futile
adj. 无效的,无用的; 没有出息的; 琐碎的,无关紧要的; 一场空
If you say that something is futile, you mean there is no point in doing it, usually because it has no chance of succeeding.
He brought his arm up in a futile attempt to ward off the blow...
他扬起胳膊徒劳地想要挡住这一拳。
It would be futile to sustain his life when there is no chance of any improvement.
如果没有任何好转的机会,继续维持他的生命也是无益的。
1. producing no result or effect;
2. unproductive of success;
Soames explanied that any early revelation of the manager's dishonesty would have been futile.
索姆斯解释说,即使及早透露经理的欺骗行为也无济于事.
It is always futile to try to hold back the progress of history.
要想阻止历史潮流是徒劳的.
It is futile to follow a master if you always engage in misdeeds.
依止上师,却行不善业,也是徒劳.
Their efforts to revive him were futile.
他们对他抢救无效.
He made a futile exercise.
他做了一次无效的练习.