| 单词 | meaningless |
| 释义 | meaningless (miːnɪŋləs ) 1. adjective If something that someone says or writes is meaningless, it has no meaning, or appears to have no meaning. The sentence 'kicked the ball the man' is meaningless. She is fascinated by algebra while he considers it meaningless nonsense. 2. adjective Something that is meaningless in a particular situation is not important or relevant. Widespread political and economic disarray threatens to make the constitution meaningless. Fines are meaningless to guys earning millions. 3. adjective If something that you do is meaningless, it has no purpose and is not at all worthwhile. They seek strong sensations to dull their sense of a meaningless existence. Synonyms: pointless, empty, useless, hollow Collocations: meaningless life One by one they have failed to do this, choosing to stay in an ever more meaningless life with someone who has treated them appallingly. The Sun I feared a meaningless life, without any dignity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It allows them to take out their anger with their sad and meaningless lives. The Sun The rosters of writers, jazz musicians and philosophers make more sense in his novels, as they are the way in which characters try to give substance to meaningless lives. The Times Literary Supplement That's when he realized that they both were living meaningless lives. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Senior executives found wanting are not dismissed but merely moved to more senior positions with seemingly meaningless titles. Times, Sunday Times But the short, seemingly meaningless message was enough to save her life. The Sun Set over one fateful evening, this drama looks at the consequences of a seemingly meaningless event and how it affects four ordinary people in very different ways. The Sun It takes a great novel and a clever adaptation to justify the seemingly meaningless existence of these youngsters, to cast their problems in a universally human light. The Times Literary Supplement He said playing in those seemingly meaningless contests was like having the worst inferiority complex. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Was there ever a politician with such a genius for totally meaningless waffle? The Sun This means that potential credit providers or landlords are basing their decisions on inaccurate information, rendering any credit report totally meaningless. ST Its popularity lies in the deceptive ease of writing a piece of totally meaningless prose. The Times Literary Supplement Some words risk becoming virtually meaningless through overuse. Times, Sunday Times Indeed, more words did flow from the orange source but, upon examination, they are virtually meaningless. Times, Sunday Times Today, the term has taken on broad meanings by such diverse and often contradictory voices that, to some, 'missional'; has become virtually meaningless. Christianity Today If you can't stand up and say who you are and what you think, all other freedoms become virtually meaningless. Times, Sunday Times Many pointed out the defendants' age and said the sentence of life imprisonment was virtually meaningless. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 没有含义的 Japanese: 意味のない |
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