ineffectual
adj. 无效的,不起作用的; 徒劳无益的
If someone or something is ineffectual, they fail to do what they are expected to do or are trying to do.
The mayor had become ineffectual in the struggle to clamp down on drugs.
市长打击毒品的努力未见成效。
...the well-meaning but ineffectual jobs programs of the past.
过去的一些出发点很好但却无成效的就业计划
1. not sufficient to produce a desired result;
2. not producing an intended effect;
3. producing no result or effect;
4. lacking in power or forcefulness;
He won't be able to deal with the situation; he's too ineffectual.
他无法应付局面, 他太无能了.
After their two or three ineffectual attempts, Tom reeled, and fell heavily to the ground.
他们徒劳无益地试了两三次之后, 只见汤姆摇晃了两下, 又扑通一声摔倒在地.
The British tripartite system of oversight was ineffectual in the Northern Rock crisis.
英国三方监管体系在英国抵押银行危机中已经失去了效力.
All rescue measures proved ineffectual.
抢救无效.
The resulting circularity does not, of course, make the arguments wrong or even ineffectual.
当然, 争论最后又回到起点,并不意味著这次争论是错误的或者无效的.
adj. 无效的;白费的
futilepowerlessineffectiveunsuccessfuluseless
其他释义
powerlessuselessfutileunsuccessfulfruitlessnullvainineffectiveabortive