futile
adj. 無效的,無用的; 沒有出息的; 瑣碎的,無關緊要的; 一場空
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...
他揚起胳膊徒勞地想要擋住這一拳。
It would be futile to sustain his life when there is no chance of any improvement.
如果沒有任何好轉的機會,繼續維持他的生命也是無益的。
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.
索姆斯解釋說,即使及早透露經理的欺騙行為也無濟於事.
It is always futile to try to hold back the progress of history.
要想阻止歷史潮流是徒勞的.
It is futile to follow a master if you always engage in misdeeds.
依止上師,卻行不善業,也是徒勞.
Their efforts to revive him were futile.
他們對他搶救無效.
He made a futile exercise.
他做了一次無效的練習.