pointless
英 ['pɒɪntlɪs]
美['pɔɪntləs]
- adj. 无意义的；钝的；不尖的；不得要领的
词态变化
副词: pointlessly;名词: pointlessness;
中文词源
pointless 无目标的
来自point,点，目标，-less,无，没有。
英英释意
- 1. not having a point especially a sharp point;
- "my pencils are all pointless"
- 2. serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being;
- "otiose lines in a play"
- "advice is wasted words"
- 3. lacking import;
- "a pointless remark"
- "a life essentially purposeless"
- "senseless violence"
英文词源
- pointless (adj.)
- early 14c., "blunt," from point (n.) + -less. Meaning "of no effect, to no purpose" is from 1726. Related: Pointlessly; pointlessness.
考试真题
- It's pointless unless there is a repeatable process in place to turn inspiration into financial performance.
2016年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A
- This doesn’t, however, make interpretation merely relative or even pointless.
出自-2015年考研阅读原文
- This doesn't, however, make interpretation merely relative or even pointless.
2015年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- 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。
牛津词典
- He argued pointlessly with his parents.
- 他无谓地和父母争论。
牛津词典
- [不可数名词]the pointlessness of war
- 战争的无意义
牛津词典
- Violence is always pointless...
- 暴力总是毫无意义的。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Without an audience the performance is pointless.
- 没有观众，表演就不成其为表演了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Human existence is a pointless accident if God is denied.
- 假如上帝被否定,那么人的存在便是一个没有任何意义的意外.
期刊摘选
- Since leaving her, the whole of life seemed pointless.
- 自从离开她, 整个生活显得毫无意义了.
期刊摘选
- When you get angry over some stupid little pointless thing, I question your intelligence.
- 当你为了一些鸡毛蒜皮、无关紧要的事情愤怒不已时, 我怀疑你的智商.
期刊摘选
- It is pointless to have a car if you cannot drive it!
- 假若不会开汽车,有辆汽车又有什麽用呢?
辞典例句
- It would be pointless to engage in hypothesis before we have the facts.
- 在我们还没掌握事实的情况下瞎猜是毫无意义的.
期刊摘选
- Sledding is simple , and pointless, yet can provide entire afternoons of entertainment and thrills.
- 滑雪橇是很简单没目标的, 但却可以提供我们整个下午的娱乐和刺激.
期刊摘选
- A captain is supposed to go down with his ship which seems rather pointless.
- 一般认为船长应与船一同沉没,其实这看来是毫无意义的.
期刊摘选
- The host Bored his guests with a long and pointless anecdote.
- 主人讲述的冗长而毫无意义的轶闻使客人们都厌倦了.
期刊摘选
- Well, I think one big beatway too much's a kinda pointless habit.
- 如果你不养成动笔的习惯,很多你的好的想法或是伟大的思想就可能永远消失无踪.
期刊摘选
- He homed on a pointless quarrel when we discussed the plan of cooperation.
- 在讨论我们双方的合作方案时,他把讨论引入了无谓的争吵.
期刊摘选
- At first this seems pointless, until you realise you feel lots better and are much happier.
- 一开始这看起来似乎毫无意义, 直到你意识到你感到好很多和更开心.
期刊摘选
- He asked them all kinds of pointless questions, stalling for time.
- 他向他们提了各种毫无意义的问题来拖延时间.
《简明英汉词典》
- Trade embargoes, such as stopping the import of Mexican meat, are pointless too.
- 贸易禁令, 比如禁止进口墨西哥肉类, 也是没有意义的.
期刊摘选
- An intelligent man considers the prospect of failure, but he doesn't preoccupy himself with pointless worry.
- 一个聪明的男人可以预见到失败, 但他绝不会去无谓地担心.
期刊摘选
- Who wouldn't have preferred this with life so pointless, bitter and hopeless?
- 谁不喜欢这样呢,生活既是那么无聊, 痛苦,无望!
汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
- Buddhism a craving for things outside ourselves causes an unhappy and pointless search for security.
- 佛教讲求无欲则无求,对外界事物的欲望只会让人陷入痛苦的、毫无意义的对安全的寻求.
期刊摘选
- Mr McCain says it is pointless to argue over whether America should have invaded.
- 麦凯恩回应说争论美国是不是应该卷入伊战毫无意义.
期刊摘选
- It'says here that learning English is pointless!
- 这里说学英语是无意义的.
轻松英语会话---联想2000词(上)
- She considered it pointless to plan in too much detail.
- 她认为计划得太详细没有意义.
《简明英汉词典》
- It would be pointless to repeat the details of the most horrendous crimes reported.
- 我无法重述我所听到的最残暴的罪行.
辞典例句
- Seen from this perspective, they look rather pointless, don't they?
- 从这个角度看, 它们看上去相当没有意义, 对 吗 ?
期刊摘选
- It is perhaps pointless to contemplate what might have been changing.
- 揣测情况可能如何演变也许是件无聊的事情.
辞典例句
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》