futile

adj.

1. 徒然的；徒劳的；无效的
   having no purpose because there is no chance of success
   1. a futile attempt/exercise/gesture
      徒然的尝试 / 练习 / 手势
   2. Their efforts to revive him were futile.
      他们努力使他苏醒，但失败了。
   3. It would be futile to protest.
      抗议也无用。
   4. My appeal proved futile.
      我的呼吁白费了。

1. ADJ-GRADED 无益的;无用的;徒劳的
   If you say that something is futile, you mean there is no point in doing it, usually because it has no chance of succeeding.
   1. He brought his arm up in a futile attempt to ward off the blow...
      他扬起胳膊徒劳地想要挡住这一拳。
   2. It would be futile to sustain his life when there is no chance of any improvement.
      如果没有任何好转的机会，继续维持他的生命也是无益的。

1. Like many in Russia, she blamed the country's failings on futile attempts to catch up with the West
   像俄罗斯很多人一样，她认为国家的错误就在于徒然地竭力追赶西方。
2. He brought his arm up in a futile attempt to ward off the blow
   他扬起胳膊徒劳地想要挡住这一拳。
3. It would be futile to sustain his life when there is no chance of any improvement.
   如果没有任何好转的机会，继续维持他的生命也是无益的。
4. Their costly and futile attempt to subjugate the Afghans lasted just 10 years.
   他们大动干戈想要控制阿富汗地区，但只持续了10年就无果而终了。
5. It is always futile to try to hold back the progress of history.
   要想阻止历史潮流是徒劳的。
6. It would be futile to argue with him.
   跟他争辩是徒劳的。
7. Their probe into the cause of the fire proved futile.
   他们对起火原因的调查没有任何收获。
8. Their efforts to revive him were futile.
   他们对他抢救无效。
9. Of course, my efforts and worry were futile.
   当然，我的努力和忧心都是徒劳。
10. This reaction is understandable, but ultimately futile. More than this, it is damaging.
    这种反应是可以理解的，但最终是无益的，甚至是破坏性的。
11. The joke was about how human beings can unwittingly immerse themselves in utterly futile activities.
    这个喜剧有关人类如何能不知不觉地沉浸在绝对徒劳无功的活动中。
12. Yet their actions were futile.
    但是他们的抗议失败了。
13. All efforts of research are futile because it is doomed to failure.
    即便是你再讨论再研究也没有用，因为这样做是不会有任何的结果的。
14. Little did I know when I embarked on this quest how futile it would be.
    当我着手进行此番探索时并不知道此举将徒劳无功。
15. No wonder those politicians who can rise above the futile arguments over exchange rates worry more about technology transfer.
    难怪那些不再纠结于没有成果的汇率争论的政客们，对技术转让产生了更大的担忧。
16. My efforts were rendered futile.
    我的努力全落空了。
17. Didn't the attempts of the three imperialist states prove to be futile and crazy?
    难道还没有证明这三个帝国主义国家的企图是狂妄的和徒然的吗？
18. She made some futile remark that I can't remember.
    她说了些我已记不得的无聊的话。
19. He is a futile sort of person.
    他是一个没有用的人。
20. So much of what we do today is frivolous and futile and soon forgotten.
    今天做的很多都是不重要和无效的，并很快会忘记。
21. It is futile because the truth will out and dangerous because secrecy delays the necessary remedial action.
    说它徒劳，是因为真相终将大白于天下；而说它危险，是因为保密耽误了必要的补救行动的时间。
22. Religion is a primary human need, and denying this fact is futile and counter-productive.
    宗教是人类的首要需要，否认这个事实是徒劳的，而且只能适得其反。
23. The most futile thing in this world is any attempt, perhaps, at exact definition of character.
    世界上最徒劳无益的事情，也许就是企图给性格下个正确的定义。
24. But fundamentally, resistance may be futile.
    但从根本上讲，抵抗或许是徒劳的。
25. There is no point in continuing this futile fight!
    持续这场无效的战斗没有意义！
26. There are too many things I want to tell you that, but I think it is futile.
    我有太多的事情想跟你说，但我觉得这是徒劳的。
27. You do be make a futile effort so, who can care?
    你这样做是徒劳无功的，有谁会在乎呢？
28. You will be assimilate! Resistance is futile!
    你将被我同化，抵抗是无效的！
29. He groaned as he saw that his hopes were futile.
    看到自己的希望落空，他呻吟了。
30. It's futile trying to reason with him.
    想和他讲道理是没用的。

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:    bootlessfruitlesssleevelessvain

2. producing no result or effect
   1. a futile effort
   2. the therapy was ineffectual
   3. an otiose undertaking
   4. an unavailing attempt

   Synonym:    ineffectualotioseunavailing