pointless
英 [ˈpɔɪntləs]
美 [ˈpɔɪntləs]
adj. 无意义的; 无目标的; 不值得做的
Collins.1 / BNC.7557 / COCA.11452
牛津词典
adj.
- 无意义的;无目标的;不值得做的
having no purpose; not worth doing- We searched until we knew it would be pointless to continue.
我们搜索又搜索,直到觉得继续下去也枉然时才罢手。
- We searched until we knew it would be pointless to continue.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 无益的;无意义的;无目的的
If you say that something ispointless, you are criticizing it because it has no sense or purpose.- Violence is always pointless...
暴力总是毫无意义的。 - Without an audience the performance is pointless.
没有观众,表演就不成其为表演了。 - ...pointless arguments.
无益的争论
- Violence is always pointless...
英英释义
adj
- not having a point especially a sharp point
- my pencils are all pointless
- serving no useful purpose
- otiose lines in a play
- advice is wasted words
- a pointless remark
- a life essentially purposeless
- senseless violence
双语例句
- Did I or did I not tell you it was pointless?
难道我没有告诉过你那是无意义的吗? - We don't know all the circumstances, so it would be pointless to speculate.
我们不了解所有的情况,妄加推测是没有意义的。 - At least all the pointless activity raises an interesting question: which company made itself look worse?
所有这些无意义的活动,至少提出了一个有意思的问题:是哪家公司让自己的形象变得更差了? - I think that would be fairly pointless, but go ahead.
我想那是没有什么意义的,但你还是说吧。 - Does that mean it's pointless to make a new year's resolution?
这意味着下定新年决意就没有意义了吗?我不这么看。 - It's pointless arguing with him.
和他争辩是白费口舌。 - They made it perfectly clear that it was pointless to go on
他们非常明确地表示继续下去毫无意义。 - She remained silent, it was pointless arguing with her father.
和父亲的争辩是毫无意义的,所以她始终保持沉默。 - Everything seems pointless and useless to me.
每件事对我而言好像无意义也无用处。 - I spent many pointless hours in that city.
在那个城市,我度过了许多无所事事的时光。