英语词汇“futility”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	futility
释义	futility (fjuːtɪlɪti) uncountable noun Futility is a total lack of purpose or usefulness. ...the injustice and futility of terrorism. [+ of] Synonyms: uselessness, ineffectiveness, pointlessness, fruitlessness More Synonyms of futility More Synonyms of futility futility in British English (fjuːˈtɪlɪtɪ) nounWord forms: plural -ties 1. lack of effectiveness or success 2. lack of purpose or meaning 3. something futile futility in American English (fjuˈtɪləti) nounWord forms: plural fuˈtilities 1. the quality of being futile 2. a futile act, thing, etc. Examples of 'futility' in a sentence futility Then you get older and you move out and you realise the futility of it all. Stanko, Elizabeth Everyday Violence (1990) Aislinn found it useless to argue with her or try to make her see the futility of her efforts. Kathleen E. Woodiwiss THE WOLF AND THE DOVE When are they going to realise the futility of giving organisations huge fines that only damage the services provided to the public? Times, Sunday Times (2013) In all this Ref sees only futility. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It's hard to say anything fresh about the futility of modern life. Times, Sunday Times (2010) I began to realise the futility of my plan to get away without arrest. Times, Sunday Times (2010) In my lifetime, it has gone from being a nihilistic examination of the futility of life to being a surreal knockabout. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The scrum, likewise, symbolises the essential futility of human existence. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The narrator is a pilgrim, wandering through an allegorical world, and he sees only futility. Christianity Today (2000) It has prompted a rethink: 'I realised the futility of just striving to earn money. Times, Sunday Times (2014) It is a rather static play; there is not much action, but the work certainly presents the costly futility of the conflict. The Times Literary Supplement (2008) I've realised already the futility of fighting: life goes on impervious and one has to go with it. Joan Rice Sand In My Shoes: Wartime Diaries of a WAAF (2006) You might be forgiven for thinking the above passage to be an excerpt from a lesser-known war poem, channelling the bitterness felt at the futility of conflict. Times, Sunday Times (2015) He recognised the futility of trying to impose Western ideas about fitness and fielding, preferring instead to act as a discreet sounding board and a father figure. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Quotations As futile as a clock in an empty houseJames Thurber In other languages futility British English: futility NOUN Futility is a total lack of purpose or usefulness. ...the injustice and futility of the tactic. American English: futility Brazilian Portuguese: futilidade Chinese: 无谓 European Spanish: inutilidad French: futilité German: Sinnlosigkeit Italian: futilità Japanese: 無益性 Korean: 부질없음 European Portuguese: futilidade Latin American Spanish: inutilidad 1 (noun) in the sense of uselessness The futility of our attempts was frustrating. Synonyms uselessness ineffectiveness pointlessness fruitlessness emptiness suffering from feelings of emptiness and depression hollowness spitting in the wind bootlessness 2 (noun) in the sense of triviality a sense of the emptiness and futility of life Synonyms triviality news items of quite astonishing triviality vanity the futility of human existence and the vanity of wealth pointlessness unimportance Quotation As futile as a clock in an empty house [James Thurber] Additional synonyms in the sense of emptiness suffering from feelings of emptiness and depression Synonyms futility, banality, worthlessness, hollowness, pointlessness, meaninglessness, barrenness, senselessness, aimlessness, purposelessness, unsatisfactoriness, valuelessness in the sense of vanity the futility of human existence and the vanity of wealth Synonyms futility, uselessness, worthlessness, emptiness, frivolity, unreality, triviality, hollowness, pointlessness, inanity, unproductiveness, fruitlessness, unsubstantiality, profitlessness Nearby words of futility fustiness fusty futile futility future fuzz fuzzy Synonyms of 'futility' futility Explore 'futility' in the dictionary
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