futile

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈfjuː.taɪl/    美 /ˈfju.taɪl/|/ˈfju.təl/|[ˈfju.ɾəl]

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Incapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.
    — But Bathsheba, though she could feel, was not much given to futile dreaming, and her musings under this head were short and entirely confined to the times when Troy’s neglect was more than ordinarily evident.
  2. Insignificant; frivolous.
    — Of its history little is recorded, and that little futile.

词形变化

more futile comparative most futile superlative

词汇关系

近义词
useless bootless barren futile fruitless gainless idle inane ineffectual inefficacious inutile no good otiose pointless profitless purposeless tired unavailing unprofitable unuseful unutilizable vain void
反义词
effectual effective fruitful worthwhile gainful profitable productive purposeful useful utilizable
衍生词
futileness unfutile
相关词
futilely futility futilitarian

词源

Borrowed from Middle French futile, from Latin fūtilis.
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