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单词
futile gesture
释义
Example sentences
futile gesture
So this is a time not for
futile
gestures
but bold ones.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2008
)
At this stage of the war what we don't need is another
futile
gesture
.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2011
)
This is worse than a
futile
gesture
: it is immoral.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2009
)
Definition of 'gesture'
gesture
(
dʒ
e
stʃəʳ
)
Explore 'gesture' in the dictionary
countable noun
A gesture is something that you say or do in order to express your attitude or intentions, often something that you know will not have much effect.
Definition of 'futile'
futile
(
fj
uː
taɪl
,
US
-t
ə
l
)
Explore 'futile' in the dictionary
adjective
If you say that something is futile, you mean there is no point in doing it, usually because it has no chance of succeeding.
COBUILD Collocations
futile gesture
dramatic gesture
empty gesture
futile gesture
generous gesture
grand gesture
hand gesture
obscene gesture
romantic gesture
rude gesture
symbolic gesture
token gesture
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one-reeler
one-room apartment
one-roomed apartment
one-roomed flat
one-room flat
onerous
onerously
onerousness
onerous task
one's
ones
one's cup of tea
ones-cup-of-tea
one's ears are burning
ones-ears-are-burning
one's eighties
ones-eighties
oneself
one's fill
ones-fill
one's folks
ones-folks
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