fruitless

adj.

1. 没有成果的；无成效的；徒然的
   producing no useful results
   1. a fruitless attempt/search
      徒然的尝试 / 搜查
   2. Our efforts to persuade her proved fruitless.
      我们努力说服她，但毫无成效。

1. ADJ-GRADED 无结果的;无成效的;徒劳的
   Fruitless actions, events, or efforts do not achieve anything at all.
   1. It was a fruitless search...
      搜寻工作毫无结果。
   2. Talks have so far have been fruitless.
      会谈到目前为止未见成果。

1. I spent a fruitless ten minutes walking up and down the high street, desperately avoiding eye contact with passers-by.
   我在大街上一无所获来回走了10分钟，其间还要拼命地躲避路人的目光。
2. It was a fruitless search
   搜寻工作毫无结果。
3. Talks have so far have been fruitless.
   会谈到目前为止未见成果。
4. After a fruitless morning sitting at his desk he had given up.
   他在书桌前徒劳地坐了一上午之后便放弃了。
5. Great companies vied with one another in fruitless litigation and expensive competition.
   大公司彼此争斗不息，纠缠于徒劳无功的诉讼和代价高昂的竞争。
6. Delivering an application without its key functionality would be fruitless.
   交付不包含关键功能的应用系统是没有意义的。
7. But it would be wrong, not to mention fruitless, to blame the Europeans and their choices alone.
   但是如果把问题只归咎于欧洲各国和它们作出的选择，那将是错误的，更不要说这样做毫无意义了。
8. Her doctor suggested an abortion, and after a fruitless search for more information, she had the procedure.
   她的医生建议流产。在四处咨询无果的情况下，她遵从了医生的建议。
9. There will always be formal procedures which are fruitless.
   总是存在无果而终的形式程序。
10. This is a fruitless love.
    这是没有结果的爱。
11. These tendencies are all fruitless.
    这些倾向都是无益的。
12. I got bogged down in a long, fruitless discussion.
    我因漫长而无结果的讨论而陷入困境。
13. Being first to realize that fruitless manned flights are not needed right now does have it's perks too.
    作为第一个实现载人飞行，现在的结果是我们并没有得到需要的好处。
14. The Swedish company said its legal action followed four years of fruitless talks to settle the disagreements.
    爱立信表示，自己是在与中兴为解决分歧谈判4年无果后，才采取这一法律行动的。
15. Many fruitless trials made;
    做了许多无谓的实验；
16. Another half an hour passed, and the pursuit was still fruitless.
    又过了半个钟头，他们的搜索仍然毫无结果。
17. Efforts to somehow evade these costs are fruitless, as has been demonstrated by the dismal performance of pawnshops owned and managed by various government entities in Europe and Mexico.
    逃避这些费用都是徒劳无益的，在欧洲和墨西哥，各种政府实体拥有和管理的当铺们的惨淡表现就是一个很好的证明。
18. All their efforts to find her proved fruitless.
    他们为寻找她而付出的所有努力都是徒劳的。
19. His struggle with adversity be fruitless.
    他徒与不幸挣扎而毫无结果。
20. This is likely to prove a fruitless pursuit.
    而这可能是徒劳的。
21. You might want to join a link exchange, but trading links often proves fruitless.
    你可以加入互换链接，但通常商业链接都是没有效果的。
22. They struggled for freedom, but their efforts were fruitless.
    他们争取自由，但努力都是徒劳。
23. So far the search for the missing boy is fruitless.
    对失踪男孩的搜寻至今仍无结果。
24. Only furnishing plans is fruitless and futile in order that he doesn't frown or get furious.
    为了让他不皱眉或者不大发雷霆，光是提供一些计划是不会有成效的也是毫无用处的。
25. It is owing to this that her work is so often feeble and fruitless.
    她不断的使这位圣灵担忧，因此她的工作才如此软弱，不能结果。
26. She keeps on pouring out her love and lovesickness in her beautiful but fruitless pursuit of her yearning.
    她不断地吐露相思和爱慕，为她的向往作了徒劳而绮丽的追寻。
27. Immigration restrictions are a fruitless crime-and do more harm than all other government regulations combined.
    移民限制是一种徒劳的罪行，伤害比其他所有政府管理的总和还多。
28. The meeting highlighted the discontent that exists among many influential Palestinians who think the negotiations will be fruitless.
    这次机会凸显了许多有影响力的巴勒斯坦人中存在的不满，他们认为和平谈判是徒劳的。
29. We now see how fruitless and illusory these missions were.
    我们现在明白了这些任务纯属徒劳虚幻。
30. These types of questions have crossed the mind of every child of God who has prayed seemingly fruitless prayers.
    这些问题会萦绕在那些上帝儿女的心中，他们献上了祈祷，表面看起来却毫无结果。

  vain abortive fruitless ineffective【导航词义：未能达到目的的】

  vain adj. 徒劳的，无结果的

〔辨析〕指努力、希望、搜寻等未能获得想要的结果的。

  abortive adj. 失败的，夭折的

〔辨析〕指行动、计划等没有成功的。

  fruitless adj. 无结果的，无效果的

〔辨析〕尤指付出很多努力却无成效的。

  ineffective adj. 无效果的，不起作用的

〔辨析〕侧重指人或事物未能发挥应有之作用的。

adj

1. unproductive of success
   1. a fruitless search
   2. futile years after her artistic peak
   3. a sleeveless errand
   4. a vain attempt

   Synonym:    bootlessfutilesleevelessvain