uselessness、futility、pointlessness 1.futility(名词,不可数,正式):“无用;徒劳;无效”(侧重 “努力或行为无结果,如 “the futility of war” 战争的徒劳、“realize the futility of trying” 意识到尝试的无用”); 2. uselessness(名词,不可数):“无用;无价值”(通用,如 “the uselessness of the old machine” 旧机器的无用”),比 futility 更口语,futility 侧重 “努力的徒劳”; 3. pointlessness(名词,不可数):“无意义;无目的”(如 “the pointlessness of his actions” 他行为的无意义”),比 futility 更侧重 “缺乏目的”,futility 侧重 “缺乏结果”; - 反义词:usefulness(有用)、effectiveness(有效)。
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1、 At this moment of success I found only an unreasoning sense of futility.
在这个成功的时刻,我只能感觉到一种不理智的徒劳感。
来源:秒词邦搜集整理
2、 He well knew the futility of trying to contend against witches, so he gave up discouraged.