futility

CET-6 FREQ #30985

n. 无用, 无益, 无价值

发音

UK /fjuːˈtɪlɪti/
其它
US /fjuˈtɪləti/

词形变化

futilities 复数 futilities

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The quality of being futile or useless.

    不可数

    an exercise of futility

    His taking the bar exam for a third time was pure futility.

  2. 2.

    Something, especially an act, that is futile.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    Unimportance.

    不可数

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

inutility unusefulness uselessness

相关短语

exercise in futility exercises in futility

词源

From Latin fūtilitās (“worthlessness, futility”). By surface analysis, futile + -ity.

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