useless

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a. 无用的, 无效的, 无益的 [机] 无用, 无价值, 无效

发音

US /ˈjuːs.ləs/

词形变化

more useless 比较级 uselesser uselessest uselesser 比较级 most useless 最高级 uselessest 最高级

别名

usless boteless

教材释义与例句

形容词

无用的；无效的

The editor killed a few useless lines.

编辑删掉了几行无用的文字。

Please cancel the words which are useless.

请把无用的词划掉。

They wrote his suggestion off as a useless idea.

他们把他的建议看做是无用的想法。

释义与例句

adj. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Without use or the possibility to be used.

    无用

    冇用

    This fork's prongs are bent. It's useless now.

  2. 2.

    Unhelpful, not useful; pointless (of an action).

    I think it's useless to keep this discussion going. It's like talking to a brick wall.

    I tried my best to make him quit smoking, but my efforts were useless. He now smokes six packs a day.

  3. 3.

    Good-for-nothing; not dependable.

    贬义

    Bill never mows the lawn, takes out the trash or anything. He's useless, but I love him anyways.

  4. 4.

    Of a person, Unable to do well at a particular task or endeavor.

    冇鬼用

    非正式 贬义

    My brother is useless at most computer games, but he is an awesome PS2 player.

    Why do you keep trying? You're obviously useless at it.

词汇关系

形容词

反义词 1

useful

近义相关 9

meaningless futile unusable ineffectual inutile otiose unavailing unserviceable unuseable

参见 5

ineffective ineffectual unprofitable uneffective unserviceable

相关短语

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词源

From use + -less.

来源：wiktionary