futility是什么意思？

futility

英[fju:'tɪlətɪ] 美[fjuˈtɪlətɪ]

• n. 无益，无效，无益的事，无效果的行动；

形容词：futile;

例句

• She could see the utter futility of trying to protest. 她明白抗议是完全无用的。
• the futility of unrealistic ambitions 不切实的抱负的徒然
• At this moment of success I found only an unreasoning sense of futility... 在这一成功的时刻我只感到一阵莫名的枉然。
• Businesspeople frequently about the suggestion box and cartoons lambasted the futility of putting ideas thesuggestion box. 商业人士经常对建议箱开玩笑,漫画也讽刺将这些主意放入建议箱毫无用处.
• ...the injustice and futility of terrorism. 恐怖主义的非正义性和枉费心机
• Work is the way that people seek to redeem their lives from futility. 工作可以避免人们虚度生命。
• At this moment of success I found only an unreasoning sense of futility. 在这一成功的时刻我只感到一阵莫名的枉然。
• Shame , compunction, sense of futility flooded his whole being. 差耻, 内疾和徒劳的感觉浸满他整个的人.
• Work is the way that people seek to redeem their lives from futility... 工作可以避免人们虚度生命。
• An opposition spokesman said he hoped the agreement would give them pause for thought about the futility of violence. 反对派发言人说他希望协议能够让他们仔细想想暴力行为毫无意义。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  无益;无用;徒劳;白费
  Futility is a total lack of purpose or usefulness.
  例句
  ...the injustice and futility of terrorism. 恐怖主义的非正义性和枉费心机

英汉词典释义

• n.
  无益，无效，无用
  the futility of unrealistic ambitions 不切实的抱负的徒然 She could see the utter futility of trying to protest. 她明白抗议是完全无用的。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result