prove fruitless. (3) So far the search for the missing boy has been fruitless. (4) Their negotiation was fruitless. (5) His struggle with adversity is fruitless.
中文例句	(1) 我们努力说服她，但毫无成效。 (2) 他试图说服她站到自己一边的努力徒劳无功。 (3) 到目前为止，还没有找到那失踪的男孩。 (4) 他们的谈判没有结果。 (5) 他徒与不幸挣扎而毫无结果。
vocabulary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.
vocabulary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。

Fruitless Search Efforts Missing Negotiation End 英 Fruːtləs] 美