ineffectual
adj. 無效的,不起作用的; 徒勞無益的
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.
市長打擊毒品的努力未見成效。
...the well-meaning but ineffectual jobs programs of the past.
過去的一些出發點很好但卻無成效的就業計劃
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.
他無法應付局面, 他太無能了.
After their two or three ineffectual attempts, Tom reeled, and fell heavily to the ground.
他們徒勞無益地試了兩三次之後, 只見湯姆搖晃了兩下, 又撲通一聲摔倒在地.
The British tripartite system of oversight was ineffectual in the Northern Rock crisis.
英國三方監管體系在英國抵押銀行危機中已經失去了效力.
All rescue measures proved ineffectual.
搶救無效.
The resulting circularity does not, of course, make the arguments wrong or even ineffectual.
當然, 爭論最後又回到起點,並不意味著這次爭論是錯誤的或者無效的.
adj. 無效的;白費的
futilepowerlessineffectiveunsuccessfuluseless
其他釋義
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