futility
英[fjʊ'tɪlɪtɪ;fjuː'tɪlɪtɪ]
美[fjʊ'tɪləti]
- n. 无用；徒劳；无价值
词态变化
形容词: futile;
助记提示
1. futil- + -ity. => worthlessness.
2. which etymologically means 'that pours away', hence 'useless'.
3. futility: f(音“弗、否”) + utility(实用) => 不实用 => 无用.
4. futility => futile.
5. f- (音“弗、否”) + ut- "use" => fut- "useless" => futile.
英文词源
- futility (n.)
- 1620s, from French futilité or directly from Latin futilitatem (nominative futilitas) "worthlessness, emptiness, vanity," from futilis "vain, worthless" (see futile). Hence, jocular futilitarian (1827, n. and adj.); futilitarianism.
双语例句
- 1. She could see the utter futility of trying to protest.
- 她明白抗议是完全无用的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The sheer futility of it all exasperates her.
- 它毫无用处，这让她很生气。
来自辞典例句