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futile adj.无效的；无用的 (1) 贝斯认为企图控制时间是无效的。(2) 我们是博格，地球将被同化，抵抗是无效的！(3) 使他相信某事情是完全不可为的是无用的尝试。 Futile comes from the Latin futilis, which originally meant "leaky." Although we use futile to talk about more than buckets, the image of a leaky vessel is a good illustration of the adjective. Pouring water into a leaky bucket is futile. Your exercise program will be futile if you don't stop chowing down on chocolate. Futile is fancier than its synonym useless. Other synonyms are fruitless or vain. The i can be either short (FYOO-t'l) or long (FYOO-tile).

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英 ['fjuːtaɪl] 美 ['fjuːtl] (1) Pace considers attempts at timing futile.(2) We are the Borg, Earth assimilation is inevitable, Resistant is futile!(3) It is futile to attempt to convince him that certain things are simply undoable. When something fails to deliver a useful result, you can call it futile. Hopefully all the time you're spending studying vocabulary won't turn out to be futile! 1[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；无用的；徒劳的 If you say that something is futile, you mean there is no point in doing it, usually because it has no chance of succeeding.   [oft it v-link ADJ to-inf]He brought his arm up in a futile attempt to ward off the blow...他扬起胳膊徒劳地想要挡住这一拳。It would be futile to sustain his life when there is no chance of any improvement.如果没有任何好转的机会，继续维持他的生命也是无益的。

英语单词	futile
英美音标	英 ['fjuːtaɪl] 美 ['fjuːtl]
中文释义	adj.无效的；无用的
英语例句	(1) Pace considers attempts at timing futile. (2) We are the Borg, Earth assimilation is inevitable, Resistant is futile! (3) It is futile to attempt to convince him that certain things are simply undoable.
中文例句	(1) 贝斯认为企图控制时间是无效的。 (2) 我们是博格，地球将被同化，抵抗是无效的！ (3) 使他相信某事情是完全不可为的是无用的尝试。
vocabulary简明	When something fails to deliver a useful result, you can call it futile. Hopefully all the time you're spending studying vocabulary won't turn out to be futile!
vocabulary扩展	Futile comes from the Latin futilis, which originally meant "leaky." Although we use futile to talk about more than buckets, the image of a leaky vessel is a good illustration of the adjective. Pouring water into a leaky bucket is futile. Your exercise program will be futile if you don't stop chowing down on chocolate. Futile is fancier than its synonym useless. Other synonyms are fruitless or vain. The i can be either short (FYOO-t'l) or long (FYOO-tile).
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]无益的；无用的；徒劳的 If you say that something is futile, you mean there is no point in doing it, usually because it has no chance of succeeding. [oft it v-link ADJ to-inf] He brought his arm up in a futile attempt to ward off the blow... 他扬起胳膊徒劳地想要挡住这一拳。 It would be futile to sustain his life when there is no chance of any improvement. 如果没有任何好转的机会，继续维持他的生命也是无益的。

Futile Attempt Leaky Chance 英 Fjuːtaɪl] 美 Fjuːtl Adj.无效的；无用的