| 单词 | to little purpose |
| 释义 | to little purposeAlso, to no purpose. Of little or no use, in vain, as in Hiring a new lawyer will be to little purpose. The related phrases are sometimes combined in to little or no purpose and used as a general indicator of futility. To little purpose was first recorded in 1560. For a synonym, see to no avail; also see to good purpose. Words nearby to little purposetoleration, tolerogenic, toleware, tolidine, Tolima, to little purpose, Tolkien, Tolkien, J. R. R., toll, tollage, toll bar The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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