purposeless

英 [ˈpɜːpəsləs]

美 [ˈpɜːrpəsləs]

adj.  无目的的; 无用的; 无意义的

BNC.33731 / COCA.30310

牛津词典

adj.

• 无目的的；无用的；无意义的
  having no meaning, use or clear aim
  1. purposeless destruction
     盲目的破坏

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 漫无目的的；无意义的
  If an action ispurposeless, it does not seem to have a sensible purpose.
  1. Time may also be wasted in purposeless meetings...
     时间也可能浪费在毫无意义的会议当中。
  2. Surely my existence cannot be so purposeless?
     当然我的存在不能如此没有意义吧？

英英释义

adj

• not evidencing any purpose or goal
• serving no useful purpose
  1. otiose lines in a play
  2. advice is wasted words
  3. a pointless remark
  4. a life essentially purposeless
  5. senseless violence
  Synonym:otiosepointlesssenselesssuperfluouswasted

双语例句

• But are people losing their love of the purposeless walk?
  但是人们是否正逐渐对漫无目的的行走失去兴趣？
• Surely my existence cannot be so purposeless?
  当然我的存在不能如此没有意义吧？
• I belong to the group of scientists who do not subscribe to a conventional religion but nevertheless deny that the universe is a purposeless accident.
  我属于那群对传统宗教不买账的科学家，但是我却否认宇宙是一个没有目的的事故。
• History is a purposeless activity.
  历史是一个毫无意义的活动。
• On the traits of beauty, Kant established aesthetics non-utility, non-conceptional universality, purposeless finality and non-conceptional certainty, and founded the base of subjectivity aesthetics thought.
  在美的特质论中，康德确立了审美的无利害、无概念的普遍性、无目的的合目的性和无概念的必然性，从而奠定了主体性美学思想的基础。
• In the post-industrial society, the machine has replaced the poor workers and made them useless and purposeless;
  在后工业社会中，机器取代了贫困工人的劳动并使他们变得无用无目的；
• A pointless remark; a life essentially purposeless; senseless violence.
  无意义的评论；本质上无意义的生活；无意义的暴力。
• Since evolution has given rise to few, if any, purposeless physiological response, it is logical to assume that crying has one or more functions that enhance survival.
  由于进化很少会发生（即使有的话）没有目的的生理反应，所以假定哭泣一种或多种作用对于提高生存，这是符合逻辑的。
• Meanwhile, people in more cities, especially those Asian ones, keep rushing about, soulless and purposeless and neglecting the sedateness felt only in the late-autumn tranquility and serenity.
  而更多的城市尤其是亚洲的城市则因忙碌奔波而神不守舍，失去了只有在暮秋的静晤中才能展现的韵味。
• He said that people's television viewing is often purposeless.
  他说人们观看电视往往是没有目的的。